Spicy Pesto Chicken And Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place farfalle pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Mix in the chile paste and chicken. Cook and stir chicken 10 minutes, or until evenly browned and juices run clear.
• Toss the cooked farfalle, pesto, Parmesan cheese, and cilantro into the skillet, and continue cooking just until heated through.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute garlic until tender, then stir in chicken. Season with red pepper flakes. Cook until chicken is golden, and cooked through.
• In a large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, sun-dried tomatoes and pesto. Toss to coat evenly.

Steps:

• Reserve seasoning packet from noodles. Cook and drain noodles as directed on package.
• Mix waer, pesto, cornstarch, chili puree and contents of seasoning packet; set aside.
• Heat oil in 12 inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; stir-fry 3 to 4 minutes or until no longer pink in center. Add carrot and onions; stir-fry 1 minute.
• Stir in pesto mixture. Boil and stir 1 minute. Add noodles; toss to coat.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place farfalle pasta in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Mix in the chile paste and chicken. Cook and stir chicken 10 minutes, or until evenly browned and juices run clear. Toss the cooked farfalle, pesto, Parmesan cheese, and cilantro into the skillet, and continue cooking just until heated through. Nutritional Information Amount Per Serving Calories: 422 | Total Fat: 15.2g | Cholesterol: 43mg

Steps:

• Place basil, garlic, Parmesan, pine nuts, and tomato in a food processor. Gradually add olive oil, while pulsing, until mixture is smooth and creamy.
• In a bowl, stir together chicken broth, 1 cup white wine, dried basil, oregano, and minced garlic. Stir in chicken pieces.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta, and cook until just al dente, about 8 minutes. Drain, and rinse under cold water. Toss with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Set aside.
• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onions, and sprinkle with sugar. Cook until the onions are soft and translucent. Stir in sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts, and cook about 3 minutes. Stir in chicken and marinade. Stir in 1/2 cup white wine. Simmer chicken pieces, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.
• Add pasta and pesto to the skillet. Stir in cream, and cook until the sauce is thickened. Adjust salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, and serve with freshly grated Parmesan.

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water according to the package instructions.
• Drain.
• Meanwhile, cut the chorizo into 3/4 in slices and cut the chicken breasts into strips.
• Heat a large skillet.
• Add the chorizo and cook, stirring, over high heat for 2 minutes.
• Add the chicken strips, chiles and green onions and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until the chicken is lightly browned.
• Stir in the pesto and cream and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the chicken is tender.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the Parmesan.
• Toss with the pasta and serve at once.

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the linguine, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.
• While the pasta is boiling, sprinkle the chicken with salt and black pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook the chicken pieces until lightly browned, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in the garlic cloves, mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and artichoke hearts; reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the mushrooms begin to give off their juices, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in the spinach, and simmer just until the leaves are wilted, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer the cooked linguine into a bowl, and toss with the basil pesto. Divide the pasta between 2 plates, and serve topped with the chicken mixture. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over each plate to serve.

Steps:

• If fresh chop fine a small amount of coriander & basil. If dry add coriander & basil into mortar & crush with pestle. If fresh put chopped herbs into mortar (If not keep herbs within mortar), regardless now add desired amount of black peppercorns & crush, now add some nuts to the mixture & crush.
• Chop up 1 red pepper, half the onion & the garlic cloves roughly and put in food processor. Now add the pasta sauce, a sensible amount of pesto, a generous amount of lime juice & the spice/nut mix within the mortar. Now process well & leave.
• Chop the other half of the onion very finely & also cut the chicken breasts into bite size cubes. Fry the onion in some olive oil until golden then add the chicken. After the chicken turns white add your desired amount of chilli powder then add a generous amount of lime juice to the wok/pan.
• Put the spaghetti on to boil while pan-frying the chicken, also finely chop the second red pepper and after a few minutes of the coated chicken being in the pan/wok add the chopped pepper.
• Wait a few more minutes then add a little more lime juice while continuing to stir on a medium/high heat. Put the sauce from the processor into a saucepan & heat gently.
• When chicken is almost cooked add a little more lime juice if necersary to insure moist, turn up heat on sauce to insure it is heated through properly.
• When chicken is cooked well, put aside, when sauce is hot put aside, when spaghetti is cooked put aside (this should all happen in close proximity) then mix all together in large bowl & serve immediatly with warm ciabatta (or similar) bread.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Mix the mozzarella cheese, pesto sauce and mustard until well blended; set aside.
• Place chicken in 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Spread mustard mixture evenly over chicken; top with parmesan cheese.
• BAKE 30 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet. Toss in the asparagus, season with a bit of salt, and sautée until the begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
• Pour on the pesto, pasta, and chicken and stir to combine.
• Toss in the cherry tomatoes and give everything a stir to combine and warm through.
• Distribute pasta mixture evenly between 4 tupperware containers.
• Top with parsley for garnish.
• Can be refrigerated up to 4 days.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and sauté until cooked through and beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer chicken to bowl. Add green onions, 1/3 cup cilantro, pecans, garlic, jalapeño and dried red pepper to same skillet. Sauté until green onions wilt, about 2 minutes. Add pesto, chicken and any accumulated juices; stir to blend. Remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, cook linguine in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid.
• Bring sauce to simmer. Add linguine and reserved cooking liquid to sauce and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to large bowl. Sprinkle with additional cilantro. Serve, passing Parmesan separately.

Steps:

• For the pesto, add garlic, basil, salt, pepper, and walnuts into the bowl of a food processor.
• Turn on the food processor and slowly add the olive oil in a steady stream and puree thoroughly.
• Add the parmesan and pulse to incorporate. Set aside.
• In a large pot, heat olive oil on medium-high heat. Season chicken and brown on both sides. Cook thoroughly for 8-10 minutes. Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
• Sauté garlic for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant. Add the chicken broth, sun-dried tomatoes, pasta, salt, and red pepper flakes and mix until combined. Cover.
• Bring liquid to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until pasta is al dente.
• Add spinach and stir until wilted.
• Add cooked chicken and pesto.
• Serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a pan.
• Dice chicken and chorizo and add to pan - fry gently for 3-4 minutes until chicken is browned and chorizo oil is released
• Whilst chicken is cooking, roughly chop onion and pepper and finely chop garlic and chilli. Add to pan and cook until onion and peppers have softened and chicken is cooked thoroughly
• Add tomatoes to pan, gently cook for 5 min until tomatoes begin to burst.
• Cook pasta as per pack instructions
• Whilst pasta is cooking add creme fraiche, lemon juice and pesto to chicken and warm thorugh. Season to taste
• Add cooked drained pasta to chicken and creme fraiche mix and stir until coated - serve with a rocket and parmesan salad

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, adding asparagus during the last 3 minutes of cooking. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute mushrooms and red pepper in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Reduce heat; stir in the chicken, artichokes, pesto, tomatoes, salt and pepper flakes. Cook 2-3 minutes longer or until heated through. , Drain pasta; toss with chicken mixture. Sprinkle with cheese and pine nuts.

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, adding chicken the last 5 to 6 minutes of cooking.
• Cook till pasta is tender but firm and chicken is no longer pink.
• Drain pasta and chicken.
• Rinse with cold water, drain again.
• Combine pesto and sour cream in a large mixing bowl.
• Add pasta/chicken mixture, chopped veggies and tomato.
• Toss lightly to coat.
• If desired, sprinkle with nuts.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pan over high heat. Combine the chicken, garlic, salt, and pepper, cooking until chicken is browned.
• Then, mix in the heavy cream, parmesan, and pesto, stirring until evenly combined.
• Next, bring to a boil and cook until the sauce has reduced, about five to seven minutes.
• Toss in the pasta and cherry tomatoes, stirring until evenly coated. Remove from heat.
• To serve, sprinkle parmesan cheese and basil on top!
• Enjoy!