Pasta with Chicken, Avocado and Peanut Sauce
Total time: 25 minutes
Peanut sauce goes very well with avocado and is great with a warm, summery pasta. I used the pepper raw, but you can add it to the onions to sauté if you like.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups (4.1oz, 125gr) pasta
- 2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
- 1 red bell pepper
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms
- 1 avocado
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 cup (4oz, 120ml) chicken stock
- 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) sherry
- 2 tbs peanut butter creamy
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1 tbs soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp olive oil
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- When done, drain and put into large bowl.
- Cut chicken breasts into large, bite-size pieces.
- Trim and slice mushrooms.
- Slice onion.
- Mince garlic.
- Cut pepper into long strips.
- Heat oils in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add paprika, cumin, and sauté briefly. Add chicken and brown well, about 5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, onions and garlic, stir-fry 2 minutes.
- Add chicken stock, sherry, reduce heat, cover and let cook for 5 minutes, until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are just starting to get tender.
- Add pepper, soy sauce, peanut butter and stir well.
- Add to pasta, stir to combine.
- Cube avocado.
- Add avocado to pasta, stir gently to combine and serve.