Let’s Cooking, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my cooking guide page. Now, I will show you a way to make a special dish, mean green pesto fusilli. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really tasty.
For the pasta: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the penne and cook until al dente according to the package instructions. Here is how you do it. Ingredients of Mean Green Pesto Fusilli.
Mean Green Pesto Fusilli is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Mean Green Pesto Fusilli is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mean green pesto fusilli using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mean Green Pesto Fusilli:
- Prepare 1 lb cooked fusilli or your favorite pasta
- Make ready 1 3/4 cup Cooked and cubed chicken (i use homemade baked leftovers)
- Take 1 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
- Prepare 3/4 cup chopped onion
- Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp garlic, minced finely
- Take 1 1/3 cup cubed fresh mozzarella
- Prepare grated parmesan cheese
- Prepare 2 1/3 cup Spinach Kale Pesto sauce or your own favorite pesto
- Make ready olive oil, extra virgin
Place half the oil in a large deep-sided non-stick frying pan over medium heat. This pesto and green vegetables pasta dish is complete, healthy and full of flavour! Give it a try and discover this month's new hottest ingredient: fava beans! For pesto, in a blender container or food processor bowl combine basil, parsley, Parmesan or Romano cheese, oil, nuts, garlic, and salt.
Instructions to make Mean Green Pesto Fusilli:
- Set aside a cup of pasta water. Drain pasta but keep warm while you create the sauce.
- Heat some oil in a skillet. Add your onions and cook until they are translucent. Add garlic. Cook until fragrant. Add sundried tomatoes and a splash of pasta water. Cook another minute. Add your pesto and stir.
- Start adding your pasta in small increments to make sure all noodles get covered. Taste and adjust your salt and pepper if needed.
- Add your cooked chicken and heat thoroughly if it was cold. And your fresh mozzarella last. I served the chicken alongside for the first night we had this…for leftovers i cut up the chicken and tossed everything together. Let me tell you the next day leftovers are amazing! You can have it as a pasta salad…We ate it cold!! So good!
- Opt: drizzle extra oil over the top for a fancy finish. Also: Sprinkle the parmesan over everything at the end if you love that extra salty nutty flavor on your pasta!
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