Spinach Pesto Chicken

Name: Spinach Pesto Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 567 grams chicken breast, chopped into 1-inch cubes; 473 milliliters cooked spiral pasta; 1 teaspoon medium clove garlic, coarsely chopped (about; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon juice from 1 lemon; 79 milliliters olive oil; 79 milliliters grated pecorino romano cheese; 79 milliliters pistachios; 473 milliliters packed spinach leaves, stems removed

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Spinach Pesto Chicken a try. This recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 4 servings with 533 calories, 39g of protein, and 32g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up juice from 1 lemon, garlic, pistachios, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes.

Instructions

Add spinach, pistachios, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt to the work bowl of a food processor. Pulse until the spinach is roughly chopped, about 8 short pulses.

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Lemon Juice

Pistachio Nuts

Olive Oil

Spinach

Garlic

Salt

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Food Processor

Bowl

Add cheese and continue pulsing until roughly chopped (you can hop more or less to taste), drizzling a little extra olive oil if pesto is too thick. Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Cheese

Pesto

Season chicken cubes with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Heat butter in a heavy skillet over medium heat until foaming subsides.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add chicken and cook, turning occasionally, until barely cooked through (check by cutting open a cube, it should be opaque all the way through), about 8 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Fill four bowls with an equal amount of cooked spiral pasta, then divide the chicken evenly between each bowl. Drop a generous dollop of pesto into each bowl and serve immediately.

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Cooked Corkscrew Pasta