Cajun Chicken Pasta

Name: Cajun Chicken Pasta
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 59 milliliters butter; 1 Tbsp Cajun seasoning; 907 grams chicken breast strips; 0 teaspoons dried basil; 227 grams package fresh mushrooms; 0 teaspoons garlic powder; 1 small green bell pepper, thinly sliced; 2 slices green onions (white and light green parts only), sliced; 4 servings Garnish: chopped green onions; 355 milliliters half-and-half; 0 teaspoons lemon pepper; 340 grams uncooked linguine; 1 small red bell pepper, thinly sliced; 1 teaspoons salt, divided

Cajun Chicken Pasta might be just the main course you are searching for. One serving contains 826 calories, 65g of protein, and 30g of fat. This recipe serves 4. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. If you have butter, mushrooms, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of Creole cuisine.

Instructions

Prepare pasta according to package directions.

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Pasta

Sprinkle chicken evenly with Cajun seasoning and 1 tsp. salt. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add chicken, and saut 5 to 6 minutes or until done.

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Cajun Seasoning

Whole Chicken

Butter

Salt

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Frying Pan

Remove chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Add bell peppers, mushrooms, and green onions to skillet, and saut 9 to 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender and liquid evaporates.

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Bell Pepper

Green Onions

Vegetable

Mushrooms

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Frying Pan

Return chicken to skillet; stir in half-and-half, next 3 ingredients, and remaining 1/4 tsp. salt. Cook, stirring often, over medium-low heat 3 to 4 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

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Whole Chicken

Salt

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Frying Pan

Add linguine; toss to coat.

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Linguine

Garnish, if desired, and serve immediately.

*1/2 (16-oz.) bag frozen sliced green, red, and yellow bell peppers and onion may be substituted. For testing purposes only, we used Birds Eye Pepper Stir-Fry.

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Yellow Pepper

Pepper

Onion

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Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

59milliliters

butter 1Tbsp

Cajun seasoning 907grams

chicken breast strips 0teaspoons

dried basil 227grams

package fresh mushrooms 0teaspoons

garlic powder 1small

green bell pepper, thinly sliced 2slices

green onions (white and light green parts only), sliced 4servings

Garnish: chopped green onions 355milliliters

half-and-half 0teaspoons

lemon pepper 340grams

uncooked linguine 1small

red bell pepper, thinly sliced 1teaspoons

salt, divided

Recommended wine: Albarino, Rose Wine, Sauvignon Blanc

Cajun can be paired with Albarino, rosé Wine, and Sauvignon Blanc. These low-tannin, lower alcohol wines will complement the heat in spicy cajun dishes, instead of making your mouth burn more. You could try D'Alfonso-Curran Albarino. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 30 dollars per bottle.