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Chicken & creamy pesto pasta
8 ingredients
Serves 2
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Fresh basil and creme fraiche make a mid-week pesto pasta dinner into a dish impressive enough for friends. This will become a firm favourite.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
614
Calories
42g
Protein
19g
Fat
70g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 6 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 1 cup cooked (140g) | 220 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- Pasta - I use linguine but anything you have will do. Vary the amount depending on how hungry you are
- 2 tbsp half-fat creme fraiche
- 2 tbsp pesto
- cherry tomatoes - as many as you like, halved
- 1 courgette, chopped into slices
- 6 x free range chicken strips - or a sliced chicken breast (2 if small)
- olive oil
- Fresh basil
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
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