Pasta with chicken, vegetables and Cajun sauce
Recipe for an easy, delicious dish of pasta, pan-fried chicken and creamy Cajun sauce.
Servings 4 people
Calories 986kcal
Ingredients
- 400 g pasta
Chicken
- 600 g chicken breasts
- Plain flour
- 25 g butter
- 2-3 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tbsp Cajun seasoning – click here for the recipe
- Salt and pepper
Cajun sauce with vegetables
- 2 onions, cut into strips
- 2 peppers, cut into strips
- 4 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes or crushed tomatoes (polpa)
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 250 ml cream
- 60 g parmesan, grated
- 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning – click here for the recipe
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Season the chicken breasts with salt, pepper and a little Cajun seasoning, then toss them in plain flour.
- Melt the butter with the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat and fry the chicken until golden on both sides and cooked through.Set the chicken aside on a plate, loosely covered with tin foil.
- In the same pan, fry the onions and garlic until the onions are translucent.Add a little extra oil if needed.
- Add the peppers and cook for a couple of minutes, then sprinkle over the Cajun seasoning and cook for a minute or so.
- Add the tomato purée and stir it in well, then pour in the cream and the chopped tomatoes.
- Let the sauce heat through for 5 minutes, then add the parmesan.*Meanwhile, cook your pasta according to the packet instructions.
- Let the sauce simmer for a further couple of minutes and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Return the chicken to the pan and let it warm through while the pasta finishes cooking.
- Drain the pasta and divide it between 4 deep plates. Top with the chicken and plenty of sauce – you can slice the chicken before laying it on top if you like.
- Scatter over some finely chopped fresh herbs and serve with a little extra parmesan on the side, if you like.
Nutrition
Calories: 986kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 53g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 193mg | Sodium: 710mg | Potassium: 1329mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1712IU | Vitamin C: 66mg | Calcium: 263mg | Iron: 4mg