Ingredients
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CHICKEN MARINADE
- 800 gram chicken breasts, approx 4 breasts
- 60 gram lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Oragano
SAUCE AND PESTO
- 2 clove garlic
- 1/2 red onion
- 150 gram baby spinach
- 1 bunch fresh basil
- 100 gram feta
- 45 gram almonds, or pecans
- 60 gram Parmesan cheese, grated
- 60 gram cream
- 80 gram oil
SPAGHETTI
- 500 gram spaghetti
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6
1h 10min
Preparation 1h 10minBaking/Cooking -
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medium
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Recipe is created for
TM 31
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Recipe's preparation
Slice each chicken breast into 3 pieces. Combine lemon juice, paprika and oragano in a bowl; add chicken and marinate for approx 30 minutes.
While chicken is marinating move onto making sauce.
Place onion and garlic in TM bowl and chop for 3 seconds on speed 7. Scrape sides of bowl, add 20g olive oil and cook for 3 minutes at 100C on speed 1. Add spinach and cook for 1.5 minutes at 100C on speed 1.
Leave spinach mixture in bowl and add basil, feta, almonds and parmesean. Set dial to "Closed lid" and turbo 2-3 times. Add cream and 60g remaining olive oil and mix for 5 seconds on speed 3.
Set aside in thermoserver
Place 1 litre warm water into TM bowl.
Place marinated chicken into the varoma dish and set into position. Cook for 20-25 minutes at Varoma temperature on speed 2, turning once during cooking.
While chicken is cooking, cook spaghetti on stove so it is all ready at some time.
Place chicken and spaghetti into thermoserver with sauce and toss to combine. Let it stand for 5 minutes, the sauce will thicken and coat the spaghetti.
Serve with extra grated parmesan cheese.
CHICKEN MARINADE
SAUCE AND PESTO
COOKING CHICKEN AND SPAGHETTI
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Tip
You could add some zucchini or other vegies into the sauce after you have chopped the onion and saute for 4-5 minutes at 100C on speed 1.
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Comments
Add a commentDelicious. I agree with a former comment that it...
Delicious. I agree with a former comment that it would be good without the chicken as well
Absolutely delish!!
Absolutely delish!!
Amazing dish! My daughter loved it. Best pesto...
Amazing dish! My daughter loved it. Best pesto I've made thanks 🙏. We substituted the spaghetti for gnocchi was so creamy!
Absolutely delicious and our favourite dish!...
Absolutely delicious and our favourite dish!
I use lime juice instead of lemon now as I ran out once and will never go back!
I only use around 650g chicken and pan fry it in some butter with all the marinade juices. It really adds to the flavour.
I also leave out the onion to make it tummy friendly for my daughter and substitute almonds for pinenuts.
It makes so much I just mix it all up in the pot I cooked the pasta in but everyone comes back for seconds so there's never much left over. This is a definite weekly dinner at our house
I have made this a few times now and it is...
I have made this a few times now and it is delicious. For the vegetarians in the family, I just leave the chicken out. So it is one meal that can cater for everyone. I often throw in some sun dried tomatoes for extra flavour.
Turned out really nice. I cut the chicken into...
Turned out really nice. I cut the chicken into bite size pieces and fried on the stove in a large pan, then tossed through the cooked pasta and pesto, and it was yum. I used wholemeal spaghetti and it went together perfectly.
Really nice flavour to this pesto sauce without...
Really nice flavour to this pesto sauce without certain ingredients being overpowering. I think the ingredients and method is spot on. Certainly one to add to my collections!
So delicious! I shredded the cooked chicken before...
So delicious! I shredded the cooked chicken before I added it to the pesto sauce. It's a lot of food (family of 5) but there's enough leftovers for a couple of lunches. Thanks for an awesome recipe.
Mr 6 has low iron and he loves basil pesto. This...
Mr 6 has low iron and he loves basil pesto. This was a great way to get some spinach into him (with lots of iron) and he didn't even notice the difference! Adding chicken also made it a more substantial meal.
Yum!! I cut the chicken
Yum!! I cut the chicken smaller and used tastY cheese as I forgot feta and it was still delish
Made this for the first time
Made this for the first time with homemade spaghetti - OMG - soooo yummy! Would cut chicken smaller next time & use less oil but otherwise everything else as per recipe. Very large servings - easy serve 6 adults. the flavours of the lemon marinated chicken complimended the pesto & feta flavours beautifully!
Very yummy, everyone loved it
Very yummy, everyone loved it in our house! I halved the recipe and we still all managed to have seconds and leftovers for lunch
Yummy recipe. next time I
Yummy recipe.
next time I would cut the chicken smaller and cook less time
Very tasty, especially with
Very tasty, especially with fresh herbs. I made sauce only and used with leftover bbq chicken. Thanks for posting!
I just used this recipe to
I just used this recipe to make pesto when I was not organised for dinner and it was fabulous! I left the parmesan cheese and cream out though as we don't like creamy sauces and it was still delicious.
Yummy! I only used about 300g
Yummy! I only used about 300g pasta, 20g oil and 650g of chicken and this was still plenty to feed 5!
Loved it! Hubby went back for
Loved it! Hubby went back for 3rds and the kids (even my fussy one) both went back for 2nds and wanted it for lunch at school! It tastes just as good cold!! Definitely will be making this again!
Really easy to make, such a
Really easy to make, such a great taste, really recommend it.
Tasty dish thank you. I
Tasty dish thank you. I reduced the chicken to 500g and halved the amount of pasta. I also followed others comments and only added 30g oil into the sauce
Winner winner chicken dinner
Winner winner chicken dinner
This is my favourite pasta!
This is my favourite pasta! Kids love it too. Thanks
A great recipe loved by all
A great recipe loved by all the family
Made a few modifications
- cut chicken into bite size pieces and it cooked in 20 minutes
- added two zucchini after chopped onion stage
- used pine nuts instead of almonds
- left out feta and cream
Next time( and there will be a next time) I would put pesto sauce in a large casserole dish as thermo server was too small for pasta, chicken and sauce
I used a little less chicken
I used a little less chicken and also cooked some peas and broccoli in the Varoma, plus sautéed an onion for the sauce. Kids really liked it, thanks
Beautiful recipe just a bit
Beautiful recipe just a bit too much pasta.
Beautiful, tasty dish. The
Beautiful, tasty dish. The whole family loved it. Very surprised the kids gobbled it up considering it's green!
This was a hit! Loved the
This was a hit! Loved the flavours!
Really yummy. I did ours with
Really yummy. I did ours with zucchini zoodles instead
Great easy dish - all the
Great easy dish - all the kids loved it (forgot to add the nuts - still tasted great) - I cut the chicken up smaller and didnt add as much pasta - 500grams is alot
Everyone loved it but cut
Everyone loved it but cut chicken smaller, used thigh to cook quicker. Also shredded it a it as our lil kids like it better that way. A touch of chilli would be awesome addition too
This is seriously the BEST
This is seriously the BEST recipe! I have cooked it a number of times now, and it's always a go to when I want to make something nice for guests. Delicious and super easy! Deserves more than 5 stars
This is a beautiful meal!!!
This is a beautiful meal!!! Really easy. Thanks for sharing it!
Could I cook the pasta in the
Could I cook the pasta in the bowl while the chicken is steaming do you think?
YUMMY!!!!!! first time making
YUMMY!!!!!! first time making it tonight didnt have quite the right amount of spinach but still it taste beautiful!!! really full of flavour and just what i needed !!! thank you for an awesome recipe
so easy and yummy
so easy and yummy
Very yummy and the whole
Very yummy and the whole family loved it. Thanks
Yum Yum Yum. Thank you easy
Yum Yum Yum. Thank you easy to make delicious flavours
Yummo! Nice and easy and very
Yummo!
Nice and easy and very tasty.
I used normal spinach and English spinach and only had 70g fetta. I also only added 30g of olive oil in cream. Was dish.
I used 600g of chicken thigh cubed and fried in a pan, then added the pesto and spaghetti to reheat and mix through evenly.
With th marinade I also added more lemon juice to make the marinade go further. Could taste the lemon on the chicken in the end dish and it added another nice dimension.
My 3 yo and 5 yo also enjoyed it.
Will certainly make again!
Thanks for sharing
Just made this tonight and
Just made this tonight and VERY YUMMY .... only things I did different or would change next time would be to cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces .... I already made them smaller than recipe said but would make them smaller again .... easier to eat for whole family and would cook even quicker .... I also only added 30 gms of oil (not 60 gms) to sauce with cream .... I also would only cook say 350 / 400 gms of pasta as I found 500 gms to be too much to incorporate into the sauce .... would definitely make again .... delicious !!!
I accidently forgot to add in
I accidently forgot to add in almonds but it still tasted nice. Would possibly substitute julienned spring veges for the chicken because we coulnd't really taste it that much.
The young kids and I all
The young kids and I all loved it. On the cook again list with or without the chicken
Yum! The whole family loved
Yum! The whole family loved it including kids aged 18months to 14! I added extra veggies as suggested. Only problem was it didn't all fit in thethermoserver.
Omg... Soooo yummy eating it
Omg... Soooo yummy eating it now - even tho I didn't have all the ingredients - it still worked! I'm sure it would be better with Parmesan and feta tho thanks
I made this for the first
I made this for the first time this week and it was very tasty! I will definitely be making this again