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Easy Way to Make Tasty Chicken Mozzarella Pasta

  • By Agnes Morrison
  • 01 Sep, 2020
Easy Way to Make Tasty Chicken Mozzarella Pasta
Easy Way to Make Tasty Chicken Mozzarella Pasta

Hello everybody, welcome to my recipe site. Today I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, Chicken Mozzarella Pasta. This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This will be smell and look delicious.

Chicken Mozzarella Pasta Recipe.

You can have Chicken Mozzarella Pasta using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Mozzarella Pasta

  1. Take of Sauce:.
  2. Prepare 1 tbsp. of olive oil.
  3. Take 1 of large zucchini, thinly sliced.
  4. Make ready 1/2 of yellow onion, finely diced.
  5. Make ready 3 cloves of garlic, minced.
  6. Prepare 1 can (28 oz.) of unsalted crushed tomatoes.
  7. It’s 1 tsp. of each sugar, dried basil.
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp. of each salt, pepper.
  9. It’s 1/4 tsp. of dried oregano.
  10. Prepare 2 of heaping cups chopped spinach.
  11. You need of Pasta:.
  12. It’s 2 tbsp. of olive oil, divided.
  13. Take 2 of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces.
  14. It’s 1 lb. of Penne pasta.
  15. It’s 1/4 cup of shaved parmesan cheese.
  16. Prepare 8 oz. of fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into bite sized cubes.

Chicken Mozzarella Pasta step by step

  1. 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..
  2. Once the sauce begins 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..
  3. 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..
  4. 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 begins to soften. Before it completely melts, remove the sauce from the heat and pour it over top of the chicken and pasta. Then serve..