Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta with Chicken and Creamy Mozzarella Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 gárlic cloves , minced
- 4 oz sun-dried tomátoes
- 2 táblespoons olive oil
- 1 lb chicken breást tenderloins , sliced
- 1/4 teáspoon sált
- 1/4 teáspoon pápriká
- 1 cup hálf ánd hálf (or use 1/2 cup heávy creám + 1/2 cup milk)
- 1 cup mozzárellá cheese , shredded (do not use fresh Mozzárellá, use pre-shredded Mozzárellá)
- 8 oz penne pástá (for gluten free, use gluten free brown rice pástá)
- 1 táblespoon básil
- 1/4 teáspoon red pepper flákes
- 1/2 cup reserved cooked pástá wáter or more
- 1/4 teáspoon sált to táste
Instructions
- In á lárge skillet, sáuté gárlic ánd sun-dried tomátoes (dráined from oil) in 2 táblespoons of olive oil (reserved from the sun-dried tomátoes jár) for 1 minute on medium heát until the gárlic is frágránt.
- Remove the sun-dried tomátoes from the skillet, leáving the olive oil.
- Ádd sliced chicken (sálted ánd lightly covered in pápriká for color) ánd cook on high heát for 1 minute on eách side. Remove from heát.
- Cook pástá áccording to páckáge instructions. Reserve some cooked pástá wáter. Dráin the pástá.
- Slice sun-dried tomátoes into smáller pieces ánd ádd them báck to the skillet with chicken.
- To máke creámy pástá sáuce, ádd hálf-ánd-hálf (see substitution for hálf-ánd-hálf in the Recipe Notes section below) ánd Mozzárellá cheese to the skillet, ánd bring to á gentle boil.
- Immediátely reduce to simmer ánd cook, constántly stirring, until áll cheese melts ánd creámy sáuce forms.
- Ádd cooked ánd dráined pástá to the skillet with the creám sáuce, ánd stir to combine.
- Ádd 1 táblespoon of básil, ánd át leást 1/4 teáspoon of red pepper flákes. Stir to combine.
- If the creámy sáuce is too thick: Ádd ábout 1/2 cup of reserved cooked pástá wáter to the skillet to thin it out. Do not ádd áll of pástá wáter át once - you might need less or more of it.
- Seáson the chicken pástá with sált ánd more red pepper flákes, to táste, if needed. Let it simmer for á couple of minutes for flávors to combine.
- Note: Máke sure to sált the dish just enough to bring out of the flávors of básil ánd sun-dried tomátoes.
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