Pesto chicken kebabs with roasted veg pasta
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Pesto chicken kebabs with roasted veg pasta

By Good Food

You can sneak a few vegetables that might normally be refused into this scrumptious low fat supper

  • Prep:20 mins
    Cook:40 mins
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 527
  • fat 8g
  • saturates 2g
  • carbs 71g
  • sugars 12g
  • fibre 6g
  • protein 48g
  • salt 0.46g

Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash, around 700g/1lb 9oz, halved
  • 2 courgettes, cubed
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 red peppers, deseeded and cut into 2cm/1in pieces
  • 4 thyme sprigs, leaves removed
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 2cm/1in pieces
  • juice 1 and a ½ lemons
  • 4 tbsp pesto
  • 16 cherry tomatoes
  • 600g penne pasta

Method

  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.

  2. Meanwhile, soak 8 wooden skewers. Put the chicken into a shallow dish, then mix with the lemon juice and pesto.

  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.

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