Pasta with Pesto. A spicy chicken and pesto pasta dish that's easy to adjust to any heat level. I created it after eating a similar dish at a Santa Monica restaurant, and it's one of my favorites. Serve with additional grated Parmesan, if desired.

I made this according to instructions, and while a good basic pesto pasta recipe, there was something missing. I then added the pasta to the pan and mixed well, serving right out of the frying pan. Process, adding salt, pepper and oil as needed. You can have Pasta with Pesto using 5 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pasta with Pesto

1. It's 1 of small can pesto.
2. Prepare Half of pack pasta.
3. You need 1 of small bowl ground beef.
4. You need Half of red onion.
5. It's of Olive oil.

When the pesto is smooth and delicious, stir in or pulse in the cheese. Cook the pasta in boiling salted water until it's tender but not mushy. Dress with the pesto, thinning with a little of the cooking water if necessary. This Pesto Pasta recipe (also known as pasta al pesto) is a great way to use all the delicious fresh basil growing in your garden and available at the farmer's market!

Pasta with Pesto instructions

1. Boil pasta until cook. Heat wok and add olive oil. Stir fry onion then beef. Add a little water then cook beef until tender. Then pour pasta and mix well..

It's an easy weeknight meal that the whole family will love! Turn machine on, then drizzle in olive oil while it mixes. Pesto and pasta is perfectly delicious served plain with a bit of parmesan cheese and a sprinkling of extra roasted pine nuts if you have them. Pesto works for any shape pasta, but typically long and thin or short and compact varieties are most familiar. I used the thicker bucatini here.