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Dinner · Italian-inspired · Weeknight
Chicken Pesto Pasta
Basil pesto, juicy chicken and sweet tomatoes. Thirty minutes and a clean bowl.
- 20 min hands-on
- 30 min total
- Serves 4
- about $4–7 a serving
- Chicken or turkey
- pasta pot
- skillet
Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.
Ingredients serves 4
- 12 ozpennecheck the label: may contain eggs
- 1 lb, slicedboneless chicken breasts
- ½ cupbasil pesto
- 1½ cups, halvedcherry tomatoes
- to serveparmesan
Method one step at a time, with timers in the app
- Cook the penne; save ½ cup pasta water.
- Season and sear the chicken until cooked through, about 8 minutes.⏱ 8 min
- Toss the pasta, chicken, tomatoes and pesto with a splash of pasta water. Top with parmesan.
Allergens, with the fine print read
- ⚠Contains gluten, dairy, tree nuts.
- ?Check the label: penne may contain eggs, depending on the brand.
- ⇄Swap basil pesto for nut-free pesto to leave out tree nuts.
- !These tags haven't had their final human sign-off yet. Always read the label.
An original Socrabites recipe by Sential Systems. Every allergen tag was checked by two people during editing and awaits final sign-off.