Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, salmon/chicken with pesto fettuccine. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This super easy and elegant recipe for pesto salmon pasta is perfect for company. Plan it into your menu for the week; have grilled salmon steaks one day and grill two extra, then refrigerate, covered, until you make this recipe a day or two later. You can also use salmon that you cook specifically for this recipe.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have salmon/chicken with pesto fettuccine using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Salmon/Chicken with Pesto Fettuccine:
- Take 4 oz Fettuccine
- Prepare 1/3 cup Pesto
- Take 0.75 lbs Salmon or Chicken (skinned, cut into cubes)
- Make ready 0.15 tsp Salt
- Make ready 0.15 tsp Ground Pepper
- Take 0.5 tbs Extra-virgin Olive Oil
Of course, if you'd like it to be vegetarian, feel free to just omit the salmon or chicken altogether. Have been making a variation of the pasta pesto with chicken for many years. I substitute shrimp for the chicken; add some sun dried tomatoes, diced with some of their oil; add either homemade or store bought pesto; and garnish the completed dish with parm. cheese and toasted pine nuts. Return pan used to cook salmon to medium heat.
Steps to make Salmon/Chicken with Pesto Fettuccine:
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add fettuccine and cook until just tender, about 9 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large bowl. Toss with pesto.
- Meanwhile, season salmon/chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add salmon/chicken and cook, turning once until thoroughly cooked.
- Serve the salmon/chicken with the pasta.
Add orzo pasta, half the reserved pasta cooking water (reserve remaining for adjusting consistency later), tomatoes, and green onions. Lovely salmon with vegetables and pesto pasta. Lovely salmon with vegetables and pesto pasta.. As much as I love the simplicity of homemade pesto with al dente pasta, I found myself with a piece of wild salmon and fresh peas the other day and set out to make it into dinner. While cream would be an obvious choice for saucing the pasta, I turned to yogurt instead, building off this previous Dinner Tonight recipe.
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