
Chicken & Butternut Pesto Pasta
Make it veggie by replacing the chicken with veggie meatballs or quorn pieces. Or just having the veg!
Chicken & Butternut Pesto Pasta
Make it veggie by replacing the chicken with veggie meatballs or quorn pieces. Or just having the veg!
Steps
- 1
Bring a pan of water to the boil and add the pasta. Cook for 15 minutes or as instructed on the packet.
- 2
Heat a medium sized frying pan on a medium heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. When hot add the butternut squash.
- 3
Heat another pan on medium with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. When hot add the chicken mini fillets and sprinkle over the dried basil. Cook for 5 mins on one side then turn over. Stir the squash.
- 4
Place a lid on the pan with the chicken and leave to cook for a further 5 minutes. Check the squash again and give it a stir.
- 5
After 10 minutes check the pasta and take the chicken off the heat. Leave it to rest.
- 6
Add the chopped spinach to the squash and cook until wilted. Chop the cooked chicken into bitesize pieces.
- 7
Once the pasta is cooked, drain it but reserve 1/4 cup of the cooking water.
- 8
Add the pasta back to the pan along with the squash and spinach mixture and the cooking water. Add the pesto and stir well.
- 9
Serve the pasta and vegetables in a bowl and top with chopped chicken. Crumble goat cheese on top and enjoy!
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