Chicken and Farfalle Salad With Walnut Pesto
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 cups uncooked farfalle pasta (bowtie pasta)
- 2 cups cubed cooked boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons chopped pitted kalamata olives
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Walnut Pesto
- 1 cup basil leaves, packed
- 1⁄2 cup fresh parsley leaves, packed
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic clove
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Additional ingredient
- 4 curly leaf lettuce leaves
directions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain, rinse with cold water. In a large bowl, combine pasta, chicken, tomatoes, and olives.
- To prepare pesto, combine basil and next 6 ingredients in food processor. Pulse until finely minced. Add pesto to pasta mixture and toss gently to coat.
- Serve over lettuce leaves.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
LonghornMama
United States