Delicious chicken penne pasta in cream sauce 🍝

Kitchen appliances and utensils: deep pan with a lid, stove, cutting board, knife, tablespoon or spatula, grater

Ingredients

Step cooking

Ingredient preparation

• We wash the chicken (500 g) under running water and dry it. Separate the meat from the bone, cartilage and skin, if any, cut into medium cubes or oblong strips.
• Mushrooms (110 g) are washed and cleaned of possible films or dubious places. Dice. If you use mushrooms that release a lot of liquid, pre-fry them so that the water comes out.
• Peel 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic. We grind both products into a small cube.
• Wash and chop the cherry tomatoes and spinach: divide the tomatoes in half, and chop the spinach into thin strips. Spinach can be replaced with any greens (parsley, dill, arugula, basil, cilantro, etc.) in the same volume.
• We rub 150 g of mozzarella on a coarse grater and 25 g of parmesan on a fine grater.

Paste

1. At the bottom of a deep frying pan, pour 2 tbsp. l olive oil (can be replaced with sunflower oil) and begin to fry chopped onions and garlic on it.
   
2. When the aroma of garlic spreads in the kitchen, and the onion begins to become transparent, add chopped mushrooms, mix everything and fry until golden onion and soft mushrooms.
   
3. Next, add pieces of chicken to the pan and spread them evenly.
   
4. As soon as the meat changes color, salt and pepper the dish to taste. You can immediately add aromatic herbs and spices that you like: paprika, coriander, basil, oregano, turmeric, a little hot pepper.
   
5. Next, fill the ingredients with 400 ml of water or any, preferably chicken, broth and add 250 g of cream with a fat content of 20-30%. Mix everything and continue cooking.
   
6. As soon as the sauce boils, try it on salt and on the number of spices. In case of their shortage we add. Nutmeg can be added to taste. Mix everything again.
   
7. Add 250 g of penne pasta (similar to the familiar “feathers”) and distribute them according to the volume of the pan. Cover and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
   
8. Stir the paste periodically so that it does not burn and cooks evenly. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, put chopped cherry tomatoes and spinach (or other greens) in a pan, then remember to mix everything.
   
9. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, add 150 g of grated mozzarella and 25 g of parmesan. You can grate more Parmesan so that everyone puts it to taste in an already served portion.
   
10. Remove the prepared pasta from the fire and put it on the plates - it tastes best fresh and hot. In addition, sprinkle the paste with grated Parmesan, eat along with meat dishes, fresh vegetables and herbs.
    

Did you know?The name of this type of paste is translated from Italian as “feather”, but since products of this form are popular throughout Italy, they have several variants of the name: in the north of the country they are called “spole” (“shuttles”), and in in the south - "maltagliati" ("poorly chopped").

Video recipe

Penne pasta is prepared quite simply, and the only catch is the large number of ingredients that need to be added in the correct sequence so that they are completely cooked. In order not to get confused in this chain, watch the video recipe of this dish and save it until the right time.

So, now you know what a strange dish this penne pasta is and how easy it is to cook in one deep skillet. It combines magnificent pasta made from durum wheat, juicy chicken, fresh vegetables and cheese - what could be nicer for a dinner in the fresh air with a glass of wine? Even if your conditions are more modest, still cook this dish, as it is very tasty and does not contain harmful components.

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