Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken mozzarella pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Mozzarella Pasta is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Mozzarella Pasta is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chicken mozzarella pasta using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Mozzarella Pasta:
- Make ready Sauce:
- Make ready 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Prepare 1 large zucchini, thinly sliced
- Prepare 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 can (28 oz.) unsalted crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 1 tsp. each sugar, dried basil
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. each salt, pepper
- Make ready 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
- Make ready 2 heaping cups chopped spinach
- Prepare Pasta:
- Prepare 2 tbsp. olive oil, divided
- Prepare 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
- Take 1 lb. Penne pasta
- Get 1/4 cup shaved parmesan cheese
- Make ready 8 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into bite sized cubes
Instructions to make Chicken Mozzarella Pasta:
- Start by cooking the zucchini and getting the sauce ready. In a large pot, heat the olive oil. Cook the zucchini coins until they are just tender, then remove them to a plate and set them aside. If needed, add a bit more oil to the pot, then add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook, stirring often, until they have softened up. Stir in the garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant. Then pour in the crushed tomatoes and stir in the sugar and seasonings.
- Once the sauce begins to simmer, lower the heat and let it bubble gently. Heat a large pot of salted water over high heat. Once it boils, cook the penne pasta according to the package directions. Once the pasta is done, drain it, then return it to the pot and toss lightly with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Sprinkle the shaved parmesan over the pasta and set it aside.
- While your waiting on the pasta water to come to a boil, start the chicken. In a large, deep skillet, heat the remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil over med-high heat. Once it's hot, add the chicken to the skillet and season it with salt and pepper. Cook until it's all browned and completely cooked through. Then place your chicken over top of the pasta.
- Last, stir the spinach into the simmering sauce. Once it wilts down, stir the zucchini and mozzarella cheese cubes into it. Stir gently until the mozzarella begins to soften. Before it completely melts, remove the sauce from the heat and pour it over top of the chicken and pasta. Then serve.
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