Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Knock Your Socks Off Chicken, Pesto & Provolone Pasta

I usually don't eat breakfast, because if I don't eat it, I can go till around 1pm before I get too hungry. Today I decided to share a frozen waffle with the kids and was starving by 10am. So I had to figure out what I had in the house to make a meal out of. Payday isn't till tomorrow, so I had to use what I had, which was next to nothing. What I wound up with was nothing short of amazing. I cut 3 chicken breasts into chunks and browned them in a pan with some fresh garlic, dried onion & red pepper. Next I boiled 2 cups of pasta. I had ziti. You can use whatever's handy. When that was done, I drained all but about 10% of the water, and then tossed in about 2 tablespoons of Philadelphia Cream Cheese brand's creamy pesto sauce stuff - it's found next to the cream cheese at the store. Then I tossed in about 1/4 cup heavy cream. I was trying to figure out what else to put into the sauce when I found some bacon that had already been cooked. Bacon is always good. I crumbled a bunch of that up and dumped in way too much. Just kidding. There's no such thing as too much bacon. The sauce was kinda runny, so I went looking for something to thicken it up. I found sliced provolone in the fridge, so I tossed about 4 slices in it. Once that was all gooey and melty, I tossed the chicken into the pot, mixed it all up, and tried a bite. Holy shit that's good stuff! Can't wait to feed it to the family for dinner!

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