DIY Chicken Pesto Pasta similar to Peak Refuel

[RJC]

Curious if anyone has tried to make a chicken pesto pasta type DIY meal for the backcountry. I love the Peak Refuel version but I always prefer to make my own.

I have plenty of dehy chicken and pasta- just curious how you would do the pesto sauce?

 

[Marbles]

Pesto (at least how I make it) has a lot of oil in it. I would vacuum seal it in a separate pouch and mix it in after re-hydrating the rest.

 

[Backyard]

I've always had a hard time rehydrating chicken that I've dehydrated. It always seems to stay hard.

 

[Clarence]

Agree with Marbles. Take a separate sealed container containing your pesto. Great fat source, and you can put that stuff on anything.

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[MHB]

@Backyard I had a similar experience when trying to re-hydrate chicken. I found using canned chicken (home made or store bought) fixed the issue. Something with the pressure canning process breaks it down and allows it to re-hydrate. Using baked, boiled, grilled, etc. always resulted in in a jerky like product.

 

[Backyard]

@Backyard I had a similar experience when trying to re-hydrate chicken. I found using canned chicken (home made or store bought) fixed the issue. Something with the pressure canning process breaks it down and allows it to re-hydrate. Using baked, boiled, grilled, etc. always resulted in in a jerky like product.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[BDRam16]

Canned chicken is the cure huh? Good to know.