Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a tasty dish, chicken pesto pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy and delicious pasta with chicken. Serve with crusty bread and salad for a quick dinner. Use as much or as little pesto sauce as you like.

Chicken pesto pasta salad is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chicken pesto pasta salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:

1. Take 3 cup mixed salad leaves
2. Take 1/2 a large cucumber
3. Make ready 1 medium sliced onion
4. Make ready 2 large chicken breasts
5. Prepare 250 grams cooked pasta of your choice
6. Get 1 salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
7. Take 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
8. Prepare 1 tsp crushed garlic
9. Make ready 1 bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
10. Prepare 6 tbsp pesto

This makes a large batch, and my husband ate ALL OF IT over a few days. This chicken pesto pasta salad is light, healthy and packed with the perfect pesto flavor! Great for BBQs, brunches, baby showers & more! The combination of flavors in this pesto chicken salad is seriously to-die-for!

Steps to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:

1. Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl
2. Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked.
3. Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto.
4. Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices
5. Mix chicken and pasta together
6. Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold.

It's so easy to throw together and can be eaten as both a main or side dish. Pesto chicken pasta salad is one of my summertime staples. This quick and easy salad recipe uses pasta, pesto, canned chicken, and vegetables. You can use your favorite vegetables in this simple salad. Add some chopped yellow summer squash or add some grated carrots.

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