Hello there! Here is my first instalment of 'To Make' - I will have your lunch or dinner sorted!
Pesto Pasta with Chicken Recipe:
(makes 4 large servings)
Ingredients:
- Pasta (you can use the pasta of your choice and as much as you want - I used a whole, small bag of Penne pasta)
- 2 Chicken breasts
- 1 whole tomato, or about 12 of cherry tomatoes, halved
- Salt and pepper to season
For Pesto:
- 2 cups of fresh basil
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 1/2 cup virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts or walnuts
- 3 medium sized garlic cloves, minced
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Method:
1. Gather all of the ingredients and have everything measured out to make the whole process easier.
3. Get out a large and a medium saucepan. Fill the saucepans with boiling water.
4. Put the cut up chicken into the medium saucepan and the pasta into the large saucepan and bring to the boil.
While this is cooking, you can make the pesto -
5. Peel and mince garlic
6. Combine the basil and pine nuts in a bender. Slightly blend together (in a pulsing manner). Then, add the cheese and garlic and blend again.
7. Scrape the sides of the mixture to the bottom of the blender and blend again - slowly adding the oil to the mixture. Once combined, add salt and pepper to taste.
8. Cut up tomatoes and put to the side.
9. Check both the pasta and chicken are cooked, then drain the water and put in a large bowl.
10. Combine the pasta, chicken, tomatoes and pesto together and mix together until satisfied.
And hey presto (or should I say pesto... haha).
It's that Easy Peasy.
ENJOY!
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