Low Fat Garlic Chicken Pasta
"This recipe also works with shrimp."
photo by teresas
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 4 ounces spaghetti
- 4 ounces whole wheat spaghetti
- 4 cups baby spinach leaves
- 1 1⁄2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion (1/2c choppd)
- 12 ounces chicken breasts, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3⁄4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
- 2 tablespoons Smart Balance light butter spread
directions
- Cook pasta until done, drain, return to pan.
- Stir in spinach, tomatoes and 2t oil.
- Cover to keep warm.
- While pasta is cooking: in 12 inch saucepan, heat remaing 1t oil over med heat.
- Add onion, cook and stir 1 minute.
- Add chicken, and garlic.
- Cook and stir until chicken is done.
- Stir in chicken broth, salt, and pepper.
- cook 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, stir in parsley and butter.
- Add chicken mixture to pasta mixture in saucepan,
- Toss to mix.
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Reviews
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We loved this! I used grape tomatoes, doubled the garlic and added 8 ounces of fresh mushrooms to the saute process. I totally forgot to add the parsley and butter and loved it without it. Will definitely make this again. I also added some crushed red peppers to the saute process. -
Yum! Simple, tasty -- Thanks for posting! -
We liked this very much, but I did add a little more garlic and combined chicken and shrimp, also topped with Parmesan cheese. I will definitely be making this again. -
We really enjoyed this for supper this evening. I used about 1 tbsp of Montreal Chicken Seasoning in with the chicken while I was cooking it. I also opted to put in about 1 tbsp of lemon juice along with the chicken broth and to top the whole thing with a little freshly grated parmesan. The only thing else I'd do differently is to put a couple more garlic cloves in next time. I'm not a whole wheat type of gal, but I made some whole wheat spaghetti along with white flour spaghetti. In this recipe I couldn't even tell that some of the pasta was whole wheat. I successfully snuck wholesome spaghetti into my meal without my knowing it. heheh Thanks so much for this recipe. It's a keeper. -
OMG! This is so good! DH loved the tomatoes and I enjoyed the spinach. DH made me promise to make this again. The only change I made was to use shrimp. I did cut the recipe in half and now wish I hadn't based on Deb Petrill's review. Love the colorfulness of this dish. This is going in my top 2009 favorite cook book. Made for Spring PAC 2009. :)
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