Creamy chicken and broccoli pasta
This creamy chicken and broccoli pasta is perfect for a flashy weeknight date dinner, complex with flavor and simple to make
Equipment
- 1 frying pan
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 250 gr chicken or turkey breast
- 250 gr broccoli
- 200 gr your favorite cream
- pasta for two
- olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- salt, pepper, red pepper flakes
- a bit of milk
Instructions
- In a covered frying pan with just a bit of water, steam the broccoli. Or you can steam them your favorite way. Would highly recommend to salt them
- Once the broccoli is a bit before getting ready (I like it to have a bite), remove them from the frying pan and let them rest
- Put the pasta water to boil with a bit of salt. Once it is ready, its time to put on the pasta and cook them to the recommended time minus one minute. Now depending on how comfortable you are with the next steps, it should not take you more than the time it takes the pasta to be cooked to prep everything
- (optionally) I like to sear the broccoli with a bit of olive oil (think of it like a stir fry) - this will give them a nice char and elevate the flavor profile. Be careful not to burn them as at this point they burn very easily
- Cut the meat inro smaller pieces, marinate it with salt and pepper and give them a quick sear
- Throw in the chopped garlic and red pepper flakes.
- in just 30 seconds, or when you feel the garlic aroma, throw back in the broccoli and heat everything up.
- finish up with your favorite cream. Depending on the type of cream you use, if you see that the pasta sauce is too thick, add a bit of milk to compensate
- once the pasta is ready, reserve a bit of pasta water and throw everything in the pan
- toss the pasta, and add a bit of pasta water. Once you reach the consistency you want, its ready.