Pesto Chicken Pasta

← Back to all recipes

StovetopEasyPrep 10 minCook 15 minServes 4

Golden chicken strips folded into basil pesto pasta — the weeknight answer to what is for dinner.

Ingredients

12 oz fusilli
1½ lb chicken breasts, sliced
¾ cup basil pesto
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
2 tbsp olive oil
½ cup grated parmesan
1 tsp kosher salt
½ tsp black pepper

Steps

Cook the fusilli in salted water until al dente; save a cup of the pasta water.
Season the chicken and sear in olive oil for 4-5 minutes per side until golden and cooked through.
Lower the heat and warm the pesto with the cherry tomatoes for 1 minute.
Toss the pasta into the pan with a splash of pasta water until coated.
Serve with parmesan scattered on top.

Serve with: a Caesar salad and extra parmesan.

Warm the pesto in the pan, never boil it, or the basil turns dark.

Find this recipe in the Pasta section on the RecipeDelish home page, where you can scale it, print a clean PDF, download the shopping list and use cook mode.

More to explore

Keep cooking — five sections our readers love most.