Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2005

Very delicious. A couple of minor changes: Added fresh spinach, fresh tomatoes, garlic and onions to the pan with the chicken when sauting. Made my own pesto of tofu, some leftover broccoli, spinach, a few walnuts and some vegetable broth. No parmesan and served this over whole wheat pasta. The chili is a nice change of pace and really opens up the winter sinuses!

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LindaT

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Living In: San Jose, California, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2005

I am not a cook by any stretch of the imagination, but my Mom was coming into town and I wanted to make something that I could handle, but wanted a very flavorful dish. This recipe was easy for me to manage and very good! Per the suggestion of an earlier review, I added sun dried tomatoes for additional flavor and am glad that I did. I have already made this a few times.

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STEINAMA

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2005

I LOVE this recipe. It is ridiculously easy and so yummy!! It's also versatile--you could add mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, whatever. I used whole wheat rotini. A great meal that's on the table in 30 minutes--you can't beat that.

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Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2005

This recipe is awesome. The cilantro works wonderfully in this dish, and I encourage the addition of goat cheese right at the end of the recipe- it gives the pasta great depth. I garnished this with pine nuts and sundried tomatoes.

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Lizzardbeth

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2005

I followed the recipe (but with 1.5 T chili paste) and everything turned out right; I just wasn't very impressed. It's very easy to make, but boring and bland. Maybe it would be better with half as much pasta or twice as much pesto.

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Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2005

Fabulous flavor! Just enough fire to go with the freshness of cilantro and zest of pesto.

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cestbella

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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2005

I used home made pesto and boy was this a tasty and easy meal to whip up!

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LynnInHK

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Home Town: Centreville, Virginia, USA

Living In: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

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Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2005

Killer pasta - took it to a friend's BBQ, and was kinda embarrassed that it took center stage over everything she had prepared for her party... this recipe needs no adjusting, it's perfect. Even kid friendly!

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J. Shelby

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2005

Love this recipe! The only difference is that I used Linguine instead and it was excellent, fast meal!

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Reviewed: Sep. 19, 2005

Excellent! Very flavorful. We could not find chili paste in our local grocery store; substituted tblsp. Hot Chili & Cumin Sauce in a can; wonderful. My husband and I loved this meal. One of the best recipes I've tried from AllRecipes, and I cook all the time off this website.

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Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2005

Very nice! I didn't have cilantro, so I used parsley as someone else suggested. Added a bit of onion and some sundried tomatoes too, and it turned out very well! I reduced the olive oil by 1/2 because the pesto had enough oil; it was plenty. I'll be using this as a good basis for a quick and easy meal from now on. It's even pretty and tasty enough for casual entertaining. Thanks!

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Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2005

This was fantastic. I added chopped roasted red peppers to add color (and because I had some around) and a little chopped onion. Used chili oil instead of paste, and toned it down for the kids. This is easy and a keeper.

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LMIYOSHI

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Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2005

Super Yummy

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Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2005

Came together nicely. First time my husband and I had pesto, so we had to get use to the taste, but after a few bites, it was good (whole bowl basically gone.) I added garlic and cheese sausage with seemed to add more flavor.

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Reviewed: Jul. 17, 2005

This was an easy and tasty recipe! I made minor changes to it. I added sun dried tomatoes and gorgonzola cheese. I also eliminated the cilantro as I don't care for the taste of it. This is something I will make again and again. Thank you!

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Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2005

This was "TDF", to die for. I did make some suggested changes that resulted in the TDF rating. I did not have cilantro, so I used parsley. (Wife doesn't like cilantro!) I also substituted Bella Cucina Artful Food's Sun-dried Tomato Pesto. I increased the chili paste to 1 1/2 Tbs. (Sambal Oklek brand) Absolutely wonderful!

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2005

My husband loved this. I thought it was kind of bland. We both agree it could use more chile paste and cilantro. The goat cheese might add a little more flavor too. Will try it again though.

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