Dinner

Pesto chicken and asparagus is for Dinner.

Pesto chicken and asparagus takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Pesto chicken and asparagus takes several minutes to cook.

Pesto chicken and asparagus makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Pesto chicken and asparagus are:

8 oz Bow tie Pasta
Marinated quartered artichoke hearts
7 oz Pesto with Basil (preferably Buitoni)
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 Diced red tomato
Half chopped purple onion
half cup (or more) sliced mushrooms
2 cups chopped asparagus
2 garlic cloves diced
24 oz (2 extra large chicken breast)

Here is how you make Pesto chicken and asparagus:

Boil water add bow tie pasta. Cut chicken into bite size pieces. Heat olive oil in pan. Add onion, mushroom, and garlic until tender. Blend tomato and pesto sauce. Add half mixture of pesto sauce and chicken to onion, mushroom and garlic. Cook until chicken is no longer pink. Rinse artichoke hearts under cold water, drain and add to the chicken. Last add asparagus and cover pan to steam asparagus until done.Drain bow tie pasta and rinse under cold water. Return to pan. Add second half pesto tomato mixture and mix. Spoon chicken and other ingredients into bow tie mixture, dumping out remaining water. Serve hot.Serving Size: Makes 10 bowl fullsNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARELLE0612.

The nutritional information for Pesto chicken and asparagus is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 263.6

• Total Fat: 9.8 g
• Cholesterol: 42.4 mg
• Sodium: 181.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
• Protein: 21.2 g