want to know how to make a delicious gnocchi and chicken with pesto? this is for you then.. before that, you might think "what is gnocchi"?-- well, very simple.. it is made with flour or potatoes boiled or baked and you can served it with cheese or sauce! but in this recipe, i am not going to make gnocchi from the scratch, i found one from the grocery store so i bought it and then added chicken and pesto to it. so good!

what you need are listed below!

 

gnocchi

ingredients:

  • 3 quarts water
  • 16 oz gnocchi (vacuum packed)
  • 1 pound chicken breasts (cubed)
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 tablespoon onion (chopped)
  • 2 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
  • 3 tablespoon pesto

directions:

  1. pour water into the pot.
  2. add the salt.
  3. bring the water to boil.
  4. add the gnocchi into the boiling water.
  5. once the gnocchi all floats
  6. strain the gnocchi and set aside.
  7. in the same pot, pour olive oil and butter.
  8. saute the onion.
  9. once the onion turns transparent add the garlic.
  10. add the chicken.
  11. cover until the chicken is cooked.
  12. add the pesto and stir.
  13. add the cooked gnocchi. stir.
  14. and serve with parmesan cheese on top.

there you go! hope you guys love this recipe. it's so good and we didn't have leftovers! yum! see you next time!

xo,

sai borg

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