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When you’re adding pasta recipes to your meal planner, don’t forget this flavoursome and delicious Basil, Lemon and Garlic Chicken Pasta, says What’s for Dinner.
Ingredients
– 1 x KNORR Chicken Stock Pot
– 30ml basil pesto
– 30ml olive oil
– 4 chicken breasts, sliced into strips
– 1 clove garlic, crushed
– juice and zest of one lemon (75 ml juice)
– -300g penne, cooked
– 8 courgettes, sliced
– 250ml cream
– parmesan to serve, grated
Method
– Heat the oil in a large heavy-based pan
– Brown the chicken pieces, courgettes and garlic for about 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through
– Stir through the basil pesto, lemon juice, lemon zest, cream and KNORR Chicken Stock Pot
– Bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes
– Serve with penne and grated Parmesan
YUM!
