Pasta, Pesto & Chicken
- 2 chicken breasts, cut into 2 inch strips
- 1/2 lb. mushrooms
- pesto to taste approx. 1/2 cup
- parmesan -regiano to taste
- 1 1b pasta - rigatoni, or any small pasta with ribbing
- olive oil
- butter to taste
- salt & pepper
- Chopped Italian leaf parsley for garnish
- Heat water for pasta. While heating saute chicken in olive oil and salt & pepper. Set aside and cover. Save cooking juices for later.In same pan, add more olive oil and saute muchrooms with salt & pepper. Remove from pan and st aside.
- Cook pasta. Save about 1/2 cup of pasta water. Drain cooked pasta. In same saute pan, add pesto, with butter and olive oil. add pasta water if needed to get a consistency that will evenly coat the pasta. Blend well, then add drained pasta & mushrooms. Mix together. Add chicken. Add any pas Mix. Then add cheese. Sprinkle Italian Parsley over top. Serve.
chicken breasts, mushrooms, pesto, parmesan regiano, pasta rigatoni, olive oil, butter, salt, italian leaf parsley
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/pasta-pesto-chicken-1200290 (may not work)