Recipe: Delicious Pesto Z'paghetti with Chicken

Pesto Z'paghetti with Chicken. Add chicken and season with salt and pepper. Healthy Veggie-Noodle Recipes: Chicken Scampi Z'paghetti, Tropical Jicama Slaw. Lighten up your menu with spiralized veggies!

Home made and Easy Way of preparing your Pesto Pasta. Check these other Recipe Videos: How to Cook. Pesto is easy to make from scratch with just a handful of ingredients. You can cook Pesto Z'paghetti with Chicken using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pesto Z'paghetti with Chicken

1. Prepare 28 oz of spirilized zucchini, about 4 medium.
2. You need 1/2 c of light/low-fat Ricotta cheese.
3. You need 1 T of grated Parmesan cheese.
4. It's 1/4 oz of pine nuts.
5. You need 1/4 c of plus 2 T chopped fresh basil.
6. You need 1 T of chopped garlic.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of each salt and pepper.
8. You need 8 oz of boneless chicken breast, pounded to 1/2" thickness.

Its fresh flavor is the highlight of this super-fast pasta dish, packed with cherry tomatoes and chicken. Combine the chicken, garlic, salt, and pepper, cooking until chicken is browned. Then, mix in the heavy cream, parmesan, and pesto, stirring until evenly combined. Next, bring to a boil and cook until the sauce has reduced, about five to seven minutes.

Pesto Z'paghetti with Chicken instructions

1. To make sauce, combine in a small blender: Ricotta, Parmesan, pine nuts, 1/4 c basil, 1-1/2 tsp garlic, 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper. Add about 3 T water. Blend until uniform..
2. Spray large skillet with cooking spray and heat on med. Season chicken with 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper. Cook until no longer pink, about 4 min. on each side. Transfer to cutting board and slice..
3. Remove skillet from heat and wipe clean. Re-spray and bring to med. heat. Add zucchini and 1-1/2 tsp garlic. Cook and stir until slightly tender. Drain excess liquid from pan..
4. Add in sauce, cook and stir until noodles are evenly coated with sauce..
5. Plate noodles and top with chicken. Sprinkle with remaining chopped basil..

This is the only pizza I make now. Keeping the spices simple helps the flavors of the chicken and vegetables come through. Top with chicken mixture and cheese. Sprinkle with pepper and remaining salt. Once the spiralized zucchini has time to soak up the herby pesto sauce, this chicken and pesto pasta makes particularly good leftovers.