Pesto Gnocchi With Chicken

Ingredients

• Cooking Spray 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil

  Great Value

  1 serving or 100g

• Cauliflower Gnocchi

  Trader Joe's

  3 ½ cup or 490g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  2 breast fillet or 236g

• Peas

  Green, frozen, unprepared

  1 ½ cup or 201g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Kale

  Raw

  2 cup, chopped or 134g

• Basil

  Fresh

  2 cup leaves, whole or 48g

• Pine nuts

  Nuts, dried

  ½ cup or 68g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ¼ cup or 54g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 clove or 9g

• Parmesan cheese

  Shredded

  3 tbsp or 15g

Directions

1. Wash and cut the chicken breast in bite size. Place in a bowl, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Preheat pan to medium high heat, coat with cooking spray and add the chicken. Cook until golden brown on all sides. This should take about 8- 10 minutes depending on the cut size.
2. While chicken is cooking, make the pesto sauce by adding all ingredients to a blender, and blend to a smooth saucy consistency. Set aside.
3. Boil gnocchi for 3 minutes until they start floating to top of the pot. Drain from water and transfer into pan with chicken and Add in the pesto sauce and peas, mix well combined. Cook for another 3-5 minutes until peas are cooked. Remove from heat
4. Serve with additional 1- 2 TBSP of parmesan cheese (optional)

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