Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta
Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, steamed pesto chicken rolls with whole wheat pasta. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I did use whole wheat pasta and I marinated the chicken in a little Italian dressing and Pesto Vinagrette dressing. I also did not use oil to saute the chicken I used a tsp. of the oil from the sun dried tomatoes. I served it with a green salad and everyone was happy! FullyRaw Pasta with Avocado Basil Pesto!

Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have steamed pesto chicken rolls with whole wheat pasta using 13 ingredients and 22 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta:
  1. Get 2 chicken boobs
  2. Prepare 4 oz prosciutto
  3. Take 4 Tbsp pesto
  4. Make ready 16 oz whole wheat rotini
  5. Get 14 oz can small black pitted olives
  6. Get 14 oz can artichoke hearts, quartered
  7. Get 10 sun-dried tomatoes, sliced
  8. Prepare 2 lemons, juiced
  9. Make ready 1/4 c parsley, chopped
  10. Take 1 top dried basil
  11. Get 2 Tbsp butter
  12. Make ready 3 Tbsp olive oil
  13. Make ready salt and pepper

The whole lot is piled between two slices of crispy, buttered whole wheat bread, to create one explosively flavorful sandwich. chicken breasts. whole wheat rotini. pesto. zucchini and/or yellow squash. Pasta - Any larger shape of pasta (eg penne or fusili) will work, whether that's whole wheat or regular pasta. You could also use some smaller pasta shapes such as macaroni or long pasta such as spaghetti. Chicken Pesto Pasta is chicken and penne in a basil pesto sauce.

Instructions to make Steamed Pesto Chicken Rolls with Whole Wheat Pasta:
  1. Start by placing a medium pot of salted water to boil for the pasta and a pot with steamer insert and an inch of water to boil for the chicken
  2. Assemble ingredients
  3. Butterfly the chicken. Begin by placing each breast down on a cutting board. Lay your hand on top of the breast and insert a knife between the breast cutting the breast in half.
  4. The breast should unfold.
  5. Separate the butterflied breast. Repeat for the other breast.
  6. Place a layer of plastic wrap over a chicken breast to prevent splatter.
  7. Using a meat mallet or rolling pin pound the breasts gently until uniformly 1/4 inch thick.
  8. Season liberally with salt and pepper (and MSG if you feel like it). Remember this will be steamed so you won't build flavor by cooking, thus you need to season well.
  9. Tear off 4 sheets of aluminum foil and stack.
  10. Spray foil with pam. Place a chicken on the foil. Layer two pieces of prosciutto on the chicken
  11. Spread 1 Tbsp pesto on the chicken
  12. Roll the chicken up
  13. Roll the foil over the chicken into a tube
  14. Tighten the tube by twisting the foil ends in opposite directions to form a cyliner
  15. Repeat with remaining chicken
  16. Combine the olives, artichoke, tomatoes, lemon juice, basil, parsley, butter and oil in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper
  17. Place the chicken in the steamer.
  18. Pour the noodles in the pot of water.
  19. Boil and steam for 10 min.
  20. Reserve 1/3 cups of noodle water. Drain noodles.
  21. Return noodles to the pot, add the reserved pasta water, and the artichoke mixture. Stir to melt the butter. Taste for seasoning. No seriously…taste it. It likely needs salt. Whole wheat pasta is dry and there's no sauce. Give it a sprinkle. If it's dry… a little more oil.
  22. Plate with pasta and sliced chicken.

You could also use some smaller pasta shapes such as macaroni or long pasta such as spaghetti. Chicken Pesto Pasta is chicken and penne in a basil pesto sauce. This is one of those recipes that's great for a busy weeknight. You only need a handful of ingredients to make it. Once upon a time, whole wheat pasta tasted a lot like cardboard, but no more!

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