Creamy chicken pesto pasta
17 min
A creamy pesto and chicken pasta recipe, which is an incredibly easy weeknight dinner your family and friends will love.
8 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- extra virgin olive oil
- 300g chicken breast fillets, cut into small pieces
- salt and pepper
- 320g rigatoni pasta
- 4 tablespoons pesto
- 10 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 300ml creme fraiche
- 80g Parmesan cheese, shaved
Method
Prep:5min ›
Cook:12min ›
Ready in:17min
- Heat a little olive oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Add the chicken and season with salt and pepper. Cook till lightly browned on all sides.
- Cook the pasta in a large pan of salted, boiling water following the instructions on the packet. Before draining, retain a little of the cooking water in case you need to thin out your sauce.
- To the chicken, add the pesto, tomatoes and creme fraiche and cook over low heat for a few minutes.
- Drain the pasta and add to the pan with the chicken. Toss well. Add a little pasta cooking water if needed to thin out the sauce.
- Serve pasta with plenty of Parmesan shavings.
