
Pulled Chicken and Sundried Tomato Pasta with Courgette Salad
Ready in 25 minutes
• Serves 3
This dish most recently appeared in My Gourmet (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 15, 2016.
This dish most recently appeared in My Gourmet (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, May 15, 2016.
Chicken thighs add a great flavour and will not dry out.
Ingredients
PULLED CHICKEN
- 300g chicken thighs
- 1 tablespoon chicken spice mix
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
SUNDRIED TOMATO PASTA
- 80g semi-dried tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup fennel fronds, roughly chopped
- 3/4 cup cream
- 250g fresh tomato fettuccine
COURGETTE SALAD
- 1 courgette
- 1 tomato
- 2–3 tablespoons basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
TO SERVE
- 30g feta cheese
Steps
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a large pot of salted water to the boil.
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Pat chicken dry with paper towels. In a bowl mix all pulled chicken ingredients with a drizzle of oil, set aside.
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Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on high heat. Cook chicken for 2 minutes each side. Reduce heat to medium; add semi-dried tomatoes, garlic, both measures of fennel and cook for 4 minutes. Stir in cream and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Remove chicken from pan and pull the meat apart using 2 forks. Return pulled chicken to pan.
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Cook fettucine in pot of boiling water for 4 minutes, or until just tender. Drain well and add a drizzle of oil to prevent sticking. Add pasta to pulled chicken mixture. Add a splash of cream if pasta looks too dry. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
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While chicken and pasta cook, make the salad. Use a vegetable peeler to peel courgette into long thin ribbons. Cut any wide ribbons in half lengthways. Finely dice tomato and chop basil. Gently mix in a bowl with oil, vinegar and season with salt and pepper.
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Spoon pulled chicken pasta into bowls. Top with a handful of courgette salad and crumble feta on top.
Nutritional Information
Energy |
2686 kj 642 kcal |
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Protein | 37.6g |
Carbohydrate | 61.9g |
Fat | 25.1g |