Chicken Pesto Pasta in Creamy White Wine Sauce

Chicken Pesto Pástá in Creámy White Wine Sáuce is á fámily fávorite pástá recipe!  This eásy pástá dish is full of sávory flávors ánd á delicious, creámy, white wine sáuce thát’s reády in under 30 minutes! It is so delicious with flávors of básil, thyme ánd oregáno ánd so eásy to máke!

Ingredients

Máin Ingredients:

• 2 táblespoons olive oil (divided)
• 2 táblespoon butter (divided)
• 1 lb boneless, skinless thin chicken breásts, or tenders (cut up in 1 inch chunks)
• 10 oz white mushrooms (thickly sliced)
• 1 teáspoon Itálián Seásoning
• sált ánd pepper

Pesto White Wine Sáuce:

• 4 gárlic cloves minced
• 1 teáspoon Itálián Seásoning (thyme, oregáno, básil - combined)
• 1/8 teáspoon red pepper flákes
• 1/2 cup sodium free chicken broth (ádjust sált if not sodium free)
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/2 cup (4 oz.) básil pesto
• 1/2 cup Pármesán cheese shredded
• 1/2 teáspoon sált
• chopped fresh básil (for gárnish)

Pástá:

• 10 oz fettuccine pástá

Instructions

Cooking chicken:

1. Heát 1 táblespoon of olive oil ánd 1 táblespoon of butter in á lárge skillet over medium heát. ádd chicken chunks to the hot skillet, generously seáson them with sált, pepper ánd Itálián seásoning right in the skillet ánd cook for ábout 4 minutes on one side, flip once ánd cook for 2 ádditionál minutes on the other side. 
2. In order to not overcrowd the pán I cooked chicken in 2 rounds (this ávoids overs-teáming it ánd ensures proper browning). Becáuse the pán will be hotter on the second round, reduce cooking time for chicken to 2 minutes per side. ádd á splásh of olive oil to the second round of cooking chicken. Remove cooked chicken from skillet áfter eách round.
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