Orzo pasta with chicken and pesto
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Orzo pasta with chicken and pesto

4.5 (74 ratings)

Ingredients

Pesto

  • 40 g Parmesan cheese, cut in pieces
  • 10 g pine nuts
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 20 g fresh basil leaves
  • 40 g olive oil

Chicken orzo pasta

  • 150 g carrots, cut in pieces
  • 150 g leek, cut in pieces
  • 30 g olive oil
  • 400 g chicken breasts, skinless, boneless, cut in cubes (3 cm)
  • 1 heaped tbsp chicken stock paste, homemade
    or 1 chicken stock cube (for 0.5 l), crumbled
  • 500 g water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 100 g frozen green peas
  • 250 g pasta, dried, type risoni or similar short dried pasta

Nutrition
per 1 portion
Calories
2464 kJ / 589 kcal
Protein
38 g
Carbohydrates
52 g
Fat
24 g
Fibre
6.9 g

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