Last week I made Lemon Chicken Pasta from the Southern Living Comfort Foods cookbook. It had chicken, peas, pasta, lemon and some other things. I can't remember all of what was in it but it was good. Good enough to eat for lunch the next day too! The fresh lemon in the dish was a nice surprise and really rounded it out.
update 12/16/10: Someone requested I post the recipe so here it is!
Lemon-Chicken Pasta
Southern Living Light & Easy Comfort Food
Cooking Spray
1 tsp. olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
6 oz. skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1/4" wide strips
1/2 cup frozen green peas, thawed
1/3 cup shredded carrot
1/2 cup condensed low-sodium chicken broth, undiluted
2 T. tub style light cream cheese
2 cups hot cooked farfalle (about 1 1/4 cups uncooked bowtie pasta, cooked without salt or fat
3 T. grated parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp. grated lemon rind
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
Fresh chives (optional)
1. Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; add oil, and place over medium-high heat until hot. Add garlic; saute 15 seconds. Add chicken; saute 1 minute. Add peas and carrot; saute 1 minute. Remove chicken mixture from skillet; set aside.
2. Add chicken broth and cream cheese to skillet, and cook over medium-high heat 3 minutes or until cream cheese is melted, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return chicken mixture to skillet. Stir in pasta, parmesan cheese, lemon rind, salt and pepper; cook 1 minute. Garnish with chives if desired. Yield: 2 servings of 1 1/2 cups each.
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