30 Minute One-Pot Chicken Pasta
This one-pot cheesy chicken pasta meal is easy, quick, and delicious. All cooked in one pan, and ready in 30 minutes. A brilliant weeknight dinner!
Servings: 4
Author: Adapted from "It's All About Dinner", by Nicky Corbishley
- 1 Tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 large onion peeled and chopped
- 2 chicken breasts (about 14 oz, total) cut into chunks
- Pinch salt and pepper
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- 1 Tbsp tomato purée (paste)
- 1 red bell pepper deseeded and chopped
- 10½ oz dried pasta shapes such as spirali or corkscrew
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- ½ Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 (14oz) cans chopped tomatoes
- 1¼ cups low-sodium chicken stock
- ½ cup milk
- 20 sugar snap peas, or snow peas roughly chopped
- 1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
- 1 Tbsp flat-leaf parsley chopped
Heat oil in a large frying pan (skillet) over medium-high heat and sautée onion for 3 minutes, until it starts to soften.
Add chicken, season with salt and pepper, and cook fora further 3 minutes (the chicken won't be cooked in the middle at this point). Add garlic, tomato purée, and bell pepper. Stir and then add dry pasta.
Now add oregano, Worcestershire sauce, canned tomato, stock, and milk. Stir, bring to boil, and then turn down to a gentle simmer. Cover with a lid or some foil, and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes (checking and stirring occasionally), until pasta is cooked.
Stir in sugar snap peas. (It's nice to add them at the end, so they're hot but retain their crunch.)
Sprinkle pasta with cheese and put it under the broiler for a couple of minutest until cheese has melted.
Scatter with fresh parsley, and serve.