Creamy Chicken & Pasta

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"A great one-dish skillet meal."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 ounces penne
• 3 small carrots, peeled and sliced into coins
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1 medium zucchini, sliced
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 3⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
• nutmeg, pinch

directions

1. Cook penne in boiling salted water for 12 minutes.
2. Add carrots, broccoli and zucchini for last 4 minutes of cooking pasta time.
3. Add peas during the last minute.
4. Drain; transfer to a large serving bowl.
5. Meanwhile, sprinkle chicken with 1/4 t salt and 1/8 t of the black pepper.
6. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
7. Cook 8 minutes or until cooked through.
8. Add cream, cheese, the remaining 1/4 t salt and 1/8 t pepper and nutmeg to skillet.
9. Boil for 2 minutes, until thick.
10. Toss with pasta and vegetables.

Reviews

[HokiesMom]

Yet one more fabulous pasta dish presented by Lainey! Loved all the veggies in this. Only slight change was I used snow peas instead of regular peas just for fun! This would be wonderful even without the chicken for a meatless dinner! Loved it completely! Thanks Lainey for sharing in Gimme Five tag game.

 

[Annacia]

I love this! It's really my kind of dinner, easy to make and you put it in a bowl and it's ready. Add to that the fact that it's yummy and not all that bad health wise if you replace the cream with some fat free evaporated milk :D. The veggies are great and except for the frozen peas they were organic. Thanks Lanie for another winning dinner recipe. Made for Photo Tag.

 

[mommyluvs2cook]

My family loved this, I forgot the pinch of nutmeg, which I known would have added a little extra. Oh well, next time!

 

[Karen Elizabeth]

Lovely, simple quick and delicious, ideal when you come home from work and would like a good meal with no fuss. Flexible, I didn't have broccoli so added some frozen corn, and also used up some snow peas in this dish. Otherwise, as per recipe, this made a lovely meal that I will definitely make again. Thank you Lainey, I found this recipe in the PRMR tag game.

 

[She Who Has Rabbits]

Easy to make, and quite satisfying. I used some squash along with all the other vegetables, so I added extra cream too. It's a good recipe for using up any extra vegetables you have left over. Will make again.