Basil Chicken with Pasta
If you love the taste of basil this dish will be perfect for you! Don’t you think sometimes we need new ideas and gear away from the old way of making pasta dishes? They are all wonderful but don’t you crave something new, mouth watering? This new creation might give you just exactly that. Please try and I would love to hear your input!
Ingredients:
2 shallots
2 nice pieces of organic chicken breasts
Garlic (I used here the frozen garlic cubes from Trader Joe’s)
1 package of fresh basil
1 pack of broccolini
1 pack of baby portobello mushrooms
1 bag of rice spaghetti
olive oil
balsamic vinegar
half & half cream
marsala cooking wine
sun dried tomatoes
crushed red pepper
bouillon ( I use better than bouillon)
black crushed pepper
2 lemons
Instructions:
Spicy Basil Chicken
cut up the 2 chicken breasts into thin pieces
put about 2 tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan and after you cut up your shallots add them to the pan. Sautee this for few minutes (I used my skillet, it makes everything so delicious.)
add the chicken pieces to the skillet, add some salt and black pepper and sautee them until each piece is slightly brownish on each side
In a bowl mix at least 15 leaves of basil, with 2 garlic cubes, 1 teaspoon of bouillon, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, 1/2 of teaspoon crushed red pepper, 1/2 squeezed lemon, 1/2 of a cup of half and half creamer and if you need to you can add a little water
Add this mix in the blander and bland it until smooth and pour it over the chicken
Cook it for a few more minutes and cover it up with a lid and let it sit
The mushroom with sun dried tomatoes
add 2-3 tablespoon of olive oil to a frying pan
cut up your mushrooms into small pieces and add it to the oil and sautee this for a few minutes
add in 2 cubes of garlic
add in 1 teaspoon of bouillon
add 1/2 of a cup marsala wine
add 1/2 of teaspoon of crushed red pepper
add 2 teaspoon of sun dried tomatoes cut up into small pieces
Cook this mix for about 5 minute, then add in some cut up basil, stir it and then put a lid on and let it sit
Broccolini
Cut up your broccolini into smaller pieces
add 2 tablespoon of olive oil to a frying pan and warm it up, then add in your broccolini
add in 1 teaspoon of bouillon
Add 2 cubes of garlic
add 1 squeezed lemon juice
add 2 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
add 1/2 teaspoon of hot crushed red pepper and sautee this until broccolini is soft half a way. (don’t overcook it)
Rice Spaghetti
boil water in a pot and add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon of olive oil
when the water is boiling add in your rice spaghetti and boil it until pasta is soft
remove it, drain the water and rinse it with cold water
add it back in the pot and add olive oil and mix it in - this will assure that your pasta will not become sticky
Serve the chicken next to the pasta. Add the mushroom mix over your pasta along with your broccolini. This is a healthy and very delicious mix. You can serve it with extra lemon and basil on the side. And for the cheese lovers you can offer parmesan cheese.
Bon Apetit!