Chicken and Mushroom Pasta
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You can save money by buying chicken with the bone and skin intact and do the boning and skinning yourself. It's a little more work, but quite a bit cheaper, and you'll learn a lot about chicken anatomy.
Ingredients
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500 g
skinless, boneless
chicken breasts
, or thighs (or about 1 kg with bones and skin)
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1 tbsp
vegetable oil
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1
onion
, chopped
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1 1/2 cups
fresh
mushrooms
, sliced
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1
540-mL can stewed
tomatoes
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1 cup
water
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1 tsp
dried
basil
, (or 1 tbsp chopped basil)
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2 cups
smallish
pasta
, (shells, bow ties, fusilli, elbows)
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salt
, to taste
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black pepper
, to taste
Instructions
- If you’re starting with boneless chicken, cut the chicken breasts or thighs into (more or less) ½ in. (1 cm) pieces. If you’re deboning it, remove the bones and skin, then cut the meat into pieces (as above). Discard skin and bones.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet, add the chicken pieces and cook over medium high until the meat is no longer pink – about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove the chicken from the skillet, leaving as much of the oil in the pan as possible.
- Add the onion and mushrooms to the skillet and cook over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Pour in the stewed tomatoes, water and basil; bring to a boil. Add the (uncooked) pasta, cover with a lid and cook over low heat for 8 to 10 minutes until the pasta is done, stirring once in a while.
- Return the chicken to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes, until the mixture is completely heated through. Season with salt and pepper.