Pasta Dish in Less than 30 minutes

Posted by Dexie

This is actually a dish I saw from Rachael Ray's show last week. In her show she called it a "15-minute meal" but I'm calling mine "less than 30" coz she used egg noddles which cook a lot faster than the tri-color rotini that I used as a substitute since that's what I had in my pantry at that time. To make this a 15 minute or a 30 minute meal, make sure you have 2 skillets going and the pot for boiling water for the pasta. That's basically the trick in making a meal fast and easy.

INGREDIENTS:
rotini pasta or egg noddles, your choice
boneless chicken, cubed
sliced button mushrooms
chicken stock
heavy cream
1 tsp of dijon mustard
2 tbsp of flour
chopped parsley, fresh or dried
olive oil
salt and pepper

Cook your pasta according to the box.

Drizzle olive oil in one skillet, medium heat, then add the chicken. Let that cook. In another skillet, drizzle olive oil, then cook the mushrooms in it. Once the mushroom is cooked which shouldn't be long, Stir in 2 tbsp of flour all over. Then add chicken stock. Use a whisk to incorporate the flour with the chicken stock. The mixture should be thickened. Add chicken stock in the chicken pan as well.

Pour maybe 1/2 cup of heavy cream in the mushroom mixture. Don't forget to stir the mixture as you go along. Then for the kicker, stirn in a tsp of dijon mustard. Transfer the cooked chicken into the mushroom pan. Mix everything together. Season with salt and peppler then sprinkle chopped parsley in the end.

That's about it. Don't forget to load up on grated parmesan cheese :).

TAGS: 15 Minute Meals, 30 Minute Meals, Chicken, Easy Dishes, Italian, Mushrooms, Pasta
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