Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken. This Low Carb Pesto Chicken and Spaghetti Squash Casserole is topped with mozzarella and tomatoes and SO unbelievably delicious! A one-dish Gluten Free, Keto Friend, and Kid-Friendly easy weeknight dinner! Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
The wonderful thing about this glorious sauce is that it seems to hold onto all types of pasta.
To make this meal super easy, cook up the spaghetti squash in advance, so that you just have to top with the chicken pesto mixture and bake.
You can store the cooked spaghetti squash in the fridge for up to three days.
You can cook Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken
- You need of spaghetti.
- It's 100 grams of basil.
- Prepare 120 ml of olive oil.
- It's 4 clove of garlic.
- You need 1/2 tbsp of salt.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of parmesan/pecorino cheese.
- Prepare 50 grams of pine nuts.
- You need 1/4 kg of spaghetti or any kind of pasta.
- Prepare of Chicken topping.
- It's 4 of chicken breast fillet.
- You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
- You need 1 tbsp of salt and pepper.
- You need 1 tbsp of thyme.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Rosemary.
Use a cooked rotisserie chicken or prepare the shredded chicken in advance if you'd like to speed up the meal prep process even further. Add the basil pesto, the reserved pasta water, the pasta, the potatoes and the chicken to the skillet. Top your dish with Parmesan cheese, serve immediately and enjoy! The spaghetti al pesto is spaghetti pasta with house homemade pesto sauce.
Spaghetti al Pesto with Chicken instructions
- Cook pasta per package instructions.
- Season the chicken both sides in the following order: lemon juice, salt and pepper, thyme, rosemary. Let sit for 20 mins.
- For the pesto sauce, put the ingredients in blender in the following order: Basil, garlic, salt, cheese, oil. blend until desired texture. add the nuts and blend for a few seconds, make sure that the nuts are not fully crushed.
- Rub a bit of pesto sauce on the chicken.
- Sear the chicken, on medium heat. 4 mins per side..
- serve pasta, top with Parmesan cheese. cut the chicken to desired size per serving..
I added chicken to this dish but later came to regret it. I added chicken to this dish but later came to regret it. The pasta was al dente and cooked perfectly to soak up all the herb-y, fragrant pesto sauce. If you have leftover chicken pesto pasta, it can be re-heated in the microwave. The Creamy Chicken Pesto Spaghetti Pasta Recipe is a lip smacking pasta recipe that is made from a fresh homemade basil pesto.