Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, spaghetti squash with pesto and chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chicken pesto pasta is a fragrant recipe that is great for fall when winter squash is in season! This recipe uses spaghetti squash in place of pasta, which also boosts the nutrition of the recipe. The pesto and Parmesan create a delicious flavor combination.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have spaghetti squash with pesto and chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spaghetti Squash with pesto and chicken:
- Make ready Spaghetti Squash
- Prepare 1 medium Spaghetti Squash
- Make ready 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- Prepare 1/2 lb Cooked cubed chicken
- Take 1 medium Red pepper sliced
- Get 4 tbsp Pesto sauce
- Prepare 2 tbsp Pesto paste
- Make ready 1 pinch salt to taste
- Make ready 1 pinch pepper to taste
- Make ready 4 tbsp Parmesan cheese
Add in the spaghetti squash, pesto, and chicken, and toss until well combined. It is gluten free, low carb and can be made paleo. This post contains affiliate links Place spaghetti squash on a microwave-safe plate and cut small slits in it with a knife. Cut squash in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds.
Steps to make Spaghetti Squash with pesto and chicken:
- Cut squash in half. Clean the seeds from the center. Brush with olive oil, salt and pepper slightly. Place on foil lined cookie sheet. Skin side up. Bake 50-60 min @ 350°F.
- Cut chicken into stips, season with salt and pepper, cook on stove top till done. (15 min). Cut into cubes when done.
- Cut red pepper into strips and saute untill done - tender.
- When squash is done shred with fork and scoop from shell into baking pan. (9 x 9 or 9x13).
- Mix the Pesto sauce and pesto paste together. (I used the Market Side Cooking sauce - Basil pesto and Gourment Garden Basil paste in the fresh vegtable section from Wal-Mart) Add to the squash in baking pan. Add the chicken and red pepper to the squash. Mix all together. Top with parmesan cheese. Bake @ 350 for 30 min. Cool 5 min - Enjoy!
To stuff the squash you can simply pile on your pesto chicken and veggies or fluff the squash first with a fork before stirring in all you yummy mix-ins so there's yummy squash in every bite! Top with the rest of your grated cheese and cover the baking dish in foil, leaving a little room at the top [like a tent!] so the cheese doesn't stick. Chicken stuffed spaghetti squash is taken to a whole new level in this easy recipe. Skip the pasta and make these Chicken Pesto Spaghetti Squash Bowls and you get all the flavor with a low carb meal! This Chicken Pesto Spaghetti Squash is an oven baked spaghetti squash recipe that is bursting with flavor.
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