Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta Recipe (35 Minutes)

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Prepare the creamy pesto by blending fresh basil leaves, garlic cloves, pine nuts, grated Parmesan, fine sea salt, and extra virgin olive oil until smooth.

In a separate pan, heat olive oil over medium heat and cook the bite-size pieces of chicken until fully cooked, seasoning with salt and black pepper.

Cook the fusilli or other short pasta according to package instructions until al dente, then drain.

Combine the cooked pasta, chicken, and creamy pesto in a large bowl, adding heavy cream and mixing until well coated.

Cooking Techniques

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