Chicken and Chorizo Pasta

This Chicken and Chorizo Pasta is made with juicy pan fried chook and a creamy tomato sauce. It’s quick, simple and completely bursting with flavour! Perfect for a hearty household dinner.

overhead shot of chorizo pasta and sliced grilled chook on higher in pan
Chorizo Pasta with Chicken
We’ll get to the chorizo pasta facet in only a sec, but firstly let’s discuss chicken.

For greatest effects you’ll desire to get 2 breasts and pan fry them. We’re also going to season them with Italian herbs, garlic powder, salt and black pepper. Fry the breasts equally aspects till fantastically golden, then lay to rest. Laying to relaxation is major simply due to the very fact it supports hold a few of the juices after frying. Because who the heck enjoys dry chicken!?

After, it’s time to slice up the chicken. I desire to put it on higher of the pasta (like the photograph above) simply simply due to the very fact it’s lovely 🥰 Then I blend it in and devour it like an absolute maniac. The distinction is beautiful.

Top Tip number one – When you slice the chicken, guarantee you slice it at a mild angle, and make certain you slice towards the herbal grain of the chicken. This will supply you greatest threat of getting good tender chicken.
How to Pan Fry Chicken for Pasta (quick summary)
Bring NULL chook breasts to room temp.
Coat in olive oil, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt and black pepper.
Fry over medium warmth till golden.
Flip and cook dinner till white by means of the centre.
Bringing the chook to room temp (or near to) is an major step, simply due to the very fact it ensures the beef doesn’t dry up. Searing chilly meat typically reasons it to grab up and squeezes out the moisture.
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Creamy Tomato Chorizo Pasta
The base of this sauce is tomato, but I like so as to feature a secure assisting of cream too. Apart from the reality I love cream in simply about everything, I discover that on this recipe it mellows out the spice of the chorizo and sweetens the tang of the tomatoes.

When it involves what pasta to use, I typically pick linguine. I love the method this permits the creamy tomato sauce to ooze in and out of the noodles, and makes the proper bed of pasta for the chook to sit on. However, you possibly can completely use no matter pasta you like.

How to make Chorizo Pasta (quick summary)
Fry onion, sun dried tomatoes and garlic.
Add chorizo slices.
Pour in tomato passata. Add recent parsley and basil.
Pour in cream. Add smoked paprika, salt and pepper.
Add linguine.
Toss to combine.
Can you sub dried herbs 🤔 – For this recipe I don’t suggest doing so. You don’t simmer the sauce lengthy sufficient for dried herbs to supply their optimum flavour, so recent basil and parsley is certainly preferential within the sauce.
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From there like I said, I lay the chook on top. This method it’s proper to convey to the dinner desk and serve up from there. Doesn’t seem to be fairly as fantastic while the chook is blended in immediately away!

Chicken and Chorizo Pasta
This Chicken and Chorizo Pasta is made juicy pan fried chook and a creamy tomato sauce. It's quick, simple and fully bursting with flavour! Makes four enormous portions.

Ingredients

Chicken:
2x 5oz/150g Chicken Breasts (see notes)
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1.5 tsp Dried Italian Herbs
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Black Pepper

Chorizo Pasta:
12.3oz / 350g Linguine, or pasta of choice
1x 24oz/700g jar of Tomato Passata (pureed/crushed tomatoes in US)
5oz / 150g Chorizo, sliced
3/4 cup / 75g Sun Dried Tomatoes, finely diced
1/2 cup / 125ml Heavy/Double Cream
1 medium Onion, finely diced
1 tsp Garlic, minced
1 tbsp Fresh Basil, finely diced
1 tbsp Fresh Parsley, finely diced + more to serve
1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika
Salt & Black Pepper, to taste
Olive Oil, for frying
Parmesan, to serve

Instructions
Coat your chook in 1.5 tsp Italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper and 1 tbsp olive oil. Fry equally facets over medium warmth for 4-5mins, or till golden at the backyard and white via the centre (with the juices working clear). Place to at least one part to rest. When ready, slice into strips, guaranteeing you slice at an perspective and in opposition to the grain.
Place your pasta in salted boiling water and prepare dinner till al dente.
Meanwhile, upload oil as had to the pan, then upload your onion. Fry for a number of minutes till they select up colour, then upload your sun dried tomatoes and garlic. Cook for a number of minutes longer, then push to the backyard of the pan.
In the centre, upload your chorizo and depart to fry for a number of minutes till it starts to crisp. Flip, prepare dinner for a pair of minutes longer, then contain with the onion, garlic and sun dried tomatoes.
Pour on your passata, and shake out the bottle with a dash of water. Stir in basil, parsley, 1/2 cup / 125ml cream, then season with 1/2 tsp smoked paprika and salt & pepper to taste. Bring to a comfortable simmer and upload your pasta. Serve with chook on ideal or use pasta tongs to combine. Serve with a beneficiant aiding of parmesan and a sprinkle of parsley.

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