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Chicken Caprese Pasta
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Chicken Caprese Pasta

Chicken Caprese Pasta consists chicken, fresh herbs, balsamic vinegar, and cherry tomatoes. It makes a delicious quick weeknight meal.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Resting time15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: buffalo chicken pizza, chicken caprese pasta, pasta
Servings: 4
Calories:
Author: Sarah Mirza

Ingredients

Marination

  • 2 fillet chicken thigh or breast in the bite size pieces.
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • salt as needed
  • 2 tsp italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 4 garlic cloves minced

Pasta

  • ½ lbs fettuccini (227 grams)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • ½ cup cherry tomatoes cut in halves
  • 1 tbsp italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 2 tbsp fresh basil
  • 12 mozzarella small balls
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
  • salt as needed
  • 2 sprig fresh rosemary roughly chopped
  • 3 sprig fresh dill roughly chopped
  • 4 big leaves fresh basil roughly chopped
  • 2 sprig thyme roughly chopped

Instructions

Chicken prep and baked

  • In a ziploc bag, marninate the chicken in lemon juice, salt, pepper, italian seasoing, and fresh lemon juice.
  • Set it aside for 15 minutes.
  • Turn the oven to 350 degrees
  • Spray the oven safe pan with baking spray.
  • Place the chicken in the pan.
  • Bake it for for 25 minutes
  • once it's baked then you will see excess water floating in the chicken.
  • drain the water out.

Pasta

  • Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until very al dente. Drain the water, set it aside, sprinkle some oil on top so it won't stick together.
  • Add olive oil in a skillet on medium heat.
  • Once heated add garlic sauté it for 30 seconds.
  • Add the cherry tomatoes saute it for 30 seconds keep stirring.
  • Add ½ cup chicken stock sauté it for about 2-3 minutes.
  • add red pepper flakes and italian seasoning. Sauté it for about 1 minute.
  • add the chicken and balsamic vinegar, sauté it for about 2 minutes
  • Add ¼ chicken stock.
  • Add the herbs, mix it all together.
  • Add the fettuccini to the skillet and mix it all together.
  • Add small balls of mozzarella. mix it together.
  • Let it cook until the cheese is melted, this will take 30 second to one minute.
  • Adjust your salt.
  • Add some fresh basil on top.
  • Add ¼ chicken stock around in the skillet.
  • Serve it hot! Enjoy.

Notes

optional: Add in 3-4  cherry tomatoes with the cheese.