Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken pesto pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Easy and delicious pasta with chicken. Serve with crusty bread and salad for a quick dinner. Use as much or as little pesto sauce as you like.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:

1. Make ready 3 cup mixed salad leaves
2. Make ready 1/2 a large cucumber
3. Prepare 1 medium sliced onion
4. Take 2 large chicken breasts
5. Take 250 grams cooked pasta of your choice
6. Prepare 1 salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken
7. Get 1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
8. Get 1 tsp crushed garlic
9. Make ready 1 bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken
10. Make ready 6 tbsp pesto

This makes a large batch, and my husband ate ALL OF IT over a few days. Pesto chicken pasta salad is one of my summertime staples. This quick and easy salad recipe uses pasta, pesto, canned chicken, and vegetables. You can use your favorite vegetables in this simple salad.

Instructions to make Chicken pesto pasta salad:

1. Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl
2. Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked.
3. Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto.
4. Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices
5. Mix chicken and pasta together
6. Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold.

Add some chopped yellow summer squash or add some grated carrots. This Chicken Pesto Pasta Salad is an old favorite that's perfect as a side or as your main meal! Are you ready for a killer pasta salad for your next summer party? I'm totally dating myself with today's recipe guys. I have been making this Chicken Pesto Pasta.

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