Walnut Pesto Penne Chicken with Walnuts

By Bellacucinam

Ingredients

• 3 cups basil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2/3 cuptoasted walnuts
• 1/3 cup evoo
• 1/3 cup parmesan
• salt
• pepper
• 4 boneless chicken breast
• 1 pound penne
• 1/2 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Make pesto: process basil and garlic, add 1/2 the walnuts, blend to finely ground. With machine running drizzle oil to smooth paste. Add cheese.

Grill chicken. Mix with part of pesto.

Cook pasta, mix with rest of pesto and walnuts.