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Chicken, Basil, and Mushroom Fettuccine

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Meal for 2 of Chicken, Basil, and Mushroom Fettuccine was accomplished with some terpidation.

Tonight I cooked one of the four meals I have planned for the week. The fact that I actually followed through with making this meal is quite a feat for me, and hopefully my success tonight will mean that I'll be able to follow through with the rest of the week's meals.

The meal tonight, which I prepared for just Jeff and myself since the kids were at a birthday party, is chicken, basil, and mushroom fettuccine, a recipe which Zesty Cook recommended.

For starters, I had to make some basil pesto using fresh basil, something I'd never done before…and may not do again considering the cost of fresh basil.

Here's the pesto recipe that I ended up using. It's my own all-basil, all Parmesan version of this recipe from AllRecipes. I'll be using this same pesto, what's left of it anyway, for another meal this week: chicken, basil, and spinach quesadillas.

Basil Pesto

Ingredients:

  • 1 c. fresh basil, packed
  • 1/3 c. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 T olives, chopped
  • 1/2 c. pine nuts, toasted
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 c. grated Parmesan (the real stuff from the cheese section)

Directions:

  1. Blend the basil, oil, olives, pine nuts, and garlic in a food processor until well blended.
  2. Add the cheese and blend until smooth.
  3. Store in a tight fitting jar and refrigerate for up to a week.

For the chicken fettuccine, the main dish, here's the extremely easy-to-follow recipe.

Chicken, Basil, and Mushroom Fettuccine

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Ingredients:

  • Extra virgin olive oil for cooking chicken (I used probably 2-3 tablespoons )
  • 4 boneless/skinless chicken breasted, cubed
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 2 cups mushrooms, roughly chopped
  • Basil pesto (see the recipe above)
  • Fettuccine, cooked

Directions:

  1. Cook chicken in olive oil over medium-high heat.
  2. When chicken is nearly cooked, add garlic and saute for 3 minutes.
  3. Add mushrooms and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
  4. Add 4-5 tablespoons of basil pesto and heat through, stirring constantly.
  5. Toss with fettuccine and serve. (I topped mine with a little more grated Parmesan.)

Both Jeff and I thought this meal was delicious. Jeff even said he can see this becoming part of our regular menu rotations (such as it is). My only thought is that I'm going to have to find a cheaper way to make the pesto. But if I can figure that out, and if the kids are willing to try it, I'll gladly make this dish again.

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Comments

  1. Lynn says

    March 9, 2009 at 8:49 pm

    This looks good. I grow my own basil in the summer and make a bunch of pesto and freeze it. It freezes great. Also, I don't really like the pine nut taste. I use walnuts in mine which are a little cheaper. I saw a recipe for walnuts in it once and tried it and really liked it.

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  2. zestycook says

    March 9, 2009 at 8:52 pm

    Joy it looks very yummy! I am glad you and Jeff enjoyed it 🙂

    zestycook’s last blog post..Simply Zesty Recipe E-Book Officially Launched!

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  3. Jennifer says

    March 10, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    If you garden, you can grow basil for very cheap. Then make pesto sauce in the summer and freeze it for the winter. Suddenly your pesto sauce costs just pennies compared to what you just paid. Looks yummy!

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  4. Becky says

    March 10, 2009 at 9:34 pm

    I LOVE pesto, and this looks incredible!! . . . If I can just find some pesto on sale . . . 🙂

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  5. American Texan says

    March 11, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    This looks very good! So much so that I plan on making it for supper tonight.

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