Creamy Chicken Pesto & Bowtie Pasta from Philadelphia Cooking Creme. All the flavors of Italian pesto (fresh basil, pine nuts, Parmesan, and garlic) in a simple creamy sauce. Also works well with thinly sliced pork tenderloin. Add a splash of milk or cream for a slightly thinner sauce.
Season chicken with salt and pepper, and rub chicken with the basil pesto.
Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet.
Creamy Pesto Chicken is easy to make and SO DELICIOUS.
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Ingredients of Creamy Chicken Pesto & Bowtie Pasta from Philadelphia Cooking Creme
- It's of boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into bite sized pieces. I used chicken thighs.
- It's of frozen peas. I used a can instead of frozen..
- You need of red pepper strips.
- Prepare of Philadelphia Creamy Pesto Cooking Creme. (10 oz). These come in containers..
- You need of hot cooked bowtie pasta. I used 1/2 box..
- You need of Kraft Shredded Mozarella Cheese. I used parm. on top when plated..
It's made with a cashew butter cream sauce so it's completely dairy-free. It's so rich and creamy that you'd never guess this is a healthy recipe! Chicken: In this recipe, I use boneless and skinless chicken breast cut into bite sized pieces. Chicken thighs can also be used.
Creamy Chicken Pesto & Bowtie Pasta from Philadelphia Cooking Creme instructions
- Cook and stir chicken in large skillet on meduum heat 5-7 min or until done. Add peas & pepper strips; cook 2-3 min, or until heated through, stirring ocassionally. ( I boiled my skinless thighs in onion, carrots so I could have the broth. Boul for 1 hr. for thighs or until done. debone and cut into pieces. add to skillet with no broth)..
- Cook your pasta. I cooked mine in broth from thighs..
- added my peas & peppers at this point..
- add Phil. Creamy Pesto Cooking Creme and drained, cooked pasta..
- Simmer, stirring ocassionally, until cooking creme is hot. We like ours thinner so I usually add 3/4 C of milk to thin sauce. While it's hot it may seem then but thickens when cooled..
- Top with cheese..
Pesto Sauce: On really busy days, when my time is limited, using store-bought pesto makes this dish even quicker and easier. Get a good quality pesto sauce. My favorite is Costco's Kirkland brand. Creamy Pesto Chicken Pasta- To make this into a pasta dish, just add al dente pasta to the pesto cream sauce and toss. Then add the chicken back in and serve together.