Alfredo Pesto Sauce with Chicken and Tomatoes
There are so many reason’s why you are going to kiss my feet for giving you this recipe! It’s fast, simple, yummy and all of the ingredients can be stored for months in the pantry and freezer so it is the perfect meal to keep on hand for crazy busy nights! Broil up a little garlic bread to put on the side and you can even serve this meal to company.
The fastest way to make this simple Alfredo Pesto Sauce is to use bottled Alfredo sauce or the just add milk alfredo packets from the grocery store, but if you prefer to stay away from processed foods you can easily mix up your own alfredo sauce and use it instead.
You can pan fry the chicken breasts or throw them on the grill, whatever is faster and easier for you. I have done it both ways. It looks a little fancier if you cook the chicken breast whole and then slice them up to go on top, but it is just as tasty if you cut the chicken breast into bite size pieces and cook it quickly that way. Whatever you do it, just make sure to generously salt and pepper the chicken while it cooks.
More easy pasta dishes
- 1 15 ounce bottle of bottled alfredo sauce or 2 cups of homemade
- 4 ounces (1/2 cup) of your favorite basil pesto (I use half of the jar you see pictured above)
- 1 29 ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 lb chicken breast lightly pan fried in olive oil or grilled
- 1 lb linguine noodles or fettuccine noodles.
- Salt and pepper
- Optional: Can sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and parsley if desired
- Cook noodles according to package directions (make sure to generously salt the water)
- While waiting for noodle water to boil and for noodles to cook, prepare and cook the chicken by pan frying it in a little olive oil or throw it on the grill.
- When noodles are done, drain them and while they are still hot, pour in alfredo sauce, pesto and drained tomatoes. Stir until well combined and everything is coated with sauce.
- (you can add the chicken pieces and mix it with the sauce as well or you can leave it out of the sauce and put it on top of each serving)
- Serve with garlic bread and green salad if desired.
Save room for dessert
Just made this for dinner, it was fast and tasted amazing!!!!!!!!
Glad you liked it and thank you so much for coming back to let me know! 🙂
Made this for dinner tonight & then sent the recipe to siblings via text! It was SO easy, SO good and was cheap to make 🙂
Awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and tell me. I am so glad you liked it and shared the recipe!!!
Hey! This looks amazing!
Do you know the nutritional value of this meal?
Thanks!
Sorry, I don’t.
Threw all the ingredients (besides the pasta) in the crockpot before I headed to work and when I came home I had an amazing meal! Sent the recipe to all my family members… Amazing and so simple, thanks!
Chrissy,
Awesome, I have been wondering how it would turn out in the crock pot! Thanks for taking time to leave a comment!
Maria
Just made this for our evening meal. Love the taste and the quickness with which it came together. My husband’s only complaint was that there was just too much of it. I’ll have to cut the recipe for the future. In the meantime, we’ll have a few leftover meals from this batch.
Glad you liked it. Halving it will work great.
Was looking for something to do with some chicken I have at work. Made this using cherry tomatoes cut in halves instead of the canned ones. It’s fantastic as is, but will be adding the chicken upon my arrival to work.
If it gets better after that, I may just keep it all for myself! Which brings up my question…how about freezing portions? Wouldn’t want it to lose anything when thawing.
Yum, that sounds delicious. Yes, you should be able to freeze portions no problem.