Pesto chicken kebabs with roasted veg pasta
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4, plus leftovers for 4
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- 1 butternut squasharound 700g/1lb 9oz, halved, deseeded and cubed
- 2 courgettescubed
- 1 onionchopped
- 2 red peppersdeseeded and cut into 2cm/1in pieces
- 4 thymesprigs, leaves removed
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breastscut into 2cm/1in pieces
- juice 1 and a ½ lemons
- 4 tbsp pesto
- 16 cherry tomatoes
- 600g pennepasta
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal527
- fat8g
- saturates2g
- carbs71g
- sugars12g
- fibre6g
- protein48g
- salt0.46glow
Method
step 1
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/ gas 6. Put the vegetables into a large roasting tin. Scatter with the thyme and season. Drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil and roast for 40 mins, turning halfway.
step 2
Meanwhile, soak 8 wooden skewers. Put the chicken into a shallow dish, then mix with the lemon juice and pesto.
step 3
Thread the chicken and tomatoes onto the skewers, then put onto a roasting tray. Drizzle with the rest of the olive oil and roast for 20 mins, turning once, until the chicken is cooked through. Boil the pasta. Toss half of the roasted vegetables and pasta together, then serve with the pesto chicken kebabs.
