Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Creamy Pesto Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #1 of 66 for noodle texture among the pesto pasta recipes we compared. 82 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 66.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 6% | 12% |
| protein add | 250% | 22% |
| dairy | 50% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 100% | 18% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 oz. bow tie pasta ($0.67) |
| 227 g | 8 oz. frozen broccoli florets ($1.00) |
| 14 g | 1 Tbsp olive oil ($0.12) |
| 454 g | 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast ($2.49) |
| 33 g | 1/3 cup basil pesto ($0.73) |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup chicken broth ($0.07) |
| 113 g | 4 oz. cream cheese ($0.40) |
Method: 4 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I so did not want to cook today but real life said " you have to eat". I had frozen cooked & shredded chicken in the freezer, fresh baby spinach on its last legs, frozen peas, about 3 tablespoons of cream cheese, no broccoli, and a 1/4 jar of pesto. I add” — a cook, 5.0★
“My youngest said it was "bussin" (which means delicious), and my middle one said it was "good, make it again". My oldest is off at university so I froze some leftovers to bring to her the next time I see her. My husband is keto, so he tried the sauce with chic” — a cook, 5.0★