Chicken Dijon With Angel Hair Pasta and Fresh Zucchini

Submitted by Manami

"From The Weekly Feeder by Cori Kirkpatrick. This is not diet friendly but at the same time - it is a full main dish with protein, vegetable and pasta!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 medium onion
• 10 mushrooms
• 170.09 g marinated artichoke hearts
• 4 medium zucchini
• 14.79 ml butter or 14.79 ml margarine
• 14.79 ml vegetable oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 14.79 ml Dijon mustard
• 11.09 ml low sodium soy sauce (I prefer tamari)
• 78.78 ml white wine or 78.78 ml white zinfandel wine
• 118.29 ml light sour cream
• 340.19 g angel hair pasta
• 14.79 ml butter or 14.79 ml margarine
• salt, to taste
• freshly ground coarse black pepper, to taste
• 2 red pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 green onions, sliced on a diagonal (both white & green parts)

directions

1. Fill a large pot with water and begin to heat for pasta.
2. Cut chicken breasts into thin slices, then into 1 inch pieces.
3. Peel and quarter onion, then slice thinly.
4. Trim stems off of mushrooms and slice thinly.
5. Drain artichoke hearts and cut into small pieces.
6. Trim zucchini and cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
7. Place in a microwaveable dish and set aside.
8. Place 1 tablespoon butter & 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a wide frying pan or wok over medium high heat.
9. Press garlic and add; add red pepper flakes, too.
10. Then add chicken pieces and cook for 1-2 minutes.
11. Microwave zucchini on high for 6 minutes.
12. To pan with chicken, add onion slices and cook 1 minute more.
13. Add mushroom slices and artichoke pieces.
14. Continue cooking until chicken pieces are no longer pink (approximately 4 minutes) and remove pan from heat.
15. Reduce burner temperature to low.
16. Put pasta in boiling water and cook 1-2 minutes or until done.
17. Add Dijon mustard, wine, & tamari to chicken mixture and stir carefully.
18. Place pan back on burner and add light sour cream.
19. Stir gently until sauce forms.
20. Remove from heat.
21. Remove zucchini from microwave.
22. Season lightly with small amount of butter or margarine, salt, if using, black pepper, if using,
23. Drain pasta in a large colander.
24. Serve Chicken Dijon over pasta accompanied by fresh zucchini and green onions.
25. Serve with bread sticks, a salad of European greens with raspberry vinagrette, and White Zinfandel wine.

Reviews

[Maven in the Making]

Nice recipe. I really liked the sauce too. Fast and easy...just my style.

 

[Dr. Carrie]

I just want to thank you for this simple delicious sauce! I made a ton of changes to the recipe - i didnt use artichokes, I used brown rice instead of pasta, and I julienned the zucchini and mixed it into the chicken mix. But the mustard/soy sauce/wine/sour cream sauce was excellent and easy - tasted like something you'd get at a restaurant! :) It went excellent with brown rice, by the way - the rice sopped up all that lovely sauce. It could maybe use a little more zing - lemon juice? more red pepper? and I did need to add salt. Maybe tamari would have added a different flavor. I used a mixture of dark and light soy sauce. The butter and oil's really the only really diet-unfriendly part; I may try it sometime with less. This one's a keeper! I only wish it made a bit more. Even with mixing in a large julienned zucchini I only ended up with about 3 cups of stuff.