Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mean green pesto fusilli. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mean Green Pesto Fusilli is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mean Green Pesto Fusilli is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Spiraly Fusilli grabs all the pesto punch you could ever want in a pasta dish. Add your veggies & fill up on freshness! You can make the pesto in a food processor instead of mortar & pestle by processing the herbs & cheese while pouring in the olive oil during blending.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mean green pesto fusilli using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mean Green Pesto Fusilli:
- Take 1 lb cooked fusilli or your favorite pasta
- Get 1 3/4 cup Cooked and cubed chicken (i use homemade baked leftovers)
- Take 1 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
- Make ready 3/4 cup chopped onion
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp garlic, minced finely
- Prepare 1 1/3 cup cubed fresh mozzarella
- Make ready grated parmesan cheese
- Prepare 2 1/3 cup Spinach Kale Pesto sauce or your own favorite pesto
- Take olive oil, extra virgin
Missy's Pick: Fusilli with Pesto and Green Beans Serve with crusty bread! Return pot to medium heat and add cream and pesto. Return pasta to pot; add tomatoes and toss to combine, adding enough of the pasta water to moisten to desired consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Instructions to make Mean Green Pesto Fusilli:
- Set aside a cup of pasta water. Drain pasta but keep warm while you create the sauce.
- 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.
- Start adding your pasta in small increments to make sure all noodles get covered. Taste and adjust your salt and pepper if needed.
- 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!
- 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!
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