Penne With Chicken, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Pine Nuts

Submitted by tigerduck

"This pasta dish looks and tastes great. It looks stunning served in bowls or large, restaurant-like plates. I love sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil! The pine nuts add a nice touch. Roast the pine nuts in a skillet on low heat. Watch the nuts as they turn brown (and then black) suddenly. Serve this tasty dish with fresh parmesan cheese and a glass of wine."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 (270 g) jar sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil
• 500 g chicken breasts, cut into thin stripes
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 125 ml cream (use more if desired)
• 2 tablespoons fresh basil, cut into stripes
• 400 g penne, cooked
• 2 tablespoons pine nuts, roasted
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Cut the sun-dried tomatoes into thin stripes. Keep the oil.
2. Heat wok or large skillet. Add 1 tablespoons of the kept oil.
3. Fry meat in 2-3 portions. Add more oil if necessary.
4. Add fried meat to the wok again.
5. Add garlic, tomatoes and cream. Cook on low heat for 4-5 minutes.
6. Add cooked penne and basil and mix. Leave on stove until penne are warm.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Serve in bowls and top with roasted pine nuts.

Reviews

[Lynnmuhl]

So quick and easy! I don't like penne pasta so we have used bow-tie and angle hair pasta as well. Makes a great dinner for 2 - with plenty left over for lunch the next day.

 

[currybunny]

Very, very good! I made this last week for around 40 people and it went down a treat. Easy to make and tastes fantastic - what more could you want? This will definately be made again - thank you for posting such a lovely recipe!

 

[Haylz]

Delicious!! A wonderful recipe combining many of my favourite ingredients. Relatively easy to make - with a tremendous outcome. Very tasty. Will certainly make again. Thank you.

 

[stormylee]

Delicious beyond belief! Quick and simple to make, a short & sweet ingredient list, utterly yummy results - a winner! Do taste the dish before adding salt, sun-dried tomatoes are very savoury and flavourful, so you might find you don't actually need any. I added just a sprinkling, and I love my salt. :-) Thank you so much for posting tigerduck!

 

[Bev I Am]

This is a wonderfully tasty, very simple & quick dish! The sun-dried tomatoes helped to provide plenty of flavor along with the garlic and basil. I increased the amount of cream to provide a bit more sauce for the pasta. We added freshly grated Parmesan cheese to top it off. Excellent and I will definitely make this again! Thanks tigerduck!