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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!
Prep Time30 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: Adapted from "It's All About Dinner", by Nicky Corbishley

Ingredients

  • 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
  • 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

Instructions

  • 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.