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Chicken fettucine with basil and tomato cream

Category:

Chicken, Dinner, Italian, Pasta, 20 minute dinners

Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 chicken breasts, diced
• Salt and pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 cup cream
• 1 cup water
• 1 tbsp chicken stock powder
• 3/4 cup semi-dried tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup basil leaves, chopped
• 500g fettucine, cooked al-dente

Method:

In a frying pan, brown the chicken in batches and set aside aside in a warm place.

In the same pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the cream, water and stock powder.

Bring to the boil and add the chicken to the pan with the tomatoes.

Simmer until the sauce thickens a little and stir in the basil.

Add the pasta to the pan and stir to heat and coat. Serve with some fresh basil leaves on top.

Notes

• Using a good quality fresh pasta will give you a superior finish with this dish.
• You can make this in less than 20 minutes.
• Using the oil from the semi-dried tomatoes is a great way to give this dish a flavour boost.

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• This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder.

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