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Chicken Fusilli with Dairy-Free Basil Pesto

Fusilli and green beans tossed with pan-fried chicken and a hand-chopped basil and pine nut pesto.

Total
28 min
Hands on
24 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
Italian

Per serving · estimated

Energy
910 kcal
Protein
48 g
Fat
45 g
Carbs
78 g
Freshly cooked Chicken Fusilli with Dairy-Free Basil Pesto

Method

  1. Step 1 of 11

    Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.

    • Salt
    stockpot on hob

  2. Step 2 of 11

    Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over low heat until lightly coloured, then tip onto a board.

    • Pine nuts
    3 min
    toast nuts

  3. Step 3 of 11

    Chop the basil finely with the cooled pine nuts.

    • Fresh basil
    • Pine nuts
    chop herbs

  4. Step 4 of 11

    Mince the garlic.

    • Garlic
    mince garlic

  5. Step 5 of 11

    Stir the basil, pine nuts and garlic with 40 ml olive oil and a squeeze of lemon in a bowl, then season.

    • Fresh basil
    • Pine nuts
    • Garlic
    • Olive oil
    • Lemon
    • Salt
    • Black pepper

  6. Step 6 of 11

    Trim the green beans and cut the chicken into strips.

    • Green beans
    • Chicken breast
    slice chicken strips

  7. Step 7 of 11

    Add the fusilli to the boiling water and cook until al dente.

    • Fusilli
    10 min
    pasta into boiling water

  8. Step 8 of 11

    Heat the remaining 20 ml oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the chicken strips, turning, until golden and at 74 °C.

    • Olive oil
    • Chicken breast
    74 °C / 165 °F7 minPoultry (whole, parts, and ground) to 74 °C / 165 °F
    chicken cooked through
    What ‘ready’ looks like

  9. Step 9 of 11

    Drop the green beans into the pasta pot for the last 4 minutes of cooking.

    • Green beans
    4 min

  10. Step 10 of 11

    Reserve a mugful of pasta water, then drain the pasta and beans.

    • Fusilli
    • Green beans
    drain pasta

  11. Step 11 of 11

    Toss the pasta, beans and chicken with the pesto, loosening with a little pasta water.

    • Fusilli
    • Green beans
    • Chicken breast

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