Elswet's Uber - Tangy Chicken Pepperoni
You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Elswet's Uber - Tangy Chicken Pepperoni A mixture of basil, garlic cloves, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the whole grain wheat flour you could follow this main course with the Oatmeal and Spiced Rum Raisin Cookies with Whole Wheat Flour as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Instructions
Prepare pasta by instructions on box using salted water; rinse, drain and set aside.Over a medium heat, in a large skillet, saute celery, bell pepper, onion and mushroom in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil until onion is clear.
Add pepper flakes, oregano, basil, garlic, black pepper and salt.Cook [stirring often] for another 5 minutes.
Add cayenne pepper, Tabasco sauce, pepperoni and chicken; stir, cover and cook over medium heat until chicken pieces outsides are white.While chicken cooks, in another medium skillet, heat remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, add the remaining garlic and mix very well.When oil is hot, SLOWLY stir in the flour, 1 tablespoon at a time mixing well until it is a thick paste.Stop adding the flour and remove from heat.
Mix in 8 tablespoons of the tomatoes and blend very well, quickly, into a thick tomato paste.
Add remaining tomatoes, stirring during addition and mix until thoroughly blended.Stir into cooked chicken mixture, add cream cheese and blend well.Return to heat and cook an additional 8 minutes to ensure thorough heating of the tomatoes and melting of the cream cheese.Either mix into cooked prepared pasta, or spoon over a bed of the pasta.Top with grated parmesan and serve hot.