Description
Easy and delicious chicken thigh recipe with pasta.
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb cooked chicken breast
- 2 tbsp olive oil (Affiliate Link)
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 4 oz of mushroom
- 16 oz tomato sauce (Affiliate Link)
- 1 tbsp basil
- 1 tbsp parsley
- 1/8 tsp of red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- Gluten-free pasta one box Banza Cavatappi made from Chickpeas
- 2 cups mixed baby greens - kale spinach, Swiss chard
- Optional: Dairy-free Parmesan cheese grated for topping
Instructions
- Start water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cover with a lid.
- Add Cavatappi to the boiling water and cook as per the box for about 7-9 minutes.
- In the meantime, prep the veggies and set them aside.
- Start mince garlic and set aside.
- Measure out the salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, parsley, and basil and set them aside in separate bowls.
- Slice the mushroom and add to a bowl.
- Cube the cooked chicken breast.
- Measure out the tomato sauce (Affiliate Link) and set it aside.
- Set aside 2 cups of mixed baby greens.
- Heat the deep Dutch oven (Affiliate Link), and add the olive oil (Affiliate Link) to the hot pan for a few minutes. Add minced garlic to the Dutch oven (Affiliate Link). Sauté for a few minutes.
- Then, add the sliced mushroom to the dutch oven (Affiliate Link) and cook them to reduce. Let it cook for about 4-5 minutes at medium heat.
- Add chopped chicken breast to the skillet and heat through for 2-3 minutes.
- Then, add the tomato sauce (Affiliate Link), parsley, basil, salt, pepper, and, if you want, more red pepper flakes to the Dutch oven (Affiliate Link) and stir—Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the mixed baby greens. Mix in and cook for another 4 minutes.
- Finally, when the pasta is finished. Drain the pasta and toss the pasta in the Dutch oven (Affiliate Link). Mix well and enjoy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 19 minutes
- Category: chicken
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 371.34 kcal
- Sugar: 3.23 g
- Sodium: 530.0 mg
- Fat: 8.86 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.24 g
- Trans Fat: 0.0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50.91 g
- Fiber: 4.64 g
- Protein: 23.46 g
- Cholesterol: 48.19 mg