Cajun Chicken-Sausage Pasta

Submitted by Texaspollock

"I got this recipe out of the Fast & Easy Weight Watchers cookbook. It doesn't even taste like it's "lite" ANYTHING!! My whole family loves it and it's a request even when extended family comes for a visit."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 170.09 g package grilled chicken breast strips
• 4.92 ml cajun seasoning
• 198.44 g low-fat smoked sausage, sliced (Healthy Choice)
• 236.59 ml fresh mushrooms
• 177.44 ml onion (cut in slivers)
• 177.44 ml green bell pepper (cut in strips)
• 411.06 g can diced tomatoes with jalapenos (Del Monte Zesty)
• 226.79 g fettuccine pasta (cooked will equal 4 cups)
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Sprinkle chicken strips with cajun seasoning and cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes in skillet sprayed with cooking spray.
2. Remove chicken and set aside. Add sausage, mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers to pan and saute for about 5 minutes or until veggies are tender.
3. Stir in chicken strips and tomatoes and cook until heated through.
4. Add pasta and toss well.
5. Sprinkle with fresh ground pepper.

Reviews

[Risalation]

Great recipe...thought it would be bland because it doesn't call for any sauces but it was excellent and spicy just the way I love it anybody can enjoy this and it definitely does not taste like the usual bland healthy recipe.

 

[Chef KeniB]

This has become a staple in our house but it is extremely spicy. I love spicy food but this was spicy even though I used the tomatoes with chilies as another reviewer suggested. I believe it is the cajun seasoning that gives it the kick. Still amazing taste and we can't get enough of it even though our mouths are burning! ;)

 

[DuChick]

This was a really good, quick weeknight meal. I love spicy food, but this was fire-alarm HOT! I didn't even use the jalapeno diced tomatoes, but had the green chile and tomatoes instead. I wanted to make this as healthy as possible, so I subbed whole wheat rotini for the fettucini and used turkey polska kielbasa. I definitely got my water down today! :) Thanks Texaspollock. MERP'd for All New Zaar Cookbook tag.