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Garlic chicken pasta with roasted tomatoes comes together to make a flavorful and memorable dish. This will quickly become part of your dinner rotation.
I love throwing my favorite ingredients together to make a delicious fresh pasta dish. That is how this garlic chicken pasta came to be. I started with penne pasta, grilled chicken, and garlic. Then I added in some grilled zucchini, fresh basil, and parmesan cheese to the mix. And finished it off with the show stopper, roasted tomatoes.
This pasta dish is so delicious. Roasting the tomatoes takes a little time and effort but it is so worth it. Trust me on this one. If you really don’t want to roast tomatoes, some fresh sliced cherry tomatoes added into the pasta would be delicious too or use jarred sun dried tomatoes you can purchase at the store.
Ingredients Needed
- Chicken Breast
- Penne Pasta
- Garlic
- Olive Oil
- Lemon
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Basil, dried and fresh
- Zucchini
- Pine Nuts
- Salt and Pepper
- Parmesan Cheese
How to Make Garlic Chicken Pasta
- Marinate chicken breasts in olive oil, kosher salt and fresh lemon juice.Â
- Place chicken in refrigerator for at least an hour before grilling.
- Slice cherry tomatoes in half and place them on a baking sheet, cut side up. Drizzle with some olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt, pepper and dried basil.
- Roast in the oven at 225 degrees F for about 3 hours.
- Slice zucchini in half. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Grill until softened and it has nice grill marks, then cut into bite size pieces.
- Grill Chicken and slice
- Boil a large pot of water, add pasta and cooked to desired doneness
- Add olive oil and pine nuts to a large frying pan and stir until pine nuts begin to brown. Then add garlic and stir.
- Add roasted tomatoes, chicken, zucchini and fresh basil. Â
- Stir in cooked pasta and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese.
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Garlic Chicken Pasta
Ingredients
- Olive oil
- Juice of one lemon
- 1 C cherry tomatoes, roasted or use jarred sun dried tomatoes
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 chicken breast sliced
- 1 zucchini sliced
- 1/4 C pine nuts
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 1/4 C fresh basil sliced (save some to garnish top of pasta)
- 8 oz. penne pasta
- salt and pepper
- Parmesan cheese grated for garnish
Instructions
Roasted Tomatoes:
- Slice tomatoes in half and place in baking dish cut side up. Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and dried basil
- Place in 225 degree oven for about 3 hours or until shriveled but should still have some moisture.
Chicken Marinade
- Place chicken in bowl or plastic bag and cover with olive oil, sprinkle with kosher salt and squeeze the juice of one lemon over the top.
- Refrigerate for at least one hour.
- Grill chicken and cut up.
Grilled Zucchini:
- Slice zucchini in half. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Grill until softened and it has nice grill marks. Cut into bite size pieces
Pasta:
- Boil a large pot of water, add pasta and cooked to desired doneness
- In a large frying pan add several tablespoons of olive oil and pine nuts. Stir until pine nuts begin to brown.
- Add garlic and stir. Add in roasted tomatoes, chicken, zucchini and fresh basil. Stir in cooked pasta. Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add in more olive oil if it seems dry. Sprinkle with Parmesan Cheese.
Nutrition Facts:
Toni says
Everything we like in this one!
Kathy Anderson says
Hi,
This recipe looks awesome and I am going to try it.
I love the taste of basil, I’m Italian, but I cannot get the basil flavor in my cooked foods no matter how much I put in. Fresh or dried is the same. Someone told me to add the fresh basil at the end of cooking because cooking kills the flavor.
How can I get the nice distinct basil flavor in cook foods? THank you so much.
Leigh Anne says
If I am using fresh basil I always add it at the very end for a fresh basil flavor
Angie Young says
Will be making this for my daughter Friday night before her next cross country meet!! Sounds like a delicious way to get those carbs!!!