Food Tip from Tak - Pesto Pasta w/ Chicken Breast

Oi! 

I got a simple dish for you guys that'll definitely impress your mates. What we have here is a rotini pasta dish toss/mixed in homemade pesto sauce with a side of "grilled" chicken breast. 

Now if yall know how to cook some lovely breasts and boil pasta, then the battle is half won for ya. However, the secret in making this dish successful is the pesto sauce. Now you can always buy pre-made pesto sauce in the market but that just about takes away the rewarding feeling of awesomeness and success from making the sauce on your own. Sure, if you're a first timer, things won't turn out as top notch as you hoped but believe me, this was my first time making the sauce on my own and it was delicioso! 

So, knowing how easy this'll be to make -- you game? 

Pesto Pasta w/ Grilled Chicken Breast

Aight, well here are the necessary ingredients and specialty tools:

tools:

1) Blender 

serves 4

1) Fresh basil leaves - 3 cups

2) Garlic cloves - 4 cloves

3) Olive Oil - 1 cup

4) Walnuts - 1 1/2 cup, crushed 

5) Parmesan cheese - 1/3 cup 

6) Salt n Pepper 

7) Chicken breasts - 4 pieces

8) Rotini pasta - whole box (1 lbs) 

First, you might wanna let the breasts season well while you prepare the sauce. So attack them breasts with salt n pepper and perhaps any additional seasoning that you desire. Might i suggest some thyme or even garlic powder. The simpler the better. You don't want the flavors of the chicken to overpower the rich flavor of the pesto. 

Alright, once you put that aside, time to make the pesto. First, measure out and crush the walnuts, set aside. Peel and slice the cloves and set aside, then measure out the oil, leaves, and parmesan. Once you have everything ready to go put 'em all in the blender and blend that thing till it becomes a nice looking thick glob of goo. haha Trust me, the smell alone will make you want to eat the pesto with some italian bread. 

That's the beauty of pesto, baby -- it can be eaten with a lot of things. Sandwiches, skewers, perhaps chip dip, etc. 

Anyway, after you blend them all, pour it out into a bowl and stir in the salt and pepper. I haven't measured out the salt but you might wanna put just a couple of pinchfuls of each. You can always add more later anyway. 

Boil pasta for 8 minutes and cook them breasts. Once the pasta's ready, drain, and then mix in the pesto over no heat. Make sure every single piece of rotini is slaughtered and stained with that sexy greenness of the majestic pesto. Once that's done, wait for the breasts then serve on the side.

Enjoy your meal!