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Pesto chicken pasta
Serves 4
Easy
Total time:
This recipe was submitted by Good Food member kutekitty777 and has not been tested by our team.
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Units:
- 250g dried pasta(use whichever shape you want, I like tagliatelle)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 400g sliced chicken breastor thigh fillets
- 100g bacon(whichever bacon you have in your fridge: parma, streaky back etc are all fine, chopped into quite small pieces)
- 2-3 good dollops crème fraîche
- Half a jar of good green pesto
- parmesan shavings and chopped fresh parsleyto serve
Method
step 1
Cook the pasta according to the packet intructions.
step 2
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan. Cook the chicken for 3-4 minutes until well-browned. Add the bacon ( i suppose you could add some sliced mushrooms or something here aswell, or use all mushrooms if cooking this for veggies) and fry until starting to crisp.
step 3
Take the pan of the heat, then stir in the creme fraiche. Return the pan to the heat and stir in the pesto. Simmer for another 1-2 minutes until the chicken is properly cooked through. Season to taste.
step 4
Once cooked, drain the pasta well and add it to the pan. Mix well so the sauce coats the pasta.
step 5
Decant into a big bowl and scatter over parsley and parmesan cheese. Serve!
