Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mean green pesto fusilli. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Mean Green Pesto Fusilli Best way to throw together a gourmet looking meal thats too easy. Leftovers can be eaten as an even better cold pasta salad.
Mean Green Pesto Fusilli is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Mean Green Pesto Fusilli is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mean green pesto fusilli using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mean Green Pesto Fusilli:
- Take 1 lb cooked fusilli or your favorite pasta
- Take 1 3/4 cup Cooked and cubed chicken (i use homemade baked leftovers)
- Take 1 1/4 cup sundried tomatoes
- Make ready 3/4 cup chopped onion
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp garlic, minced finely
- Take 1 1/3 cup cubed fresh mozzarella
- Take grated parmesan cheese
- Take 2 1/3 cup Spinach Kale Pesto sauce or your own favorite pesto
- Get olive oil, extra virgin
The great thing about keeping a jar of pesto to hand is that you can easily add it into anything and instantly create a delicious and comforting meal. You can also boost your meal's taste with the additions of greens, such as baby spinach, asparagus, courgette, peas, and avocado…etc. Place half the oil in a large deep-sided non-stick frying pan over medium heat. For the pasta: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Steps 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!
Add the penne and cook until al dente according to the package instructions. For pesto, in a blender container or food processor bowl combine basil, parsley, Parmesan or Romano cheese, oil, nuts, garlic, and salt. Cover and blend or process with several on-off turns until a paste forms, stopping the machine several times and scraping the sides. I mean, there is nothing easier than that. Boil your pasta, add some wild garlic pesto, grated Parmesan or any other hard cheese, a splash of olive oil, garnish with chopped wild garlic or basil, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper and you are ready to go.
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