One Pot Tomato Pesto Pasta

One Pot Tomato Pesto Pasta – a delicious 30 minute dinner. Use store-bought or homemade pesto and add shaved parmesan cheese to make this easy pasta dish!

This one pot tomato pesto pasta recipe is a year-round recipe but it’s particularly perfect for the summer and fall seasons. The times of year when tomato vines are lush and ripe and your basil plant is producing a vast number of leaves.

Ahhh, there is nothing better than adding fresh vegetables and herbs to your dinner. 

But, luckily, both tomatoes, basil, and pre-made pesto can be found at grocery stores. Making this easy one pot recipe delicious every month of the year.

One Pot Tomato and Pesto Pasta

I have made a slew of popular one pot recipes in the past. My one pot spicy sausage skillet is one of the most popular recipes on my website and is often what I use as my base when experimenting in the one-pot recipe world.

My favorite part about this is that you can use store-bought pesto. In fact, I don’t include a recipe for pesto because I almost always just buy it instead of making it from scratch.

Using store-bought pesto makes this one of the quickest recipes ever with next to no prep work. Bam. Everyone’s a winner with a full belly after going back for seconds for sure.

Colorful cherry or grape tomatoes are my tomatoes of choice – feel free to use your favorite. Though if you don’t like the colorful tomatoes, I don’t think we can be friends. Just kidding. Maybe.

I have an obsession with freshly shaved parmesan but if you decide to use grated parmesan, only use a little bit. I really like the way the pesto and parmesan compliment each other but parmesan can easily overwhelm this pasta dish.

Serve this pasta with some red wine and a salad and some crusty bread. 

What can I add to this pesto pasta dish?

You could add more tomatoes, basil, and parmesan or any of these other examples:

• shredded rotisserie chicken
• fresh mozzarella balls
• burrata
• olive oil drizzle
• asparagus
• sweet bell peppers
• crushed red pepper flakes

One Pot Tomato Pesto Pasta

One Pot tomato pesto pasta – use pesto, cherry tomatoes, and shaved parmesan cheese to create this flavorful and easy 30 minute dinner!

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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Course: Dinner | Lunch

Cuisine: American

Servings: 6

Calories: 437.4kcal

Author: Jenny Bullistron

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• ½ cup white onion diced
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 16 ounces uncooked penne
• 2.5 cups chicken broth
• 12 ounces cherry tomatoes cut in half (about 2 cups)
• ⅔ cup pesto
• ¼ cup shaved parmesan

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Instructions

• In a large pan, heat the extra virgin olive oil over medium high heat. When the oil is hot, add the onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is translucent.
• Add the penne, chicken broth and cherry tomatoes. Stir and bring the liquid to a boil, then cook for 10 minutes. Occasionally stir and make sure the noodles are covered with the liquid.
• When the noodles are firm, but cooked, add the pesto. Stir to combine and heat for an additional minute.
• Remove from heat and sprinkle the parmesan on top before serving.

Notes

Pasta will be cooked al dente. If you would like a less firm pasta, add an additional ½ cup of broth or water and cook for an additional 2 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 437.4kcal | Carbohydrates: 62.9g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2.9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.4g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 699.1mg | Potassium: 335.1mg | Fiber: 3.5g | Sugar: 5.3g | Vitamin A: 867.6IU | Vitamin C: 14.1mg | Calcium: 123.7mg | Iron: 1.7mg

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