Mean Green Pesto Fusilli

Name: Mean Green Pesto Fusilli
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb cooked fusilli or your favorite pasta; 1 3/4 cup Cooked and cubed chicken (i use homemade baked leftovers); 1 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes; 3/4 cup chopped onion; 1 1/2 tbsp garlic, minced finely; 1 1/3 cup cubed fresh mozzarella; grated parmesan cheese; 2 1/3 cup Spinach Kale Pesto sauce or your own favorite pesto; olive oil, extra virgin

mmmnomz by bonz @cook_3644837

Greensboro, North Carolina

Best way to throw together a gourmet looking meal thats too easy. Leftovers can be eaten as an even better cold pasta salad. Amazing!

mmmnomz by bonz @cook_3644837

Greensboro, North Carolina

Best way to throw together a gourmet looking meal thats too easy. Leftovers can be eaten as an even better cold pasta salad. Amazing!

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Ingredients

20 mins

5 servings

1 lbcooked fusilli or your favorite pasta
1 3/4 cupCooked and cubed chicken (i use homemade baked leftovers)
1 1/4 cupsundried tomatoes
3/4 cupchopped onion
1 1/2 tbspgarlic, minced finely
1 1/3 cupcubed fresh mozzarella
grated parmesan cheese
2 1/3 cupSpinach Kale Pesto sauce or your own favorite pesto
olive oil, extra virgin

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Steps

20 mins

1

Set aside a cup of pasta water. Drain pasta but keep warm while you create the sauce.
2

Heat some oil in a skillet. Add your onions and cook until they are translucent. Add garlic. Cook until fragrant. Add sundried tomatoes and a splash of pasta water. Cook another minute. Add your pesto and stir.
3

Start adding your pasta in small increments to make sure all noodles get covered. Taste and adjust your salt and pepper if needed.
4

Add your cooked chicken and heat thoroughly if it was cold. And your fresh mozzarella last. I served the chicken alongside for the first night we had this...for leftovers i cut up the chicken and tossed everything together. Let me tell you the next day leftovers are amazing! You can have it as a pasta salad...We ate it cold!! So good!
5

Opt: drizzle extra oil over the top for a fancy finish. Also: Sprinkle the parmesan over everything at the end if you love that extra salty nutty flavor on your pasta!