Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli. This creamy pasta combines the fresh bite of broccoli with grilled chicken in a creamy almond milk and pesto sauce, and is equally good served hot or chilled. This post is brought to you by Almond Breeze. This super fast skillet meal that combines a creamy pesto sauce, broccoli, and pasta is perfect for busy weeknights.
I went on a huge basil pesto kick several weeks ago because I literally had basil up to my eyeballs and what do you do when life gives you basil?
A mixture of pasta, broccoli, pesto, tomatoes and cheese that is practically a meal in itself, especially with the cooked chicken.
In a large bowl toss cooked pasta with blanched broccoli, cooked chicken, and garlic/tomato mixture.
You can have Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli
- It's 2 of boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1/2 tsp of pepper.
- You need 16 oz of farfalle (bowtie) pasta.
- Prepare 1 cup of basil pesto.
- Prepare 1 cup of cherry tomatoes halves.
- You need 1/4 cup of fresh basil chopped.
- It's of Parmesan cheese.
- You need 1 cup of steamed broccoli, chipped.
Add grated Parmesan cheese, salt, and ground black pepper and. Boil pasta according to package directions. Ziti, penne, rigatoni, fusilli or similar short pastas may be used (do not use long. I basically boil the pasta and broccoli together at the same time, then drain them together.
Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli step by step
- Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Grill the chicken until completely cooked. Transfer chicken to a cutting board and slice into strips..
- Boil the pasta until al dente according to the package instructions. Rinse and drain pasta and set aside. (I usually pour a little milk over the drained pasta to prevent the pasta from sticking together).
- Steam chopped broccoli and add it to the chicken and pesto mix.
- Using a large bowl, mix together the pesto, pasta and chicken. Stir until well combined and place in the refrigerator until chilled..
- Stir in the cherry tomatoes and fresh basil immediately before serving. Finish with freshly grated Parmesan cheese..
I've since made variations of it adding sausage in this Pasta with Broccoli and Sausage recipe, which is We call it broccoli & ziti and is usually the go to side dish for most things grilled or baked chicken cutlets. Once the onion, garlic, and spinach is cooked and the water has been evaporated, add the blended mixture (cashews, tofu, etc), cooked broccoli, and. Pesto is easy to make from scratch with just a handful of ingredients. Its fresh flavor is the highlight of this super-fast pasta dish, packed with cherry tomatoes and chicken. Chicken Pesto Pasta is chicken and penne in a basil pesto sauce.
