Pasta with Chicken, Red Beans and Red Pepper
Cooking time: 25 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
This is a simple dish to start the week; just a few ingredients and it goes together quickly.
Pasta with Chicken, Red Pepper and Red Beans
Total time: 25 minutes
Red pepper, red beans and a few of the last fresh tomatoes come together for a quick sauce for pasta and sautéed chicken breasts. Delicious doesn't have to be difficult!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cup dried pasta, curly macaroni, rigatoni
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 medium red pepper
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 15oz (450gr) red beans
- 2 - 3 medium tomatoes
- 1/3 cup
(3oz, 90ml) chicken stock
Instructions:
- Cook the pasta according to package directions.
- Roughly chop the pepper, onion and tomatoes.
- Mince the garlic.
- Cut chicken into large bite-size pieces.
- Open, drain and rinse beans.
- In a large skillet heat oil. Sauté paprika for 1 minute.
- Add onion, pepper and sauté for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken and sauté until cooked through.
- Add garlic, sauté 1 minute longer.
- Add tomatoes, stock, beans; simmer until tomatoes soften and sauce starts to thicken, 5 - 10 minutes.
- Pour sauce over pasta, stir well to combine and serve.
Cooking schedule: 25 minutes
Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
pot and colander for pasta, large skillet, strainer
Put water on high heat for pasta
Chop pepper, onion
Mince garlic
Chop tomatoes
Cut chicken
Open, drain, rinse beans |
Sauté paprika in oil
Start to cook pasta
Add onion, pepper to oil, sauté
Add chicken, sauté
Add garlic, sauté
Add tomatoes, stock, simmer
Pause while stuff cooks
Drain pasta
Combine pasta and sauce
Serve |