One-Pot Chicken Pesto Pasta with Asparagus

I am new to Mediterranean diet-didn’t like the additives to store-bought pesto . . . So made my own. TOTALLY WORTH IT, and no additives!
Used chicken cuts browned in EVOO with shallot and garlic-worked well. Added more time, but will make again for sure!!

Excellent!!! We added about 3 ounces of mozzarella cheese along with the pesto, chicken, etc and let it get all melty. So yummy… Thank you!

This recipe really delivers in terms of a minimum of required ingredients, great flavor, easy prep and quick clean up. It was a blessing because both my husband and I had come down with COVID, and after being sick for four days, I needed to cook something with ingredients that I had on hand that was really fast and easy. Luckily we could still taste food, and we were so pleased!

I would suggest that the flavor will only be as good as the quality and flavor of your pesto. I had great pesto, so great flavor. But yes, I have Thai basil on hand and that enhanced it, but it would have gotten 5 stars without it.

This recipe is so easy to prepare! Love that it is all done on one pot. I altered the amounts so I could make only two servings. I don’t think the salt is necessary and did not add it. There is enough flavor in the pesto. I also forgot the pepper and it was not missed. And I didn’t have any fresh basil to sprinkle at the table. It still tasted amazing!! I am putting a printout of this recipe in our Keeper Recipes folder. We will definitely make this again and might try it with shrimp. Thanks Eatingwell!!

Will make again because I like chicken, pesto and asparagus. The end result though was oddly lacking in taste, which I found strange, in spite of all that pesto in there. Maybe adding the basil leaves in serving would have helped, I don't know. Will up my pesto content next time.

So easy to make--all in one pot!