Chicken Pasta in white sauce turned out to be very delicious. I tried cooking this dish for the first time by watching it on a food channel, with some of my own twist and addtions. Ingredients are healthy and fresh which made this dish very tasty.
Ingredients:
- Whole Wheat Pasta – Half kg.
- Onion – One large size – sliced into long thin shape.
- Garlic – grated – 2 tbs.
- Tomato – One Large size – finely grated.
- Red Bell Pepper – One medium sized – sliced into thin long pieces.
- Green Bell Pepper – One medium sized – sliced into thin long pieces.
- Yellow Bell Pepper – One medium sized – sliced into think long pieces.
- Cheddar Cheese – grated – 3 tbs.
- Mozzarella Cheese – grated – 4 tbs.
- Fresh Cream – 2 tbs.
- Milk – 250 ml.
- Salt to taste.
- Dried Oregano – 2 tbs.
- Red Chilli powder – Half tsp.
- Coriander powder – Half tsp.
- Pepper powder – 2 tbs.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil – 4tbs.
- Boneless Chicken – cut into 1 inch cubes – Half kg.
- Butter – 1 tbs.
- Fresh Thyme leaves – 1 tbs.
Method:
- Take a large size deep pan. Add one liter of water, pinch of salt and 1 tsp of olive oil to it. Heat it up.
- Once the water is heated, add pasta to it and keep stirring.
- Allow the pasta to cook well. Keep checking every now and then.
- Once the pasta is completely cooked, remove the water from pasta.
- Keep cooked pasta aside (drain out all excess water).
- Take another large size deep frying pan. Add 2 tbs of extra virgin olive oil and heat it up.
- Add butter and allow it to melt.
- Add chicken pieces and stir continuously on high heat for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add salt to taste and 1 tbs of pepper powder.
- Keep stirring the chicken on high heat until it is cooked completely.
- Remove this cooked chicken in another bowl and keep it aside.
- Add remaining extra virgin olive oil in the same deep frying pan and heat it up.
- Add finely grated tomato and fry it for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add grated or finely chopped garlic and stir well for another 2 to 3 minutes on high heat.
- Add sliced onion and stir well. Cook until onions are translucent.
- Add Thyme leaves and stir for 2 minutes.
- Add sliced Red, Yellow and Green Bell pepper. Mix them well. Cook them on high heat.
- Add salt to taste, red chilli powder, coriander powder and remaining black pepper powder. Stir well and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes on high heat.
- Add cooked chicken into the pan and mix them well. Stir well on high heat for another 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add Oregano and mix them well.
- Slowly add milk on low heat and continuously stir well. Then increase the heat and cook it for another 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add grated mozzarella and cheddar cheese to the pan. Mix them well. Cook it for 2 to 4 minutes.
- Add boiled pasta to the pan and mix them well. Cook it for another 2 to 4 minutes.
- Add fresh cream and stir it well. Cook it for 2 minutes.
- Turn off the heat.
- Donot cover the pan with lid. Allow all the steam to go out.
- Serve Chicken Pasta in a serving plate and garnish it with fresh basil leave. Chicken Pasta is ready to eat.
- Happy Eating.