Recipe of Super Quick Homemade Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli

Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli
Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, creamy pesto pasta with chicken, asparagus & brocolli. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have creamy pesto pasta with chicken, asparagus & brocolli using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
  1. Prepare 150 g pasta (dried weight),
  2. Prepare 2 chicken thighs, skins & bones removed, fat trimmed,
  3. Prepare Around 8 spears of asparagus, ends trimmed off, chopped,
  4. Take Some florets of brocolli, around 150g worth,
  5. Make ready 4 tbsp reduced fat pesto,
  6. Take 3 tbsp fat free quark or Greek yogurt,
  7. Make ready 1/2 reduced salt chicken stock cube, in 250ml boiled water,
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp dried thyme,
  9. Prepare Salt and pepper to season
  10. Take Spray cooking oil
  11. Make ready To serve:
  12. Take Grated Parmigianino Reggiano cheese (optional)
Steps to make Creamy Pesto Pasta With Chicken, Asparagus & Brocolli:
  1. Begin to cook the pasta according to packet instructions. Meanwhile heat a large high sided frying pan up over a medium heat. Add in some oil and once hot add in the chicken thigh, (cut it into small bite sized pieces). Brown off the chicken and season with pepper and add the dried thyme. Stir together. Add in the stock. Bring to a simmer.
  2. After simmering the chicken for around 3-4 minutes add in the chopped florets of brocolli and asparagus. Continue to simmer gently until the water begins to reduce down. Once the pasta is cooked drain it off and set aside.
  3. Once the water in the frying pan has reduced down by around 95%, (so there's not much left), add in the drained pasta and stir together gently. Remove from the heat.
  4. Add in the pesto and stir through. Then add in the quark/Greek yogurt and combine until a creamy green sauce is created that coats all the ingredients.
  5. Season with a little more salt and pepper to taste, serve up and grate over some cheese. Enjoy! :)

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