Grammy's Kitchen · Pesto Pasta · Garlic butter chicken pesto pasta
One of 66 pesto pasta recipes we measured
from simply-delicious-food.com
6 cooks on simply-delicious-food.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 | 11% | 12% |
| protein add | 100% | 22% |
| aromatics | 3% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 0% | 18% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| acid | 6% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 500 g | 500 g (1lb) chicken breasts (I used boneless skinless chicken breast but chicken thighs can be used too.) |
| 14 g | 1 tbsp olive oil |
| 31 g | 2 tbsp lemon juice |
| 3 g | 1 tsp garlic powder |
| 2 g | 1 tsp smoked paprika |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp black pepper |
| 43 g | 3 tbsp butter |
| 12 g | 4 garlic cloves (crushed) |
| 500 g | 500 g (1lb) pasta (I used spaghetti but penne pasta, linguine or rigatoni will all work.) |
| 50 g | 1/2 cup fresh basil pesto |
| Parmesan cheese (to taste) |
Method: 9 steps, published by simply-delicious-food.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this for dinner this evening. It was so simple and delicious. I had a question about the garlic and butter. I did not see when to add them, so I added them to my skillet while the pasta was finishing. I brought the butter and garlic to a simmer so t” — a cook, 5.0★