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Chicken meat with Pasta

  • Since I had two pieces of chicken breast in the fridge, and I really wanted pasta. I combined this meat with a fantastic sauce and the addition of aromatic herbs, I got an irresistible smell and taste of the Mediterranean! A simple and easy recipe that you must make! Follow recipe.

Ingredients: simple, total time: 40 min., 3 serving
  • 4 Tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 big onion/ finely chopped

  • 3 cloves of garlic/ minced

  • 600 g chicken breasts/ finely-chopped in small cubes

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper/ or to taste

  • 2 teaspoons red ground paprika

  • 1/2 teaspoon red-hot crushed pepper flakes

  • 350 ml tomato paste/ Cirio

  • 2 teaspoons of oregano

  • 1/2 teaspoon dry basil

  • 2 teaspoons marjoram

  • 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan/ or mozzarella cheese

  • 170 ml water

  • 60 ml the liquid where the pasta was cooked

Pasta:

  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 3 liters of water for pasta

  • 300 g of any pasta/ spaghetti, penne, bucatini, macaroni

Preparation:
  1. Prepare all ingredients as described above.

  2. Fry about 10 minutes the chopped onion in a little oil until it becomes soft and transparent with constantly stirring on moderate heat.

  3. Then add the minced garlic cloves, fry until it releases its aroma.

  4. As soon as the garlic releases its fragrance, add 1 teaspoon red ground pepper, red-hot flakes pepper, stir quickly and fry for about 2 minute.

  5. Then add the chopped chicken meat in small cubes that you previously cut. Stir everything well and fry for about 20 minutes, covered, on moderate heat.

  6. When the onion has melted with the juice, add tomato paste, salt, black pepper, 1 teaspoon red ground pepper, oregano, basil, and marjoram, stir well everything, reduce the heat. Cook for about 30 minutes, covered, with stirring occasionally. Add water two times gradually and control taste, add spices as needed.

  7. During that time, prepare water in a pot for pasta, add 1 teaspoon of salt and a little olive oil. Wait for it to boil.

  8. As soon as it boils, add the pasta and cook according to the instructions on the packaging.

  9. Separate 6 spoons of liquid from the pot, pour into a small cup.

  10. Strain the finished pasta well, pour them in to the tomato sauce with the liquid. Quickly stir for about a minute, then add 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese.

  11. Leave covered for about a minute on low heat.

  12. Remove from heat and serve warm in plates.


Buon appetito!


NOTE:

  • If you don't have Parmesan cheese or mozzarella, you can use sour cream or Philadelphia cream cheese.

  • In this recipe, if you add Parmesan cheese, do not add too much salt because the cheese is already salty. If it is mozzarella or cream cheese, check the taste and add as needed.


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