PocketAthleteJoin the waitlistChicken pesto pasta
- Calories
- 846
- Protein
- 66g
- Carbs
- 71g
- Fat
- 30g
Dinner · about 20 minutes · one serving
What you need
- ·200g chicken breast fillets
- ·100g wholewheat pasta
- ·40g green pesto
- ·120g cherry tomatoes
- ·80g baby spinach
- ·8g olive oil
Method
- 1Pasta on, and keep a mug of the water.
- 2Chicken seasoned and seared 6 minutes a side, then rested and sliced.
- 3Pesto into the drained pasta OFF the heat with a splash of the water. Pesto cooked in a hot pan goes bitter and splits.
- 4Halved tomatoes and spinach folded through the residual heat, chicken over.
Off the heat is the rule with pesto. Everything else here is forgiving.
Worth knowing: Off the heat is the rule with pesto. Everything else here is forgiving.
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