Chicken Pesto Pasta with Peas

Why You'll Love This Pasta

I love pesto pasta but I also love not doing a ton of dishes. Making a chicken pesto pasta in one pot is surprisingly easy.

The pasta is creamy, easy, and delicious. I snuck in peas since it's one of the easiest vegetables to add and who doesn't love peas?

I love using rigatoni for this pasta as all the pesto and peas can tuck themselves inside the pasta so every bite you take is full of flavour! While you can use whatever pasta you have on hand, I really do recommend rigatoni.

What You'll Need

• olive oil
• onion - I snuck half a diced onion in this pasta. You can hardly tell it's in the pasta!
• garlic
• chicken - I like boneless skinless chicken breasts
• chicken stock
• cream - just a splash!
• pasta - I like rigatoni for this
• parmesan cheese
• frozen peas
• pesto

How To Make A Creamy One Pot Chicken Pesto Pasta

• In a large pot or dutch oven, coat the bottom of the pot with olive oil over medium heat and add in the diced onions and garlic. Stir and let the onions sweat for a minute.

• Add in the chicken cubes and quickly brown the chicken on each side for 1-3 minutes each. Depending on the thickness of the chicken.

• Add in chicken stock and a splash of cream to the pot alongside the pasta and bring to a boil.

• Lower the heat back down to a simmer and let the pasta cook for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally so nothing gets stuck to the bottom. Most of the liquid should be absorbed by this time.
• Add in the parmesan, peas, and pesto sauce, stir, and let cook for another 1-3 minutes or until the pasta has cooked through and the leftover liquid has turned into a creamy sauce.

• Serve with a bit of extra parmesan on top if you desire.

Recipes Variations

• Frozen peas can be swapped for any frozen vegetables of your choice.
• Chicken breasts can be swapped with chicken thighs.

Tips and Notes

• I don't add salt to this because the pesto and parmesan is quite salty but you can also salt to taste as not all pesto sauce is the same.
• The chicken cubes only need to be quickly browned on each side as it'll continue to cook alongside the pasta after.
• If you are worried about overcooking your chicken, you could cook your chicken cubes first in olive oil then set it aside to be added back in at the end.
• If your pasta needs more liquid, add 1/4 cup. If you find that your pasta has too much liquid, let the liquid cook off for longer or add additional parmesan cheese to thicken the sauce.
• Leftovers can be reheated on the stovetop or microwave.

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Recipe

One Pot Chicken Pesto Pasta with Peas

Yield: 5

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

This One Pot Chicken Pesto Pasta with Peas is so easy to make, creamy, and delicious! This one pot pasta takes less than an hour to make and uses mostly pantry staples.

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Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 2-2.5" cubes
• 2.5 cups chicken stock
• 2 tbsp cream
• 2.5 cups rigatoni pasta
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1/2 cup pesto sauce

Instructions

1. In a large pot or dutch oven, coat the bottom of the pot with olive oil over medium heat and add in the diced onions and garlic. Stir and let the onions sweat for a minute.
2. Add in the chicken cubes and quickly brown the chicken on each side for 1-3 minutes each. Depending on the thickness of the chicken.
3. Add in chicken stock and a splash of cream to the pot alongside the pasta and bring to a boil.
4. Lower the heat back down to a simmer and let the pasta cook for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally so nothing gets stuck to the bottom.
5. Add in the parmesan, peas, and pesto sauce, stir, and let cook for another 1-3 minutes or until the pasta has cooked through.
6. Serve with a bit of extra parmesan on top if you desire.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 5 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 554Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 558mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 3gSugar: 5gProtein: 37g

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