Grilled Chicken & Penne With Walnut Pesto Sauce
Recipe: #21024
September 20, 2015
Categories: Chicken, Walnut, Penne, Italian Grilling (Outdoor), Fresh Tomatoes, Boneless Pieces, Chicken Dinner, Italian Dinner, more
"From an old BBS site. Cleaning out some old floppy disk files."
Original is 2 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (579.7 g)
- Calories 1378
- Total Fat - 118.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 15.1 g
- Cholesterol - 157.3 mg
- Sodium - 651.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 3.1 g
- Protein - 62.9 g
- Calcium - 114.2 mg
- Iron - 2.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place walnuts in a blender with the basil, 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, garlic, olive oil and salt and pepper. Turn on the blender and process until you have a smooth paste.
Step 2
Brush a light coat of pesto on the chicken breasts. Place chicken on a pre-heated grill and cook for 6 minutes. Turn over and cook for an additional 4 minutes.
Step 3
Place a large skillet over moderate heat, add the pasta, spoon the remaining pesto and toss well. Spoon the hot pasta on two pre-heated serving plate, slice chicken breasts and fan over top. Drizzle 1 tsp olive oil and 1 tsp Parmesan cheese over each plate.
Step 4
Garnish with a fresh basil sprig and serve.
Tips
No special items needed.
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