Lemon Pesto Pasta

"Easy and light tasting 1 pan pasta dinner"
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Pan cook three chicken breasts. While doing that bring water to boil and cook pasta for 9-10 minutes. When pasta has about 3 minutes left, toss in broccoli.
  • Drain off pasta and broccoli and place in bowl; cut chicken into bit size pieces and toss into bowl with pasta.
  • Pour olive oil, basil pesto and juice of one lemon into bowl and stir until pasta is coated thoroughly. Sprinkle fresh grated Parmesan cheese over top and serve.

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  1. A friend from California brought me a dozen Meyer lemons (can't get them where I live), so I went looking for recipes to use them in. Had to futz with this one a bit to make it for two people: one chicken breast, half a box of angel hair pasta (our supermarket doesn't carry cappelletti), one bunch of broccoli (more than called for) and the full amount of sauce/cheese. Took the suggestion about cooking the chicken in garlic as well as butter. Delicious! Will be making this again soon, I'm sure -- as long as the lemons last!
     
  2. Fabulous -- especially if you cook the chicken in butter & garlic salt, and make a little pan sauce for it. I used way more brocolli, about 1/2 cup pesto sauce, and whole wheat pasta. DO NOT skip the lemon olive oil (if you can find it) or the Meyer lemon; they make this dish distinctive. YUM!
     
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