Spicy Chicken & Chorizo Pasta
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
For the pasta
- 300g Wholewheat pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts - diced
- 100g Chorizo
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 red chilli - or more to taste
- 1 red onion
- 1 red pepper
- 15-20 cherry tomatoes
- 1/3 190g jar red pesto
- 300ml pot low fat creme fraiche
- Splash lemon juice
For the Salad
- Bag rocket
- 50g parmesam -shaved
- Balsamic vinegar
Method
- STEP 1Heat olive oil in a pan.
- STEP 2Dice chicken and chorizo and add to pan - fry gently for 3-4 minutes until chicken is browned and chorizo oil is released
- STEP 3Whilst chicken is cooking, roughly chop onion and pepper and finely chop garlic and chilli. Add to pan and cook until onion and peppers have softened and chicken is cooked thoroughly
- STEP 4Add tomatoes to pan, gently cook for 5 min until tomatoes begin to burst.
- STEP 5Cook pasta as per pack instructions
- STEP 6Whilst pasta is cooking add creme fraiche, lemon juice and pesto to chicken and warm thorugh. Season to taste
- STEP 7Add cooked drained pasta to chicken and creme fraiche mix and stir until coated - serve with a rocket and parmesan salad
