Penne with Chicken, Green Beans, and Cashew Butter

Name: Penne with Chicken, Green Beans, and Cashew Butter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps butter, softened; 1 Tbsp cooking oil; 227 grams green beans, cut into 1-inch lengths; 1 teaspoons fresh-ground black pepper; 340 grams penne; 118 milliliters roasted cashews; 1 teaspoons salt; 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/3 pounds in all)

Penne with Chicken, Green Beans, and Cashew Butter might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 39g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 743 calories. A mixture of salt, roasted cashews, penne, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the cooking oil you could follow this main course with the Raw blueberry cheesecake with crumb topping as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine the cashews and the butter in a food processor. Pulse to a smooth paste. Or, finely chop the cashews and combine them with the butter.

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Cashews

Butter

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Food Processor

In a medium nonstick frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Season the chicken breasts with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper and add them to the pan. Cook until browned and just done, 4 to 5 minutes per side.

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Chicken Breast

Salt And Pepper

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove the chicken from the pan and let it rest for 5 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Cut into small pieces.

In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the penne until just done, about 13 minutes.

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Penne

Water

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Pot

Add the beans during the last 5 minutes of cooking.

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Beans

Drain the pasta and beans and toss with the cashew butter, chicken, and the remaining 1/2 teaspoons of salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Cashew Butter

Whole Chicken

Beans

Pasta

Other Nut Butters: Cashews taste delicious in this dish, but you could really use any kind of nut, salted or unsalted, you have on hand. Others you may have on hand that would work: Almonds Hazelnuts Peanuts Pecans Pistachios Walnuts

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Nut Butter

Pistachio Nuts

Hazelnuts

Almonds

Cashews

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Walnuts

Pecans

Wine Recommendation: A rich white wine, for example a chardonnay from California or Australia, will go particularly well with the richness of the cashews and butter.

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White Wine