Roasted pesto chicken with pasta

Name: Roasted pesto chicken with pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Italian recipes
Ingredients: 238g pack mini chicken breast fillets; 2 tbsp pesto; Handful of halved cherry tomatoes; 175g dried green tagliatelle; Fresh Parmesan shavings

Published: 31 Oct 05
Updated: 26 May 25

This chicken, pesto and pasta recipe is a super simple and quick Italian dish. Make sure that jar of pesto doesn’t go to waste; we’ve got plenty of pesto recipes to use it all up.

Serves 2

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Ingredients

238g pack mini chicken breast fillets
2 tbsp pesto
Handful of halved cherry tomatoes
175g dried green tagliatelle
Fresh Parmesan shavings

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Put chicken fillets and pesto into a small roasting tin. Season with black pepper, mix together, then scatter with cherry tomatoes. Roast for 15 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Tear the chicken into pieces.
Meanwhile, cook tagliatelle according to the packet instructions. Drain and toss with the chicken and tomatoes. Serve sprinkled with Parmesan shavings

Recipe from November 2005 Issue

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