Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Cajun Chicken Pasta

This is one of my hubby's favorites and is adapted from a recipe in a Taste of Home cookbook. The recipe is for 2 people but can easily be modified for a lot more. I have fed up to 10+ people with this recipe by just adding more of all the ingredients. I change a lot of things with the spices and ect. so I am not going to put measurements, just season it to taste. The best thing is that is really fast and really easy to make.

2 Chickens breasts, sliced (4+ if serving more people)
8 slices each red and green pepper (I usually will just use the whole peppers)
8 large mushrooms, sliced (more or less depending on your liking for mushrooms)
linguini (however much you need for your family)
1-2 cartons of heavy cream
lemon pepper (not too much or it will be very lemmony)
garlic (keep it light)
Cajun seasoning
basil
pepper
salt (not much)
chives (fresh or dried)

shake chicken in a bag with Cajun seasoning to lightly coat, or heavily depending on you liking
cook chicken in a large skillet in some butter or oil
add peppers and mushrooms, cook until just tender
Add heavy cream and seasonings (taste the cream as you season it to get it how you like it, now is a good time to add more Cajun if it is not Cajunny enough for you)
Heat through
Add hot cooked linguini. Heat through again.
Top with Parmesan cheese if desired. Tastes great with bread, like a baguette or something.

If you need more specific measurements let me know. This is so incredibly yummy, and one of those few dishes that tastes great hot or cold, leftover or brand new. Enjoy!

1 Comments:

Blogger ABQ Mom said...

I made this tonight! Ohmygosh! So yummy! If it had shrimp in it instead of pasta it would be exactly what I order at Chili's or Ruby Tuesday's all the time! So good! Shane gave it two thumbs up and declared it "a keeper"!

March 02, 2006 6:34 PM  

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