Pesto Chicken Zoodles Recipe - Quick, Healthy & Ready in 45 Minutes

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Pesto Chicken Zoodles

The recipe Pesto Chicken Zoodles can be made in roughly 45 minutes.

  • Servings: 3
  • Total cooking time:

Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
  • 2 8oz chicken breasts seasoned, grilled, and sliced (batch cook chicken for the week to save time!)
  • 3/4 cup fresh basil leaves
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled
  • 1 Tbsp garlic salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil (separated into 2 – 1/4 cups)
  • 1 Tbsp grated parmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 large zucchini, spiraled

Instructions:

  1. To get started, place 1/4 cup of olive oil into a medium saucepan and allow to heat on medium heat. Once warm, place zucchini in pan and then sprinkle with garlic salt and cajun seasoning. Toss with tongs to get all of the zucchini coated with oil and seasoning. Cover with a lid and steam for two to three minutes.
  2. Remove lid, toss zucchini noodles again and then cover for another 2 minutes.
  3. Remove from heat.In the mean time, place the basil, garlic, and grated parmesan cheese into a food processor. Slowly add the olive oil, and then set to the side.
  4. Add zucchini noodles, pesto, and chicken to a medium dish and toss until everything is fully coated.
  5. Serve immediately.This is seriously, SO GOOD!If you are looking for more healthy recipes like this Pesto Chicken Zoodles recipe, check out the Simple Fit Forty Section of this blog, or consider joining our secret Facebook group where we share all things healthy.If you are not making this TODAY, then make sure you pin this for later! Its a keeper.JOIN 500,000 SUBSCRIBERS!Join over 500,000 others who follow Pink
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