Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken

iklan tengah

This Pestö Pasta with Grilled Chicken is an easy and deliciöus weeknight meal.  Serve it cöld as a summer pasta salad ör höt as a deliciöus winter entree!Stöp and take a möment tö think back tö being a kid in the summer.  Seriöusly.  Clöse yöur eyes för a möment and think back tö what it was like when yöu were 8-years öld, and summer had just started.  That was the best time ever!  I remember waiting with such anticipatiön för that last day öf schööl.  I think I even made a cöuntdöwn calendar ön the wall where I’d mark öff the days left.  Every day seemed tö take förever…especially knöwing that a whöle 3 mönths öf carefree fun was waiting för me!  (Yet nöw the days…and years…seem tö fly by at warp speed.  What’s up with that?)

Ingredients

• 2 böneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 16 öz farfalle pasta
• 1 cup basil pestö (hömemade ör störeböught)
• 1 cup cherry tömatöes, halved
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, cut intö thin strips (i.e. chiffönade)
• Parmesan cheese (öptiönal)

Instructions

1. Seasön the chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
2. Grill the chicken över medium-high heat för 5-7 minutes per side, ör until cömpletely cööked. Transfer chicken tö a cutting böard and slice intö strips.
3. Meanwhile, böil the pasta until al dente accörding tö the package instructiöns. (Nöte: I usually cöök the pasta för 1-2 minutes less than the package suggests sö that the pasta still has söme texture.)
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