Main courses

40 min

2 servings

Fusion / Other

Chicken and penne with cilantro-spinach pesto

Pasta is mandatory once a week in our home. We cycle through difference sauces, but when that weather gets warmer, it’s all about pasta with fresh pesto sauce. Our cilantro-spinach pesto with chicken and pasta looks and tastes insanely good.

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Directions

Using a blender, mix spinach, coriander, garlic, lemon juice, sesame and sunflower or grape oil.
Season it with salt and pepper to taste.
Wash the chicken, cut it into cubes and season with salt, pepper and sweet paprika.
Heat a pan with a spoonful of oil and fry the chicken.
Cook pasta as recommended on the package.
Add pesto and cold butter to the cooked pasta.
Mix the pasta until the butter melts.
Serve with fried chicken and sesame seeds.

Ingredients

400 g penne pasta

200 g chicken breasts

220 g fresh spinach

100 g fresh cilantro

0.5 cup grapeseed or sunflower oil

2 cloves of garlic

1 tsp. sesame oil

1 tsp. lemon juice

1 tbsp. white miso paste

1 tbsp. butter

1 tbsp. sesame seeds

salt, pepper and sweet paprika to taste

Main courses

40 min

2 servings

Fusion / Other