Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken and Broccoli. While pasta cooks, heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Place the broccoli florets in a colander and drain the pasta over it. Place the pasta and broccoli back into the large pot.
It's loaded with garlic, parmesan, pesto, and chicken + broccoli.
The chicken is first cooked in browned garlic and onions then the parmesan, pesto and cream is added and that's where the real fun begins.
A mixture of pasta, broccoli, pesto, tomatoes and cheese that is practically a meal in itself, especially with the cooked chicken.
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 of boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
- Prepare of salt.
- It's of pepper.
- You need of farfalle (bowtie) pasta.
- It's of basil pesto.
- It's of cherry tomatoes halves.
- Prepare of fresh basil chopped.
- Prepare of Parmesan cheese.
- It's of steamed broccoli, chipped.
Great served with crusty bread or a tossed salad. Add the pasta noodles and cook according to the package directions or until al dente. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the noodles to a colander to drain and reserve the pasta cooking water in the pasta cooking pot. Cut the fresh broccoli buds into small florets, leaving as short a stem as possible; set aside.
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..
In a large bowl, combine the chicken, veggies, and pesto until the chicken and veggies are coated well with pesto. And make this basil pesto chicken pasta with sundried tomatoes and broccoli. I had a box of unused orecchiette in the pantry so I decided to use them in this dish because I love that the little 'ears' catch all the pesto and yummy goodness. Drain the pasta and broccoli in a colander. While the pasta is cooking, thinly slice the chicken breast.