Spaghetti al Limone with Poached Chicken

Name: Spaghetti al Limone with Poached Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling over pasta; 6 Tbsps heavy cream; 4 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 59 milliliters zest and 5 tablespoons juice from 3 to 4 lemons; 710 milliliters homemade or store-bought low-sodium chicken stock; 57 grams parmesan cheese, finely grated, plus extra for serving on the side; 340 grams boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 2 medium breast halves); 454 grams dry spaghetti

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Spaghetti al Limone with Poached Chicken a try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 42g of protein, 31g of fat, and a total of 806 calories. This recipe covers 26% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of chicken stock, heavy cream, kosher salt and pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the lemon zest you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 30 minutes.

Instructions

Bring chicken broth to simmer over medium heat in medium saucepan.

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Chicken Broth

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Sauce Pan

Add chicken breasts, 1 teaspoon salt, and basil stems to broth. Reduce heat to low and gently simmer until chicken is just cooked through (160°F), about 12 minutes.

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Chicken Breast

Whole Chicken

Basil

Broth

Salt

Transfer to plate and when cool enough to handle, shred with two forks into bite size pieces.

While chicken is cooking, bring 5 quarts water to boil over high heat in large pot.

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Whole Chicken

Water

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Pot

Add 1 tablespoon salt and pasta. Cook to very firm al dente. Reserve 2 cups pasta water and drain pasta. Rinse briefly under cold water to stop pasta from cooking.

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Water

Pasta

Salt

In pasta pot, bring 1 cup pasta water, cream, and zest to simmer over medium heat. Cook for 1 minute.

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Water

Cream

Pasta

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Pot

Whisk in 1 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, and oil. Return pasta to pot and toss with parmesan, chicken, lemon juice, and basil over low heat for about 1 minute to warm through and for flavors to absorb, adding more pasta water as necessary to loosen. Season to taste and serve immediately, drizzling with extra olive oil and extra grated parmesan.

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Black Pepper