How to Make Delicious Chicken pesto pasta salad

Chicken pesto pasta salad.

You can cook Chicken pesto pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken pesto pasta salad

1. Prepare 3 cup of mixed salad leaves.
2. Prepare 1/2 of a large cucumber.
3. It's 1 of medium sliced onion.
4. Prepare 2 large of chicken breasts.
5. You need 250 grams of cooked pasta of your choice.
6. You need 1 of salt, pepper, thyme, paprika/chilli powder, chicken spice or any spices of your choice to season the chicken.
7. You need 1 of tsp lemon juice (optional).
8. You need 1 tsp of crushed garlic.
9. You need 1 of bit of oil to toss pasta, and a few tbsp of butter to cook chicken.
10. Prepare 6 tbsp of pesto.

Chicken pesto pasta salad instructions

1. Mix salad ingredients together in a large serving bowl.
2. Season chicken filets with spices, garlic and lemon juice. Grill in some butter until cooked..
3. Toss cooked pasta with some oil, and then mix in about 6 tbsp of pesto..
4. Slice cooked chicken in half lengthways, and then slice again into thin slices.
5. Mix chicken and pasta together.
6. Lastly, mix together chicken and pasta, together with salad. You can add extra seasonings, salad oil, dressings, feta, olives or any garnishing of your choice. Serve warm or cold..