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Pasta Pesto with chicken

Delicious pasta with homemade pesto and tender chicken
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Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4 persons
Calories 1123 kcal

Kookgerei

  • 1 Saucepan
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 Medium pan
  • 1 Medium pot
  • 1 Spatula
  • 1 Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 200 gram Pasta
  • 300 gram chicken thigh fillet
  • 1 green bell pepper other colour is also fine
  • 1 Zucchini
  • 125 gram Crème fraiche light
  • 250 ml cooking dairy heavy cream light
  • 250 gram Buffalo mozarella
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil extra virgin

Instructions
 

Home made green pesto

The pasta pesto

  • In a pot, bring water to a boil and cook the pasta based on the instruction on the packaging.
    200 gram Pasta
  • Cut the chicken into 3 by 3 cm pieces.
    300 gram chicken thigh fillet, 1 pinch Salt, 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • In the saucepan, heat the olive oil. Add the chicken with a pinch of salt and cook for 6 minutes, until the chicken is golden brown and you can cut the chicken with your spatula.
  • Cut the green paprika in halves, then cut the paprika in strips of 1 cm and cut into 4 pieces per strip.
    1 green bell pepper
  • Add the green paprika to the saucepan and let it cook until the paprika turns black.
  • Cut the zucchini in slices, halve them and cut them in to 8 pieces per slice.
    1 Zucchini
  • Add the zucchini to the saucepan and let it cook untill the zucchini gets slightly brown.
  • Cut the mozzarella into cubes of 3 by 3 cm.
  • Add the mozarella cubes, crème fraiche and cooking dairy to the saucepan and bring it to a simmering boil for 5 minutes.
    125 gram Crème fraiche light, 250 ml cooking dairy
  • Once the mixture is beginning to thicken add the home made pesto to the sauce.
  • Finally, add the parmesan cheese and stir in the pasta. Let this mixture cook for 2 minutes until the cheese is melted.
    250 gram Buffalo mozarella, 200 gram Pasta
  • As we say in Dutch: eet smakelijk!

Did you tast it?

  • Taste your sauce, add salt and/ or pepper to taste.
  • If your sauce it too runny, try and put the temperature of the saucepan a little higher so the sauce can thicken before adding the pesto. If you have added the pesto, do the same but make sure you don't burn your sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 1123kcalCarbohydrates: 17.2gProtein: 60gFat: 101.5gSaturated Fat: 44.81gSodium: 2124mgPotassium: 250mgFiber: 2.54gSugar: 31.32g
Keyword Chicken, pasta, Pesto
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