Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken pesto pasta salad. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This chicken pesto pasta salad is quick, easy, and a great way to use up leftover chicken. The perfect make-ahead salad for summer BBQs, potlucks, or easy entertaining. To make this pesto pasta salad really simple, I used rotisserie chicken. Gradually whisk in oil until smooth.
Chicken pesto pasta salad is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chicken pesto pasta salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
- Make ready mixed salad leaves
- Get a large cucumber
- Make ready medium sliced onion
- Get chicken breasts
- Make ready cooked pasta of your choice
- Take salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
- Prepare tsp lemon juice (optional)
- Take crushed garlic
- Get bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
- Get pesto
Add some chopped yellow summer squash or add some grated carrots. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic until tender, then stir in chicken. Cook until chicken is golden, and cooked through.
Steps to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
- Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl
- Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked.
- Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto.
- Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices
- Mix chicken and pasta together
- Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold.
Saute garlic until tender, then stir in chicken. Cook until chicken is golden, and cooked through. While the chicken and pasta are cooking and cooling, prepare the pesto. In a blender, blend the garlic, basil, spinach and olive oil until well blended. Stir in the yogurt and shredded parmesan cheese.
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