Quick Pesto Chicken and Pasta
From lindaklim 15 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is a really easy dish to make - great for taking leftovers to work for lunch. We prefer eating it cold the day after anyway, so most of it goes in the fridge after we make it. I think it becomes more flavorful when it sits in the fridge overnight.
Ingredients
- 1 16-oz bag of rotini/spiral pasta shopping list
- 1 ready-cooked whole rotisserie chicken shopping list
- 1 .5 oz package dry pesto sauce mix (Knorr brand) shopping list
- 3/4 cup water* shopping list
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil* shopping list
How to make it
- Shred the cooked rotisserie chicken into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
- Heat water in large pot to cook pasta. Throw in rotini. Cook until al dente.
- Heat 3/4 c water, 1/4 c olive oil and dry pesto mix in small pot until boiling. Reduce heat on small pot and let simmer for until pasta is done.
- Drain pasta and return to large pot.
- Add pesto sauce and shredded chicken to large pot.
- Toss until well mixed and serve (or put into containers and refrigerate to enjoy later!)
- * ingredients needed for Knorr brand dry pesto sauce mix, if you use a different brand, these ingredients may vary.
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