Chipotle-Garlic Chicken Pasta

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PREP TIME

15 min

TOTAL TIME

30 min

Serves

4

Chipotle-Garlic Chicken Pasta

Photo, Erik Putz.

Ready in just 30 minutes, this garlic chicken pasta has an added hint of smokiness from chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. 

Ingredients

  • 300 g fusilli pasta , about 4 cups
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs , cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves , minced
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 156-mL can tomato paste
  • 1 to 2 tbsp chopped chipotles in adobo sauce
  • 2 tsp granulated sugar
  • 2 zucchinis , diced
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan

Instructions

  • COOK pasta in a large pot, following package directions but omitting salt, until tender, 7 to 9 min. Drain.
  • HEAT a large non-stick frying pan over medium. Add oil, then chicken. Cook until chicken is dark golden, 6 to 8 min. Add onion and garlic. Cook until onion is soft, 3 to 4 min. Stir in broth, tomato paste, chipotles, sugar, zucchini, salt and pasta, scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan, until warmed through, 1 to 2 min. Divide among 4 plates. Sprinkle with parmesan.

Nutrition (per serving)

  • Calories
  • 530,
  • Protein
  • 35 g,
  • Carbohydrates
  • 73 g,
  • Fat
  • 11 g,
  • Fibre
  • 6 g,
  • Sodium
  • 549 mg.
  • Excellent source of
  • vitamin B6
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