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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
- Prepare 3 cup mixed salad leaves
- Prepare 1/2 a large cucumber
- Take 1 medium sliced onion
- Get 2 large chicken breasts
- Make ready 250 grams cooked pasta of your choice
- Take 1 salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
- Prepare 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
- Prepare 1 tsp crushed garlic
- Prepare 1 bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
- Get 6 tbsp pesto
My husbands co-worker brought this to share for an event and he begged for the recipe. The only particular is that the pasta salad will taste best if you use the pesto in a plastic container in the refrigerated section. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Pesto Pasta Salad is a satisfying fresh summer side, bursting with flavor!!!
Steps to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:
- Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl
- Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked.
- Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto.
- Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices
- Mix chicken and pasta together
- Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold.
With grilled chicken, tomatoes, mozzarella, and a homemade fresh basil pesto this recipe is perfect for a summer potluck! Pesto chicken pasta salad is one of my summertime staples. This quick and easy salad recipe uses pasta, pesto, canned chicken, and vegetables. You can use your favorite vegetables in this simple salad. Add some chopped yellow summer squash or add some grated carrots.
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