Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken pesto pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Easy and delicious pasta with chicken. Serve with crusty bread and salad for a quick dinner. Use as much or as little pesto sauce as you like. I also did not use oil to saute the chicken I used a tsp. of the oil from the sun dried tomatoes.

Chicken pesto pasta salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Chicken pesto pasta salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:

1. Prepare 3 cup mixed salad leaves
2. Take 1/2 a large cucumber
3. Make ready 1 medium sliced onion
4. Get 2 large chicken breasts
5. Prepare 250 grams cooked pasta of your choice
6. Make ready 1 salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
7. Take 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
8. Take 1 tsp crushed garlic
9. Make ready 1 bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
10. Make ready 6 tbsp pesto

This makes a large batch, and my husband ate ALL OF IT over a few days. Super easy pasta salad- wonderful for any thing from a brunch to a summer dinner. The only particular is that the pasta salad will taste best if you use the pesto in a plastic container in the refrigerated section. Pesto chicken pasta salad is one of my summertime staples.

Instructions to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:

1. Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl
2. Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked.
3. Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto.
4. Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices
5. Mix chicken and pasta together
6. Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold.

The only particular is that the pasta salad will taste best if you use the pesto in a plastic container in the refrigerated section. Pesto chicken pasta salad is one of my summertime staples. This quick and easy salad recipe uses pasta, pesto, canned chicken, and vegetables. You can use your favorite vegetables in this simple salad. Add some chopped yellow summer squash or add some grated carrots.

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