Creamy Chicken & Pesto Pasta
Recipe: #35370
August 03, 2020
Categories: Chicken, Penne, Onions, Potluck, Boneless Pieces, Chicken Dinner, more
"From our weekday newspaper The West Australian."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (510.2 g)
- Calories 790.6
- Total Fat - 24.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 12.3 g
- Cholesterol - 658.1 mg
- Sodium - 397.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 83.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11.7 g
- Sugars - 2.8 g
- Protein - 58 g
- Calcium - 219.5 mg
- Iron - 7.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.4 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling, salted water, following packet directions and then drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water.
Step 2
Meanwhile, heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large, deep frying pan over medium-high heat and add chicken and cook for 5 minutes each side or until browned and cooked through and then transfer to a plate and cover and rest for 5 minutes.
Step 3
Meanwhile, heat remaining oil in pan over medium-high heat and add onion and garlic and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until softened.
Step 4
Now add flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until coated and then add stock and bring to the boil, stirring.
Step 5
Reduce heat to low and stir in cream and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes or until thickened slightly.
Step 6
Remove pan from heat and stir in tomato, pesto, rocket, pasta and reserved cooking water and season with salt and pepper.
Step 7
Thinly slice chicken and stir 3/4 of chicken into pasta and top pasta with remaining chicken and parmesan before serving.
Tips
No special items needed.