Tomato pesto chicken penne. Garlic Pesto Chicken with Tomato Cream Penne. Start with a bottle of classic Italian marinade, a can of chicken broth, and tomato sauce and you're halfway to a creamy pasta with tender, juicy chicken for dinner tonight. Tweaks - I halved the pesto, used diced tomatoes, omitted the spinach (didn't have any) & seasoned the chicken a bit.
Add undrained tomatoes and tomato sauce; bring to a boil.
Start with a bottle of classic Italian marinade, a can of chicken broth, and tomato sauce and you're halfway to a creamy pasta with tender, juicy chicken.
Pour entire batch of chicken, marinade and all, into skillet and cook chicken fully.
You can cook Tomato pesto chicken penne using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tomato pesto chicken penne
- It's 2 oz of wheat penne noodles.
- You need 1/4 cup of classico basil pesto.
- It's 4 oz of chicken breasts.
- You need 1 of traditional pasta sauce (mix for color).
Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm. Add cream cheese to sauce remaining in skillet. Sun-dried tomato pesto with basil makes an easy, tasty sauce for penne. Add the pasta to the pesto and toss to coat, adding enough reserved cooking liquid to moisten.
Tomato pesto chicken penne step by step
- Boil pasta until tender.
- Grill or broil chicken breast, adding basil pesto to it.
- Stir ingredients together adding small amount of pasta sauce.
- Enjoy!! PS, I like I toast an English muffin with fresh garlic to have on the side :).
Fold the parchment paper over the chicken, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges. Pesto is also one of my favorite sauces for it, and this is such a flavorful one!! Try Barilla's Ready Pasta Quick Penne Pesto with Tomatoes for a delicious meal! Combine the raw chicken with pesto and marinate a few hours in a bowl. Heat the outdoor grill or indoor grill.