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Pronto chicken & courgette pesto pasta
This fast and furious dish really delivers! Sizzled chicken, courgette and onion are swept up in a silky basil pesto sauce, then stirred through with pasta, edamame and (secret umami ingredient!) a dollop of miso. A scattering of radish and fresh basil squeaks just in before the 20-minute buzzer sounds!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 6
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 chicken stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 200g wholewheat pasta (Wheat) (Whole Durum Wheat Flour (100%))
- 1 onion
- 1 courgette
- 300g diced chicken breast
- 50g edamame beans (Soya)
- 80g baby spinach
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 1 tbsp white miso paste (Soya) (White Miso (Water, SOYBEANS, Rice, Salt), Water, Citric Acid)
- 2 tbsp garlic, basil & parsley paste (Garlic, Basil, Parsley, Sea Salt, Citric Acid.)
- 120g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 3 radish
Nutritional Information
Calories: 641
Protein: 59g
Carbs: 82g
Fat: 7.1g
Ingredients
- 2 onion
- 2 courgette
- 2 x of fresh basil
- 2 tbsp white miso paste (Soya) (White Miso (Water, SOYBEANS, Rice, Salt), Water, Citric Acid)
- 4 tbsp garlic, basil & parsley paste (Garlic, Basil, Parsley, Sea Salt, Citric Acid.)
- 240g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 6 radish
- 100g edamame beans (Soya)
- 160g baby spinach
- 600g diced chicken breast
- 400g wholewheat pasta (Wheat) (Whole Durum Wheat Flour (100%))
- 1 chicken stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 641
Protein: 59g
Carbs: 82g
Fat: 7.1g
Pronto chicken & courgette pesto pasta
This fast and furious dish really delivers! Sizzled chicken, courgette and onion are swept up in a silky basil pesto sauce, then stirred through with pasta, edamame and (secret umami ingredient!) a dollop of miso. A scattering of radish and fresh basil squeaks just in before the 20-minute buzzer sounds!
Cook time:
20 mins
Cuisine:
Italian
Food group:
Poultry
Allergens: Wheat, Soya, Milk
Cooking Instructions
Prep your veg
- Peel the onions and cut each into 8 wedges. Halve the courgettes lengthways and slice into ½cm half-moons.
Create a stir!
- Spritz a non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry the onions, courgettes and chicken for 5-7 mins until softened.
Boil the pasta
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling water for 9-10 mins, adding the edamame for the final 2 mins, then drain.
Simmer your sauce and prep the pesto
- Crumble in half the stock cube, pour in 150ml water (use all the stock and 200ml water for 4 portions) and stir well. Simmer for 5-7 mins, until the chicken is cooked through and the liquid just coats the veg.
- At the same time, gather the spinach into a tight bunch and very thinly slice, as well as three-quarters of the basil, then add to a bowl with the flavour pastes and yogurt. Stir until the yogurt turns green.
Finish & serve
- Trim and cut each radish into 6 wedges.
- Stir the pesto yogurt mix through the pasta and serve, then scatter over the radish wedges and remaining basil leaves.