Creamy Lemon Pasta with Chicken

Name: Creamy Lemon Pasta with Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters shredded, cooked, skinless chicken (from 1 small rotisserie chicken); 1 small clove garlic, finely chopped; 85 grams goat cheese; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 1 Tbsp lemon juice; 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest; 473 milliliters frozen peas, thawed; 454 grams penne or ziti; 4 servings Salt and pepper

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Creamy Lemon Pasta with Chicken a try. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 711 calories, 34g of protein, and 21g of fat. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up salt and pepper, penne, heavy cream, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the heavy cream you could follow this main course with the Homemade Blizzards with Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 20 minutes.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.

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Water

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Pot

Add pasta and cook according to package directions. While pasta is cooking, place goat cheese, cream, garlic, lemon zest and lemon juice in a small bowl and mash with a fork to combine.

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Goat Cheese

Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Garlic

Cream

Pasta

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Bowl

Set aside 1/2 cup cooking liquid and drain pasta. Return pasta to pot and stir in peas, goat cheese mixture and chicken. Stir in cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.

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Salt And Pepper