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Growing Chefs! Ontario Chicken Pesto Pasta
Chicken Pesto Pasta
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Ingredients
Equipment
Get Organized!
Gather your mis en place; get together all of the equipment needed for the recipe and gather your ingredients.
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Get Prepped!
Dice the zucchini into pieces about 1 cm, and put into small bowl.
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Dice the eggplant into pieces about 1 cm, and put into a small bowl.
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Dice the pepper into pieces about 1 cm, and put into a small bowl.
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Cut cherry tomatoes in half.
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Mince the garlic with a rasp.
Measure out the oil, chicken, pesto, parmesan cheese and cream into separate bowls.
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Get Cooking!
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and liberally with salt (it should be salty like the ocean). Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package, strain and set aside. season
Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat, and add the olive oil. Add eggplant. Season with salt and pepper and for sauté3 minutes.
Add the peppers to the pan and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.
Add the minced garlic, zucchini, tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes or until all of the vegetables have softened.
Deglaze with 35% cream and stir in chicken, parmesan, pesto and pasta to heat through. Check seasoning and serve with more grated parmesan on top.
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Deglaze with 35% cream and stir in chicken, parmesan, pesto and pasta to heat through.
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Check seasoning and serve with more grated parmesan on top.