Name: The Fitness Chef's Red Pesto Chicken Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 75g uncooked fusilli; 150g chopped skinless chicken breast; 5ml olive oil; 20g red pesto; ½ chopped red pepper; ½ chopped onion; 1 crushed garlic clove; 5g grated parmesan; Black pepper

The Fitness Chef's Red Pesto Chicken Pasta

Serves: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time:
5 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins

Tags: Healthy, Chicken, Pasta, mid-week meal

Discover our healthy chicken pesto pasta recipe. Made with delicious and nutritious ingredients, this red pesto chicken pasta recipe is one fit for families – the kids will love it and so will you! Cook up a mid-week dinner or throw together a delicious lunch – tomato pesto chicken pasta is a versatile dish for every time of day.

How To Make Pesto Chicken Pasta

Our easy, mid-week chicken pesto pasta recipe is full of flavour and quick and easy to make. Rustle up a flavourful dinner in no time, and at low cost with SPAR produce – resulting in a delicious chicken pesto pasta recipe that will leave you wanting more. Fancy trying it yourself? It’s easy. Find all the ingredients you need for our pesto chicken pasta recipe below.

Ingredients Method

What you'll need

75g uncooked fusilli
150g chopped skinless chicken breast
5ml olive oil
20g red pesto
½ chopped red pepper
½ chopped onion
1 crushed garlic clove
5g grated parmesan
Black pepper

Method

Add fusilli to a saucepan of boiling water and simmer for 6-8 minutes until tender, then drain.
Preheat a frying Then add olive oil, garlic and onion. Cook for two minutes before adding the chicken, and cook for a further five minutes until the meat is cooked through.
At this point, add and mix in the red pesto, red pepper and black pepper.
Stir in the drained penne and heat for a further minute before serving up with parmesan and more black pepper.

Nutritional Info:

587 calories

45g protein

68g carbs

15g fat

And that’s how to make pesto chicken pasta at home! You just can’t beat a delicious bowl of pesto pasta on a cold, winter’s evening. Top up on the ingredients for red pesto chicken pasta from your local SPAR, where you can explore our grocery range to see what we’ve got in store for our customers.

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