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Chicken Mozzarella Pasta Recipe
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To bewith this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken mozzarella pasta using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Mozzarella Pasta:
- Take Sauce:
- Take 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Take 1 large zucchini, thinly sliced
- Take 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
- Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 can (28 oz.) unsalted crushed tomatoes
- Make ready 1 tsp. each sugar, dried basil
- Make ready 1/2 tsp. each salt, pepper
- Take 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
- Make ready 2 heaping cups chopped spinach
- Get Pasta:
- Make ready 2 tbsp. olive oil, divided
- Get 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
- Get 1 lb. Penne pasta
- Get 1/4 cup shaved parmesan cheese
- Prepare 8 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into bite sized cubes
Instructions to make Chicken Mozzarella Pasta:
- Start by cooking the zucchini and getting the sauce ready. In a large pot, heat the olive oil. Cook the zucchini coins until they are just tender, then remove them to a plate and set them aside. If needed, add a bit more oil to the pot, then add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook, stirring often, until they have softened up. Stir in the garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant. Then pour in the crushed tomatoes and stir in the sugar and seasonings.
- Once the sauce bes to simmer, lower the heat and let it bubble gently. Heat a large pot of salted water over high heat. Once it boils, cook the penne pasta according to the package directions. Once the pasta is done, drain it, then return it to the pot and toss lightly with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Sprinkle the shaved parmesan over the pasta and set it aside.
- While your waiting on the pasta water to come to a boil, start the chicken. In a large, deep skillet, heat the remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil over med-high heat. Once it’s hot, add the chicken to the skillet and season it with salt and pepper. Cook until it’s all browned and completely cooked through. Then place your chicken over top of the pasta.
- Last, stir the spinach into the simmering sauce. Once it wilts down, stir the zucchini and mozzarella cheese cubes into it. Stir gently until the mozzarella bes to soften. Before it completely melts, remove the sauce from the heat and pour it over top of the chicken and pasta. Then serve.
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