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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Creamy Chicken & Pasta

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 pound chicken breast, boneless, skinless, cut into bite sized pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons dried basil
2 teaspoons dried oregano
2 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes, less drained
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne red pepper
8 ounces small pasta
12 ounce bag of frozen broccoli cuts
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped mushroom
grated Parmesan cheese to taste

Directions
  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot.
  2. Start heating water for pasta.
  3. Cook chicken, garlic, basil and oregano in pot until chicken no longer pink inside.
  4. Add tomatoes, whipping cream, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.
  5. Heat until boiling then reduce heat to low. Continue cooking uncovered for about 10 minutes or until thickened slightly.
  6. While chicken mixture is still cooking add pasta to water to cook and drain.
  7. Stir pasta into chicken mixture.
  8. Serve hot with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.
I found this recipe here at the Betty Crocker website. I made a slight change based on what I had available to me.

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