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Pesto Pasta

Serves 4
30 minutes
Difficulty Easy
7 Ingredients

The whole family will love this mouth-watering pesto pasta.

Ingredients (serves 4)

2tbs Oil
500g Chicken fillets, diced
250g Mushrooms, sliced
2 Chorizo, diced
300ml Thickened cream
380g Basil pesto sauce
500g Penne homemade pasta

Method

Bring a pot of water to the boil, add pasta and cook till al dente (approx 6-8 mins). Drain.
While the pasta is cooking, heat a non-stick pot and add 2 tbs of oil, then brown the diced chicken.
Next add the pesto sauce to the chicken and fry for 2mins
Add sliced mushrooms and fry for a further 2 mins
Then add the diced chorizos, fry for a further 1 mins.
Add the cooked pasta to the pot and mix to coat all the pasta.
Finally add the thickened cream to the pasta and mix through

17 Comments
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- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    6:07 pm
I love pesto pasta

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 22 Jun 2016
    7:46 pm
Sounds perfect, love pesto with my pasta!

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- - mom112217 said
  - 29 Jan 2016
    9:23 am
Pesto and pasta is heaven especially home-made,thanks!

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- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Oct 2015
    6:29 pm
this is a great idea! pesto pasta looks great, i bet it tastes great especially when you have made the pasta yourself lol

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- - tinakraja said
  - 29 Aug 2015
    10:44 pm
i have a lovely Jar of Pesto waiting for something to mix with, the time is now, i never knew to add stuff just thought you mix it with Pasta.

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- - EllenG89 said
  - 05 Aug 2015
    6:39 am
this looks delicious! I really wish I had one of these machines!

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- - mom113712 said
  - 22 Jul 2015
    11:31 am
yum thanks love pesto it will be a big hit in our house

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- - dannsbuild said
  - 02 Jun 2015
    5:10 pm
Looks good!

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- - smart_ass said
  - 28 Apr 2015
    9:35 am
thanks for sharing

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- - smiles said
  - 19 Apr 2015
    6:36 pm
Yum looks delicious and easy to make.

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- - curlytops said
  - 18 Apr 2015
    9:01 pm
It would be nice with homemade pesto! delicious!
- mom93821 replied
  
  02 Jun 2015 , 5:17 am
  Homemade pesto is easy and good to make-good point-also so tasty.
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- - mom93821 said
  - 14 Apr 2015
    7:20 am
Thanks for sharing this pesto pasta with chicken…looks so yummy and easy to make too. Sure to please everyone!

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- - mom108638 said
  - 13 Apr 2015
    10:13 pm
Pesto Pasta… my mouth is drooling. thanks for sharing

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- - mom57522 said
  - 13 Apr 2015
    7:18 pm
Basil pesto and chicken were made for each other.

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- - bubble6369 said
  - 13 Apr 2015
    7:02 pm
This fresh pesto pasta sounds sensational

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- - meljware said
  - 13 Apr 2015
    4:23 pm
Yum I love pesto! Can’t wait to make this recipe. The chicken would be great accompaniment to this dish! Thanks for sharing!

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