Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Baked Chicken Pesto Pasta
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from www.plainchicken.com
It ranks #1 of 66 for noodle texture among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 2 cooks on www.plainchicken.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 66.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 0% | 12% |
| protein add | 313% | 22% |
| dairy | 39% | 0% |
| aromatics | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 18% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 560 g | 4 cups cooked chopped chicken |
| 454 g | 16 -oz spaghetti |
| 170 g | 1 (6-oz) jar pesto sauce |
| 178 g | 3/4 cup heavy cream |
| 425 g | 1 (15-oz) container ricotta cheese |
| 3 g | 1 tsp garlic powder |
| 336 g | 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese |
| 100 g | 1 cup grated parmesan cheese |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.plainchicken.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“YUM, now we're talking! This is definitely up mama's alley. LOVE pesto. Brillant idea adding in the chicken. Thanks for passing along the recipe.~ingrid” — a cook, 5.0★
“I made this for the family last week. Yummy! They said it was good enough to be served at an Italian restaurant. Thanks for sharing this one!” — a cook, 5.0★