Chicken pesto pasta salad
Recipe for Chicken Pesto Pasta SaladEasy and delicious salad with pasta, chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, pesto, pine nuts, and plenty of greens. It's tasty as a complete meal on busy days and perfect for both kids and adults in packed lunches.
Ingredients
- 500 g pasta such as fusilli or penne
- 180 g green pesto
- 300 g chicken breast boiled, or roasted
- 75 g mixed green salad
- 1 red bell pepper
- ½ cucumber
- 120 g cherry tomatoes
- 100 g sun-dried tomatoes
- 70 g pine nuts
- 200 g feta cheese
- Salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Then, rinse it in cold water and let it cool. Mix the cooled pasta with the green pesto and season with salt and pepper. While the pasta is cooking, prepare the other components.500 g pasta, 180 g green pesto, Salt, Pepper
- Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.300 g chicken breast
- Thoroughly wash the salad and cut or break it into bite-sized pieces. Dice the red bell pepper and cucumber. Quarter the cherry tomatoes.75 g mixed green salad, 1 red bell pepper, ½ cucumber, 120 g cherry tomatoes
- Cut the sun-dried tomatoes into small pieces.100 g sun-dried tomatoes
- Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over medium heat until they turn golden. Be careful not to burn them!70 g pine nuts
- Mix the pasta with pesto together with the chicken and all the vegetables in a bowl.
- Sprinkle the toasted pine nuts and pieces of feta over the pasta salad, and it's ready to be served.200 g feta cheese
Nutrition
Serving: 1personCalories: 1059kcalCarbohydrates: 120gProtein: 48gFat: 44gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 96mgSodium: 1122mgPotassium: 1761mgFiber: 10gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 2682IUVitamin C: 61mgCalcium: 392mgIron: 6mg
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