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Spicy Cajun Chicken Pasta

Description: Fettuccine tossed with saut?ed chicken, onions and red and green peppers in a spicy, tomato Creole sauce.

Yield: 4 Servings Ready in 30 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Chicken

(5, 1) 100% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4 Servings
10 oz.cooked fettuccine; (cooked al dente)
1 cupSpicy Cajun Pasta Sauce; (recipe follows)
1 boneless chicken breast; cooked and sliced in strips
1 tablespoonParmesan cheese
1 teaspoonchopped parsley
Spicy; Cajun Pasta Sauce:
2 oz.olive oil
1 tablespoonfresh chopped garlic
1/2 cupcoarsely chopped onion
1/2 cupcoarsely chopped green peppers
1/2 cupcoarsely chopped red peppers
1/8 teaspooncayenne pepper
1 cupchicken stock
1 cupV-8 juice

Spicy Cajun Chicken Pasta Preparation

Spicy Cajon Past sauce

cornstarch (mix about a table spoon with a couple tablespoons cold water to form a slurry) salt and pepper, to taste

1. Prepare sauce: Heat oil in saute pan; add garlic; saute for 30 seconds; add onions and saute for 1 minute; add peppers and continue to saute for another minute. Deglaze with chicken stock and reduce to half. Add V-8 juice and cayenne pepper; bring to boil; simmer 10 minutes.

2. Thicken to consistency with cornstarch; season to taste with salt and pepper.

3. Add cooked pasta to sauce and heat through until hot.

4. Arrange on serving dish and top with chicken breast. Sprinkle with Parmesan and parsley.

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Calories Per Serving: 245
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Tags

  1. Superbowl
  2. Summer
  3. Spring
  4. Picnics
  5. Fourth of July
  6. Quick
  7. Sauce
  8. Side Dish
  9. Main Dish
  10. Chicken
  11. American

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