Pesto-Parm Baked Chicken Thigh Fusilli
with Zucchini and Rosé Sauce
Protein Plus (50 g protein or more) is based on a per serving calculation of the recipe's protein amount.
Ingredients: Chicken thighs • Zucchini • Fusilli pasta (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sundried tomato pesto (sundried tomato, water, soy oil, canola and extra virgin olive oil, tomatoes, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), basil leaves, salt, sugar, herbs, spices, vinegar, citric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • Cream cheese (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Tomato sauce (water, tomato paste, modified corn starch, soybean oil, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) (milk) • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) (wheat).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
270 g
Chicken Thighs
¼ cup
Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
(Contains: Milk May contain traces of: Soy, Sulphites)
¼ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
170 g
Fusilli
(Contains: Wheat)
2 tbsp
Tomato Sauce Base
(May contain traces of: Soy, Sulphites, Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Fish, Egg, Sesame, Crustaceans, Gluten, Wheat)
56 mL
Cream
(Contains: Milk)
10 g
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
(Contains: Wheat May contain traces of: Soy, Sulphites, Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Sesame, Peanuts)
1 unit(s)
Zucchini
1 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1.5 tbsp
Butter*
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, preheat the oven to 450˚F.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high (use same for 4 servings).
- To the boiling water, add fusilli. Cook for 10-12 min, until tender but still firm to the bite.
- Reserve 1 1/4 cups (2 cups) pasta water. Strain fusilli, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Meanwhile, halve zucchini lengthwise, then cut into 1/4-inch half-moons.
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels.
- Using a rolling pin (or heavy-bottomed pot), carefully pound each chicken until 1/2-inch thick. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp butter, then swirl the pan to melt.
- Add chicken and sear for 2 min per side, until golden. (NOTE: Don't overcrowd the pan! Cook chicken in 2 batches, using 1/2 tbsp butter per batch, if needed.)
- Transfer chicken to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Spread half the pesto over tops of chicken, then sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Roast in the top of the oven for 8-10 min, until chicken is cooked through.**
- When fusilli is done, return the same pan (from step 3) to medium-high.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, then swirl the pan to melt.
- Add zucchini. Cook for 1-2 min, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened. Season with pepper.
- Sprinkle Cream Sauce Spice Blend over the pan, then add tomato sauce base. Cook for 30 sec, stirring often, until fragrant and zucchini is coated.
- To the pan, add cream cheese, cream, fusilli and 1 cup (1 1/2 cups) reserved pasta water. Bring to a simmer, stirring often, to combine.
- Simmer for 2-3 min, stirring often, until sauce thickens slightly and zucchini is tender-crisp. (TIP: Add more reserved pasta water, 1 tbsp at a time, if sauce reduces too fast.)
- Remove the pan from heat, then stir in the remaining pesto. Season with salt and pepper, if you like.
- To the pan with fusilli, stir in any juices from the baking sheet.
- Divide fusilli between bowls.
- Top with chicken.
If you've opted to get chicken thighs, prep and cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to prep and cook chicken breasts.
