Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cilantro pesto pasta with grilled chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Cilantro lovers will love this pasta and chicken dish coated with fresh cilantro pesto. I wasn't even sure if I would be able to post a recipe today. I have several done, and photos on my computer, but then when I sat down last night, I realized that I have no idea where my recipe notebooks are!
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cilantro pesto pasta with grilled chicken using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken:
- Get Cilantro Pesto
- Prepare 2 cup cilantro leaves
- Take 1/2 cup olive oil
- Get 3 clove garlic, minced
- Prepare 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- Prepare 1/4 cup romano (or parmesan) cheese, grated
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
- Get 1 tsp lime zest
- Prepare 1 tbsp lime juice
- Make ready 1 lb mini farfalle (bow tie) pasta
- Make ready 4 -6 chicken breasts
- Prepare 1 envelope McCormick lime mojito marinade (Thanks Ray Ray, now I'm hooked! lol)
Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Lime Chicken. Remove the skin from the chicken drumsticks*. Place drumsticks on a platter and coat both sides with fresh lime juice, lime zest, brown sugar and spices. Season the chicken at least an hour before it goes on the grill to allow the flavours to develop.
Steps to make Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken:
- Mix McCormick marinade according to package directions and marinate chicken for 15-30 minutes.
- Grill chicken on the grill outdoors or indoors on a stove top cast iron grill pan.
- Let chicken rest for 5 to 6 minutes then cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces. Set aside.
- Toast pine nuts in a non stick dry skillet over medium high heat until slighty toasted and golden brown stirring constantly.
- To a blender or a food processor add all ingredients for pesto except olive oil.
- Slowly drizzle in olive oil from the top of the blender on low speed to form a thick sauce. Set aside.
- Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse and set aside.
- Add pasta back to pasta pot. Mix in pesto and stir to combine thoroughly over low heat to warm. Add 3 cut up chicken breasts to pasta and pesto stirring again to incorporate well.
- Use remaining cut up chicken breasts to garnish on top of the pasta. Can top with freshly grated romano or parmesan cheese and fresh cilantro leaves if desired.
Cook chicken tenders quickly on the grill and top with pesto made with cilantro and sesame seeds for a zesty, speedy dinner. Serve with: Quinoa and grilled asparagus. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta, and return water to a boil. Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
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