Light And Easy Chicken With Broccoli And Angel Hair Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• Hold a sharp knife at a 45-degree angle and cut the florets from the broccoli stems into a bowl. Chop remaining stems into small pieces and transfer stems to a separate bowl.
• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil with butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook garlic in the hot oil-butter mixture, stirring often, until garlic is soft but not browned. Sprinkle in 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes and salt. Pour chicken stock into skillet and bring to a simmer. Stir broccoli stems into the stock mixture and simmer until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Add a little water or stock if mixture starts to dry out.
• Stir broccoli florets into skillet and cook broccoli sauce until florets are bright green and slightly tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and stir in angel hair pasta. Cook, stirring occasionally, until pasta strands are almost tender, about 4 minutes. Drain and transfer to a large pot.
• Pour broccoli sauce over pasta, stir with a wooden spoon, and mix in 1/2 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Cover pot with a lid and let stand until pasta absorbs excess liquid and finishes cooking, about 2 minutes.
• Serve in bowls and sprinkle each serving with a dusting of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

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• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute chicken in 1 tablespoon oil for 4-5 minutes or until no longer pink; drain. Remove and keep warm., In the same skillet over medium heat, cook carrots in remaining oil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add broccoli and garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in the chicken, broth, cheese, basil and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are tender., Drain pasta; serve with chicken mixture. Sprinkle with additional cheese.

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• Prepare pasta according to package directions.
• Toss pasta with chicken, oil, butter, lemon juice, parsley, marjoram and garlic powder. Season with salt and ground black pepper, if desired.

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• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, whisk together first five ingredients. Stir in broccoli, chicken, onion and 1/4 cup cheese. Transfer to a greased 9-in. pie plate. Sprinkle with remaining cheese., Bake until golden brown and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 15-20 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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• Whisk together flour, black pepper, and paprika in a shallow dish. Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour mixture, coating evenly; set aside. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; stir and cook the garlic until light brown, about 1 minute. Remove the garlic from the skillet and set aside.
• Place 2 tablespoons of butter into the skillet with the olive oil. Cook the chicken pieces in the oil and butter over medium-high heat until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
• Pour the wine into the hot skillet and bring to a boil over high heat, scraping the browned pieces from the bottom and sides of the pan. Boil the wine until it is reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the chicken broth, reserved garlic, lemon juice and capers. Cook for 5 minutes over medium-high heat. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons butter and parsley. Return the chicken pieces to the skillet and continue cooking over medium heat until the sauce thickens, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the angel hair pasta, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain well.
• Remove the chicken pieces to a serving dish and drizzle with a few tablespoons of the sauce and capers. Place the cooked angel hair pasta into the skillet with the remaining piccata sauce and toss to coat.

Steps:

• 1. Heat 1 Tbl oil in skillet and cook chicken pieces. Once cooked, set aside.
• 2. Heat remaining oil, add carrots and cook for 4 minutes. Then add broccoli and minced garlic and cook for 2 more minutes.
• 3. Add cooked chicken pieces, chicken broth, basil and parmesan cheese to vegetable mix and stir and simmer for 4 minutes.
• 4. Cook pasta according to directions on package and drain.
• 5. Top noodles with chicken and veggie mix.
• 6. *If mixture is too dry, you can always add more chicken broth.

Steps:

• Saute' chicken in olive oil for 5-10 minutes or until no longer pink.
• While this is saute'ing cook your pasta.
• Set aside.
• Steam broccoli appox 3 minutes (microwave is fine).
• Melt garlic, and butter in pan, then add chicken and broccoli.
• Stir till coated with butter& garlic.
• Toss with pasta and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Defrost baby broccoli florets.
• Cut chicken tenders into bite sized pieces about 1/2 - 1 inch long.
• Heat extra virgin olive oil in large skillet.
• Add minced garlic, onion powder, 1/2 tsp sea salt, 4 grinds fresh ground black pepper and chicken pieces.
• Cook chicken until no longer pink stirring and turning chicken constantly. About 10 - 15 minutes depending on how big you cut the chicken.
• Once chicken is done add baby broccoli florets and heat through.
• Remove chicken and broccoli from pan and place in large glass bowl and cover with foil to keep warm.
• Boil salted water in large sauce pan and make Angel Hair pasta to box specifications.
• Rinse pasta in cold water (so it doesn't stick together while making sauce) then drain well. Cover sauce pan and sit aside while making sauce.
• Making Alfredo sauce.
• Separate egg putting yolk in small dish.
• Add heavy whipping cream stirring constantly making sure it doesn't scorch.
• Stir in 1/2 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp minced garlic and 4 grinds fresh ground black pepper and 1/2 c shredded Parmesan cheese (use quality cheese).
• Stir constantly until cheese is melted between 10-15 minutes.
• Temper egg yolk by adding small amount of hot liquid cheese/cream mixture in dish with the egg yolk stirring constantly until well incorporated.
• Slowly add yolk mixture into sauce pan containing the cheese/cream mixture stirring constantly.
• Simmer over medium low heat for 3-5 minutes until it reaches desired consistency. Don't worry it will thicken up quickly while simmering.
• Add chicken and broccoli and mix well until heated through.
• Place equal amounts of pasta in 2 bowls and top each with Alfredo Chicken and Broccoli sauce.

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients in small bowl.
• Bring large pot of salted water to boil. Add 2 teaspoons olive oil. Add pasta and cook until almost tender, about 3 minutes. Add broccoli and boil until pasta is tender but still firm to bite and broccoli is crisp-tender, about 1 minute longer. Drain pasta and broccoli; transfer to large serving bowl. Add herb butter and toss well to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve, passing Parmesan cheese separately if desired.