Marry Me Chicken Pasta
Creamy sundried tomato, garlic, spinach, and chicken tossed with pasta, parmesan, fresh basil. This is your next go-to pasta recipe.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 boneless & skinless chicken breasts, (about 400g) cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tbsp olive oil,
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
- 150 g sun-dried tomatoes, drained and sliced
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp paprika
- 225g dried pasta (I like penne for this but any pasta shape will work)
- 150ml pasta cooking water (or chicken stock)
- 250 ml double cream (heavy cream)
- 60 g parmesan, grated
- 60 g spinach
- Maldon salt and black pepper
- handful of basil leaves
Instructions
- Cook the water in boiling salty water until al dente – you want it to still have quite a bit of a bite as you finish cooking it in the sauce
- While the pasta is cooking, take a large, deep frying pan and add the olive oil. Once it’s hot, add the chopped chicken. Season well and cook for 6 -8 minutes stirring occasionally until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through. Remove from the pan.
- Reduce the heat and then in the same pan you cooked the chicken in, add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds before adding the sun-dried tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano and paprika. Cook for a few minutes to allow the sun tomatoes to soften.
- Pour in the double cream and the pasta cooking water, tossing well and allow to bubble for a few minutes so the cream can thicken.
- Add the chicken and the cooked pasta to the sauce along with the spinach and stir well. After a minute the spinach should have wilted and the pasta will be perfectly cooked. Add more pasta cooking water if you think it needs it – it should be loose and glossy not stodgy.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the parmesan and basil leaves. Scoop into bowls, top with more parmesan, fresh basil leaves, fresh black pepper and enjoy!
Notes
If you like a bit of heat, add a pinch of chilli flakes alongside the oregano and paprika.
Find it online: https://desertislanddishes.co/marry-me-chicken-pasta/