Recipe of Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken

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Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, pasta, and tomatoes to pesto; toss to combine. Use remaining cut up chicken breasts to garnish on top of the pasta.

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Steps to Prepare Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cilantro pesto pasta with grilled chicken using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken:

1. Prepare Cilantro Pesto
2. Prepare 2 cup cilantro leaves
3. Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
4. Prepare 3 clove garlic, minced
5. Make ready 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
6. Make ready 1/4 cup romano (or parmesan) cheese, grated
7. Get 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
8. Get 1 tsp lime zest
9. Make ready 1 tbsp lime juice
10. Make ready 1 lb mini farfalle (bow tie) pasta
11. Prepare 4 -6 chicken breasts
12. Make ready 1 envelope McCormick lime mojito marinade (Thanks Ray Ray, now I'm hooked! lol)

Cilantro lovers will love this pasta and chicken dish coated with fresh cilantro pesto. I wasn't even sure if I would be able to post a recipe today. I have several done, and photos on my computer, but then when I sat down last night, I realized that I have no idea where my recipe notebooks are! While chicken is on the grill, cook pasta according to package directions.

Instructions

Steps to make Cilantro Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken:

1. Mix McCormick marinade according to package directions and marinate chicken for 15-30 minutes.
2. Grill chicken on the grill outdoors or indoors on a stove top cast iron grill pan.
3. Let chicken rest for 5 to 6 minutes then cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces. Set aside.
4. Toast pine nuts in a non stick dry skillet over medium high heat until slighty toasted and golden brown stirring constantly.
5. To a blender or a food processor add all ingredients for pesto except olive oil.
6. Slowly drizzle in olive oil from the top of the blender on low speed to form a thick sauce. Set aside.
7. Cook pasta according to package directions, rinse and set aside.
8. Add pasta back to pasta pot. Mix in pesto and stir to combine thoroughly over low heat to warm. Add 3 cut up chicken breasts to pasta and pesto stirring again to incorporate well.
9. Use remaining cut up chicken breasts to garnish on top of the pasta. Can top with freshly grated romano or parmesan cheese and fresh cilantro leaves if desired.

Distribute the pesto evenly throughout the pasta. Top with grilled seasoned chicken, diced tomatoes and a sprinkle of parmegiano reggiano cheese. Roll out the pasta dough and cut into tagliatelle. This Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken is an easy and delicious weeknight meal. Serve it cold as a summer pasta salad or hot as a delicious winter entree!

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