Macaroni with chicken and pesto. A few big spoonfuls of bright, herby pesto make mac and cheese a weeknight dinner suitable for summer. The creamy, nutty flavors of sharp cheddar Store-bought pesto is always a back-pocket shortcut for us, but during the summer fresh become our first choice. A chicken pesto macaroni recipe ready in a flash with hardly any ingredients!

This Instant Pot recipe is one of my favorites! It tastes SO much better in the Instant Pot compared to over the stove! Pour chicken broth over macaroni so that all macaroni is covered by liquid. You can have Macaroni with chicken and pesto using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Macaroni with chicken and pesto

It's 2 cups of macaroni.
You need 500 ml of water.
It's 1 table spoon of salt.
Prepare 2 teaspoon of pepper.
Prepare 5 table spoon of pesto.
You need 200 gram of chicken breast.
Prepare 100 gram of pork belly.
You need 100 ml of oil.

Cut butter into small pieces and place on top of pasta. A simple creamy sauce infused with basil pesto makes this Creamy Pesto Mac and Cheese with spinach the ultimate comfort food WITH a dose of Yesterday I noticed a half bag of macaroni that had been sitting in my pantry for a few months and I just knew it was begging for the pesto treatment. Add already-made roast chicken to the macaroni. Recipe adapted from A Bird in the Oven and Then Some , by Mindy Fox.

Macaroni with chicken and pesto step by step

Put 500 ml of water into a boil.
Add in 2 cups of macaroni and 1 table spoon of salt, 2 teaspoon of pepper and stir and leave it until its cook.
While waiting for the macaroni to cook.cut the chicken into cube and the pork belly into 2 cm cubes.
Marinate the chicken with salt and pepper and stir until its even and leave it aside for 10 minutes.
While waiting for the chicken and pork belly to marinate drain the macaroni and set it aside.
After chicken and pork belly is marinate cook it in a pan with oil until its cook all the way through.
Drain the oil from the chicken..
In a new pan add in the cook chicken pork belly macaroni and pesto and stir until its warmed up and mixed well.

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