Description
Indulge in the best creamy chicken pasta you’ve ever tasted! This rich and flavorful dish is a perfect blend of tender chicken, al dente pasta, and a creamy parmesan sauce that will have you coming back for seconds.
Ingredients
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Pasta:
- 200 grams dried pasta or 300 grams fresh pasta
Chicken:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 x chicken breast (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon flour
Sauce:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, roughly chopped
- 3/4 cup cream
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 50 grams parmesan, very finely grated
- Lemon zest and extra rosemary to finish
Instructions
- Cook the pasta: Boil the pasta until just undercooked, then drain and reserve a cup of pasta water.
- Prepare the chicken: Flatten and season the chicken, dust with flour, then fry in olive oil.
- Make the sauce: Cook garlic and rosemary in butter, then add cream, parmesan, pepper, and lemon juice.
- Combine: Add pasta water, cooked pasta, and simmer with the sauce.
- Serve: Slice the chicken and serve on top of or mixed into the pasta. Garnish with rosemary, lemon zest, and more parmesan.
Notes
- For a quicker option, use pre-cooked rotisserie chicken.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 650
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 62g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
