Cajun Chicken Pasta

A creamy pasta dish with cajun seasoning.

 

Ingredients you will need: Boneless skinless chicken thighs, cajun spice, salt, pepper, red pepper, yellow pepper, onion, garlic, red chili flakes, butter, tomato, all purpose flour, milk, oil and linguine or fettuccine pasta.

Cut 1lb chicken into thin strips.

Sprinkle with 11/2 tsp cajun spice

1/4 tsp salt and

1/4 tsp pepper powder.

Toss it all together and let it rest for sometime.

Meanwhile slice 1 red pepper and 1 yellow pepper.

Then slice half an onion and dice 2 tomatoes.

And chop 2 garlic.

Heat some olive oil and butter in a large skillet and add the chicken strips.

Sauté it until it's nice and brown on the outside. Then transfer the chicken to a bowl.

Now reduce the heat to a medium and add the minced garlic. Sauté it quickly and  

then add the peppers, onion and tomatoes.

And season it with 1/2 tsp salt

and 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes. Cook it for couple of minutes.

transfer it to a bowl.

Add 1Tbsp butter to the same pan.

When the butter melts, add 1 Tbsp of all purpose flour.Cook it until golden brown.

 To this add, 1/2 Cup milk. You can use heavy cream instead for extra flavor.

Cook it for few minutes until the sauce thickens.

Meanwhile boil water with salt to cook the pasta.

Cook 4 oz pasta according to the package instructions.

Once the sauce is thickened, add the saute`d peppers

the chicken and stir it around.

When the pasta is cooked, drain it

and add it to the sauce

and toss it all together.

Serve warm . Enjoy!

 

RECIPE

 

Ingredients & Directions:

 

• Boneless skinless chicken thighs - 2 (1lb)
• Cajun spice - 1 1/2 tsp.
• Salt - 1/4 tsp.
• Pepper  powder - 1/4 tsp.

Cut the chicken into thin strips.

Marinate it with Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper and keep it aside for 1/2 hr.

Then sauté it in 1tsp of butter till it is cooked and transfer to a bowl.

• Red pepper - 1 medium
• Yellow pepper - 1 medium
• Onion - 1/2
• Garlic - 2
• Tomato - 2
• Chili flakes - 1/2 tsp.
• Salt - 1/2 tsp.

Slice red pepper, yellow pepper and onion.

Chop tomatoes and garlic.

Sauté everything in butter for few minutes.

Then add salt and red pepper flakes

And transfer it to a bowl.

• Butter - 1 Tbsp.
• Flour - 1 Tbsp.
• Milk or heavy cream - 1/2 cup
• Pepper - 1/4 tsp.

Melt the butter in the same pan.

Then add flour and sauté it till it turns brown.

Add milk and cook it till the sauce is thickened.

• Pasta - Linguine or fettuccine. - 4 oz.
• Salt - 1 tsp.
• Water to cook pasta.

Cook the pasta according to the package instructions.

When the cream sauce is thickened, add the sautéed vegetables, chicken and cooked pasta into it and toss it all together.

Serve warm.