Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken pesto pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chicken pesto pasta salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Chicken pesto pasta salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
This chicken pesto pasta salad is quick, easy, and a great way to use up leftover chicken. The perfect make-ahead salad for summer entertaining. This basil pesto pasta salad was definitely a BIG hit at our house.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
- Take 3 cup mixed salad leaves
- Prepare 1/2 a large cucumber
- Get 1 medium sliced onion
- Take 2 large chicken breasts
- Take 250 grams cooked pasta of your choice
- Prepare 1 salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
- Make ready 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
- Take 1 tsp crushed garlic
- Get 1 bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
- Take 6 tbsp pesto
Super easy pasta salad- wonderful for any thing from a brunch to a summer dinner. My husbands co-worker brought this to share for an event and he begged for the recipe. The only particular is that the pasta salad will taste best if you use the pesto in a plastic container in the refrigerated section. This chicken pesto pasta salad is light, healthy and packed with the perfect pesto flavor!
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.
Great for BBQs, brunches, baby showers & more! The combination of flavors in this pesto chicken salad is seriously to-die-for! It's so easy to throw together and can be eaten as both a main or side dish. Fabulous Chicken Pesto Pasta Salad that's tossed in a deliciously creamy spinach basil pesto made with yogurt to keep it on the lighter side for a perfect summer dish! It's summertime, which means picnics and potlucks are in full swing and I feel like we're always going to someone's house or having.
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