Fettuccine Pasta with Chicken and Hatch Green Chile
This excellent Fettuccine Pasta recipe combines Chicken and
Hatch Green Chile mixed with a wonderful and slightly spicy cream sauce.
Ingredients:
Fettuccine Pasta
8 onces Hatch Green Chile
1/8 pound unsalted butter
1 cup half and half
1 cup spinach packed
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 boneless skinless chicken breast half. Cubed and sauteed
1/4 teaspoon Chimayo chile powder or chile powder of your choice medium heat
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt
pepper
Cotija cheese crumbled, for garnish.
Instructions:
In a saucepan, melt butter. Add half and half and heat through. Add spinach, Chile powder and Parmesan cheese. Cook on low until spinach is wilted. Now add the Green Chile. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off burner, cover, keeping warm. Heat a skillet over medium high heat and then add olive oil. Add cubed chicken breast and cook until no longer pink inside. Don't over cook. Add this to the cream mixture. In a large saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil. Add salt and pasta. Cook pasta according to package instructions. When pasta is cooked through, drain, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water. Add pasta to Cream mixture. Turn burner on low, if it needs to be warmed up. Add a little bit of the pasta water to add starch and creaminess. Divide between two plates, serve immediately and top with crumbled Cotija cheese for garnish if you'd like.
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The wonderful picture above is from the Cooking on the Ranch website https://highlandsranchfoodie.com/ by Lea Ann Brown
