Tomato penne with chicken
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See recipe nutrition facts down below along with methods!
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
- Penne pasta – 180 g
- Boneless chicken – 1 cup (diced)
- Olive oil – 2 tbsp.
- Garlic – 2 cloves (minced)
- White onion – ½ small (diced)
- Tomato puree – 4 tbsp.
- Cherry tomatoes – 4 (cut into 4 pieces)
- Salt – as per taste
- Black pepper – ½ tsp.
- Green onion – 1 (chopped)
Instructions/Method:
- Take a large and open pan, add 4 to 5 cups of water and boil the pasta as per packet instructions.
- Once the pasta is done, drain and keep it aside.
- Now, take an open frying pan, add 2 tbsp. of olive oil and heat it over medium-low flame.
- After that, add minced garlic and stir it until light brown.
- Add chicken to the pan stir it for a minute.
- Now, add chopped onion and cook it with the chicken.
- After that, add salt and pepper as per your taste.
- Mix all the ingredients well and add tomato puree.
- Now cover the pan and cook the chicken until it’s softened.
- Once the chicken is done (it hardly takes 1 or 2 minutes), add boiled pasta and cherry tomatoes.
- Mix all the ingredients well.
- At this point, you can taste and adjust the salt and pepper.
- Your penne pasta with tomatoes and chicken is ready to eat.
- Serve hot and garnish it with some green onions.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Note:
- You can use whole wheat penne to make it healthier.
- You can also add different freshly chopped vegetables such as carrot, bell pepper, or any other favorite vegetable of yours.
- If you are a fan of cheese, you can also sprinkle some cheese on pasta.
- Avoid the garlic & onion if you have IBS and opt for garlic infused oil instead to keep the flavour!
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories – 232
- Carbohydrates – 20g
- Fat – 8g
- Protein – 20g
- Fiber – 3g
- Iron – 2mg
- Sugar – 6g
- Sodium – 684mg