Fettucine w chicken,roasted red pepper in pesto

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  • Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
Pesto (from hungry girl recipe)8 oz whole wheat fettucine1 tbsp olive oil3 garlic cloves, minced1.5 pounds boiled chicken breast (shredded)2 cups sliced roasted sweet peppers1/8 cup reduced fat parmesan cheese
Directions
1. Boil chicken breast in water or chicken broth.. once cooke through, shred and set aside.
2. put prepared pesto (from other recipe) in large bowl.
3 Cook pasta according to package directions. reserve 1/3 cup pasta water.
4. whisk pasta water into pesto.
5. while pasta is cooking , heat oil in large skillet over med-high heat.
6. add garlic and cook, stirring until soft and fragrant.
7. add the chicken and peppers and stir until hot. season w/ black pepper
8. add the pasta and cheese into pesto and combine
9. add chicken and peppers to pesto and pasta, combine.
10. serves 6.

top with chopped fresh basil and crushed red pepper for some zip.

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GTNOVRIT.

Servings Per Recipe: 6
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 297.9
  • Total Fat: 4.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 5.0 mg
  • Sodium: 243.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 4.0 g
  • Protein: 31.7 g

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