Spaghetti with lime pesto & chicken strips

AUTHOR
Leta Marks
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 2 Chicken breasts with skin and bone (approx. 400 g each)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 3 TABLESPOONS Cashew nuts
  • 2 Limes
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 potty Mint
  • 1 bunch of parsley
  • 50 g Parmesan (piece)
  • 75 ml Olive oil
  • 400 g Spaghetti

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the meat, dab dry. Season with salt and pepper. Roast in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for 45-50 minutes.

  2. 2

    For the pesto, roast cashew nuts in a pan without fat. Take out. Wash the limes hot, dry and grate the peel. Squeeze the juice from 1 lime. Peel and chop the garlic.

  3. 3

    Wash the herbs, shake dry and pluck the leaves. Coarsely grate the Parmesan cheese. Finely puree the prepared pesto ingredients and oil in a mixer. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    Bring 3-4 l salted water to the boil. Cook the spaghetti for 8-9 minutes until al dente. Cut the chicken breasts along the breastbone and cut the fillets from the bone.

  5. 5

    Remove the skin, cut into fine strips and keep warm in the oven. Use a fork to pluck the chicken meat into strips or cut it into strips with a knife.

  6. 6

    Drain the noodles and collect 5-6 tablespoons of cooking water. Stir the lime pesto with it until smooth. Mix with spaghetti and chicken. Serve and sprinkle with crispy skin.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
780 kcal
CARBS
65 g
FATS
34 g
PROTEINS
48 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesPasta