Chicken Pasta
A simple, complete and balanced dish I would say. I prepared it from the day before and it can be eaten comfortably reheated. In our case it was destined to be eaten the next day but we actually ended up having it for dinner.
There was plenty of grilled chicken from noon, I boiled the pasta screws and with a few tablespoons of cream cheese and graviera cheese, and your dish is ready.
See the recipe below.
- 2 Chicken (2 breast fillets, boiled or grilled)
- 500 grams Pasta (shaped like screws)
- 200 grams Cheese (Graviera)
- 4 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1/2 cups Milk
- 2/3 cups White Wine
- Nutmeg
- Salt
- Pepper
If you don't have any leftovers just cut 2 chicken breasts in cubes and fry them in an anti stick pan after lathering them in olive oil for about 10 minutes. (choose the time depending on how big or small your chicken pieces are)
Once the chicken is cooked, or re heated(again in this option I would suggest using a pan), extinguish it with the wine and leave it one the side.
Fill 2/3 of a pot with water and once it starts boiling add your pasta.
Cook them for as long as written on the packaging.
Take a cup of the pasta water before straining the pasta to use it later on the recipe.
After straining the pasta add the rest of the olive oil in the pot or butter (depending on your preference) and then add the pasta back in, together with the chicken this time.
Start stirring everything together and then slowly add the milk, graviera cheese and pasta water you saved before.
Sprinkle some shredded cheese, pepper and nutmeg on top and your dish is ready to serve.
- Try this recipe, replacing chicken with fresh salmon in pieces or pork cut in stripes. Even if you don't have left overs it only takes a few minutes to prep in a pan and then add on top of the pasta.
- Turn this dish into a refreshing salad by using boiled chicken or tuna. Cut it thinly on top of the pasta and enrich your salad with corn, cucumber and cherry tomatoes.
- For an interesting vegetarian variation you could use tofu plane, with paprika or smoked, cut in cubes and follow the rest of the recipe as listed.
- If you don't have screw-pasta you could replace it with any other shape you like or even cheese tortellini.
