
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.


Get Prepped!
Dice the zucchini into pieces about 1 cm, and put into small bowl.

Dice the eggplant into pieces about 1 cm, and put into a small bowl.

Dice the pepper into pieces about 1 cm, and put into a small bowl.

Cut cherry tomatoes in half.

Mince the garlic with a rasp.
Measure out the oil, chicken, pesto, parmesan cheese and cream into separate bowls.

Get Cooking!
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and season liberally with salt (it should be salty like the ocean). Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package, strain and set aside.
Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat, and add the olive oil. Add eggplant. Season with salt and pepper and sauté for 3 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.

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.
