A few years ago Dave and I decided that we would get a new side by side freezer/fridge for our joint Christmas present. The one I wanted will not fit into our new kitchen and so I had to settle for something different. It works well for the OCD part of me as the freezer drawers are marked – meat, chicken, fish, vegetables and ICE CREAM! It has a DIY ice maker and loads of freezer space. Given that I like to cook in rotation: meat, chicken, fish, vegetarian – the freezer works really well for me. I buy my meat and chicken as needed, and in bulk and then I freeze in portions. I then take out the protein we are having, and the meal we end up eating is decided by the protein we have out. The day after I made the coriander pesto, we had chicken on the menu, and so I decided to use the two ingredients to create this dish.
© coriander pesto chicken pasta
CORIANDER PESTO CHICKEN PASTA
ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 skinned and boned chicken breasts, sliced
salt and freshly ground black pepper for seasoning
1 shallot, finely chopped
1/8 teaspoon chilli flakes
1 tablespoon coriander pesto
2 tablespoons crème fraîche
method:
while the pasta is cooking, heat the oil in a large frying pan
season and seal the chicken and remove from the pan
sauté the shallot until soft
add the chilli flakes and the chicken
stir in the pesto and the crème fraîche
you may need to loosen the sauce with at least 1 tablespoon of the pasta water
I am submitting this recipe to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Jennifer from For Such A Time As This
Tandy
This sounds really delicious! I love cilantro and really should try making my own pesto with it also.
please let me know how it works out
Thanks for visiting!
This looks extraordinary and brilliant. Simple to prepare and a delight to eat.
thank you so much Jules
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My freezer could well do with some labelling… and dinner looks delicious!
I could come over and help ….
Tandy, I’d love labelled drawers in my freezer, as I can never find anything! Although I suspect everything would end up in the “miscellaneous” drawer..
I could come and visit and help sort it all out!
I’ve never added coriander to my pesto, but what a great idea! This pasta looks and sounds delicious.
thanks Caroline – I am going to experiment some with pesto as it is so tasty and easy to make
My kind of meal, actually I had pesto pasta salad and chicken for lunch, sadly from a shop – should make pesto more often, and I miss my basil bush! Keep well!
you should plant some basil at Bev’s!
Thanks for stopping by my blog–hope you’ll join in the canning party! And I love the idea of a coriander-based pesto (although I’d be adding it to my tofu–does your freezer have a drawer for that?
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I will have to do some preserving as I have a drawer full of lemons
It’s a beautiful fridge and I would steal it if I could!
is your suitcase big enough??
Am still stuck on the bit where you said your freezer has a DIY ice cream maker…wow!!!!! Love the way you used the Coriander pesto – looks lovely.
you got stuck on the wrong bit sadly – a drawer for ice creams and a DIY ice maker – but a DIY ice cream maker would be fantastic! Have a great day
Sounds absolutely delicious. I must try this.
thanks Sylvia – it is very tasty
Now that sounds like my kind of fridge freezer. Yummy looking pasta dish. Have a happy day.
xo
thanks Mandy!
Oh! I’ll never resist a plate of pasta and pesto sauce, and with the extra bonus boost of protein..you have a winner dish! Just Delicious!
thanks so much Yvette