Monday, January 5, 2009

tonights menu/sort of


Here is a first one of a couple of recipes I have made in the last few months: The first one is a variation of Kevin Lacassin (NOLAFOODIE.COM) Recipe for Chicken pasta with White wine sauce.
My changes are made in Blue:
Ingredients
1 1 lbs. Boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 lb. Angel Hair Pasta( your favorite type of pasta can be substituted) 1 Yellow Peppers 1 Red Pepper 1 Green pepper 1 Package Mushrooms, Sun dried tomatoes ½ Large White Onion 5 Cloves Garlic (used one of those great garlic mashers) 1 carrott 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1/2-3/4 Cup White Wine (I prefer Chardonay)Parmesan Cheese (freshly grated)Coarse Kosher Salt Fresh Ground Black Pepper Oregano Small amount of Fresh Basil

3 qt. (or larger) Sauté pan8 qt. Stock Pot or Pasta Pot
Prep (15 minutes)
Dice onion and remove stems from mushrooms and chop coarsely peppers and carrots. Mince garlic. Season chicken with salt, pepper and oregano, and slice into small cubes.In stockpot, bring water to a boil then add a pinch of salt and a little bit of olive oil.

Cook (15 minutes)
1. Add angel hair pasta to boiling water. Cook for about five minutes while doing the sauce. Remove from heat and let it sit in the salty water until sauce is finished.
2. For your chicken and sauce – coat the bottom of a sauté pan with olive oil and add white onion, peppers, mushrooms and allow them to sweat. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Add garlic and sun dried tomatoes and cook for several minutes.
4. Toss in chicken and sauté until it is cooked. Continue to fold in ingredients while chicken is cooking.
5. Pour in 1/2- 3/4 cup (or so) of white wine, Add basil
6. Reduce heat to a simmer for about 5-10 minutes until sauce is reduced.
7. Remove pasta from water and toss into the sauté pan. Toss well until pasta is coated with sauce and serve.
8. Top with grated parmesan cheese.

This was such a big hit with my friends. The kids loved it too, it was so easy to make and there were no left overs!

Tuesdays post will be about Mole' Poblano Pollo

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds good and like it would feed an army! Of course that could have a lot to do with me still not knowing the conversion rates for imperial measurements. Look forward to your coming recipes.

The Recipe Reviewer said...

This looks great. I love pasta! I'll be back to check out more recipes.