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easy pesto pasta with chicken and spinach

Easy Chicken Pasta Recipe (Pasta Al Pesto e Pollo)

Miranda | My Anosmic Kitchen
This easy chicken pasta recipe uses 4 ingredients, is quick and super delicious! No cream, no dairy just a creamy and easily customizable chicken pasta recipe.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams fusilli pasta
  • 2 cups baby spinach
  • 2 Tbsps. basil pesto
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • salt & pepper to taste Smell & Taste
  • 2 chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken pieces

Instructions
 

  • Cook the fusilli pasta according to packet instructions.
  • Heat a non stick pan, add the oil and cook the season breasts for roughly 4 minutes a side depending on thickness. Set aside. ORUse Rotisserie chicken pieces and season them.
  • When the fusilli is cooked use a large carving spoon to remove the pasta into a bowl. Set it aside.
  • Turn the heat off and add the baby spinach to the pasta water for less than a minute. Just to dip it in for a couple of seconds and remove it. Set it aside in a plate.
  • Add the basil pesto into the pasta and mix with a pair of tongs while you keep adding a little pasta water to keep it flexible and creamy.
  • Serve the pasta with the spinach and chicken. Season to taste and a drizzle of olive oil.
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