This is a chicken/veggie/pasta dish and it's so good...The prep time is a bit long, but the end result is soooo worth it!
Stuff Needed:
1 pound of boneless chick breasts (or more)
depending on qty of people.
1 sweet onion
1 can of olives or 2 small pre sliced to save time
1 container of "grape" or "cherry" tomatoes sliced
1 large red bell pepper, sliced it up
1 large green bell pepper (optional)
1 medium zucchini squash sliced and then in half again
1 medium summer (yellow) squash same as above
1 pound of pasta (or more) what ever your pleasure..
I like angel hair and bowties....
Chopped Garlic, to taste
Spice stuff etc: You are also making your own pesto per se so olive oil is essential, cooking wine or the real stuff, any alcohol cooks out...little bit of
Italian dressing to "kick it up a notch"
Meat Rub/marinade....rub the chicken in garlic powder, onion powder, celery salt, and
tarragon. Marinate in Worcestershire, lemon juice, It dressing and whatever else strikes your
fancy ..you will be grilling the chicken
Now for the veggies:
You have already sliced and diced. Next step is to sauté, I have found through trial and error that
sautéing in order of hardness works great. Before you sauté, combine the onions and peppers bowl mix olive oil and spices start in hot
sauté pan throw in some wine too, then mix the squashes, same way, then lastly the tomato and olives...you
don't need a lot of oil, the veggies create juice as they are sautéing, make sure you add enough spices/wine and
Italian dressing...put aside when done.
Boil up pasta
Grill up chicken You will need to cut chicken up after done grilling, its messy but easy..
Get huge bowl combine everything together and PIG OUT....
The combination of the grilled chicken flavors as well as the "pesto" sautéed
veggies is really good...it is a lot of work, but well worth it....
I made it for the mill for lunch one time, they went nuts..
OH, and its also great cold....
I love cooking w/ spices and marinating and this particular recipe took a few summers to get right...The only calories
you're really getting is from the oil, but, it's not bad calories, and a bit of sodium from the spices, not too much
As always, you can omit or add anything to your particular liking
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