Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Chicken Pesto Pasta
One of 155 pesto pasta recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 155 for brightness among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 8 cooks on insanelygoodrecipes.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 155.
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Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 oz (about 2 cups) penne pasta |
| 3600 g | 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts |
| Salt and pepper, to taste | |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 8 g | 2-3 garlic cloves, minced |
| 1 cup pesto sauce (homemade or store-bought) | |
| 119 g | 1/2 cup heavy cream |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese |
| 60 g | 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped (drained if oil-packed) |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional, for a bit of heat) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves (for garnish) |
Method: 7 steps, published by insanelygoodrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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“at 5:11 pm Prepared this several times, always delicious. I always grill my chicken on our Bar-B-Que Grill instead of pan-frying it.I grill to 160 degrees” — a cook