I have recipes that I want to try saved all over the place. Recently I have taken to securing them to the side of the fridge, and out of site, with my Yuppiechef magnets. Sadly, I didn’t think of this when I started getting the magnets and so my first, second and third lots of magnets have been donated out. But, I digress. Last year Dave and I attended a pasta evening hosted by Fair Lady. One of the recipes we made was for a pasta dish using smoked chicken. I am not a big fan of smoked chicken, it has something to do with the texture and not the taste as much so I decided to keep the recipe for when asparagus were in season. Funnily enough, we went through a lot of asparagus before I managed to get chicken breasts out of the freezer at the same time as I had asparagus in the fridge. Given that I was on leave when this happened I decided to make my creamy chicken pasta with freshly made fusilli. I was given a KitchenAid pasta extruder for my birthday last year and frankly I am not that impressed. Other than the spaghetti I have not had much joy with extruding pasta. My dough was perfect but the shapes would not form properly. Only one twisted and I am still waiting to hear back from Kitchen Aid what possibly could have caused this. However, the pasta itself tasted really good, and the creamy chicken pasta sauce was perfect.
Creamy Chicken Pasta
Ingredients
- 150 g pasta
- 10 g butter
- 5 mls olive oil
- 170 g asparagus, trimmed and cut into chunks
- 2 chicken fillets, thinly sliced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
- 125 mls cream
- ½ lemon, zest and juice
- 1 small handful chives, chopped
Method
- Bring a pot of water to the boil for your pasta
- While your pasta is cooking, heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan
- Sauté the asparagus for 5 minutes and then add the chicken
- Season and leave to brown before adding the cream and the lemon zest and juice
- Leave to simmer for 5 minutes
- Adjust the seasoning and add the pasta
- Toss to coat the pasta with the sauce and then remove from the heat
- Stir in the chives and serve
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Disclosure: I was invited to attend this event and my invitation did not require me to write a blog post. This post is in line with my blogging policy.
What I blogged:
- one year ago – Eagle Encounter and Wine Tasting at Spier
- two years ago – Three Cheese Chicken Alfredo Bake
Wow, simply delicious….
chicken, cream and pasta would be the most comforting dish for me!!!
It is a great comfort meal Dedy 🙂
It is so disappointing when you get something which doesn’t work like it should. Hopefully Kitchen Aid can sort it out for you.
This is a lovely meal. I love the addition of asparagus.
Have a lovely afternoon Tandy.
🙂 Mandy xo
Sadly Mandy they have done nothing for me! Have a super Friday xxx
Hi Tandy, I really enjoy a dish like this. Beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the compliment Cheri 🙂
This looks like my sort of past, Tandy. Delicious pic. 🙂
Thank you AD!
Yummy, totally printing this out to add to our dinner menu.
I look forward to hearing what you think Pamela 🙂
I am not well acquainted with creamy pastas, we are always eating them with the classic red sauce.
I would love to try this for my brother though, it looks lovely 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Some nights, a creamy pasta is real comfort food 🙂
This dish looks like serious perfection!! The noodles look perfectly creamy and awesome!
Thank you so much!
We have random recipes all over our apartment! It’s such a relief when we finally make one!
I so agree Joanne!
I know you were disappointed with the shape of the pasta but I know it must have been great tasting. 🙂
The taste was perfect Karen 🙂
This is the type of dish that my boys will devour; chicken, asparagus, pasta!
It is a great teen meal Tammy 🙂
You may not have been happy with the way the pasta looked but I think it looks amazing!!! It looks professionally homemade, not store bought swirls but a gentle twist. LOVE IT!
You are so clever, the sauce looks amazing too… I really have to make “Pasta Making” a goal for this year.
Thank you so much for the compliment Julie. Home made pasta is amazing 🙂
I *adore* my KitchenAid but I’ve never bought any attachments. How annoying that you haven’t had any luck with your pasta attachment. Still, I bet it still tastes delish 🙂
The pasta tastes awesome. I am going to give my attachment another try soon 🙂
I love any sort of creamy pasta dish!
Me too Amy 🙂
This looks super delicious, Tandy! I love simple Pasta dishes like this one, loving all the flavours too. 🙂
Thank you Jess 🙂
Wow that was the pasta that you made? It looks fantastic Tandy! 😀
Thank you Lorraine 🙂
It looks perfect, Tandy! Think I’ll have a go at this one. I love creamy chicken sauces.
Thanks Kate, it is a bowl of comfort 🙂
Tandy, This dish looks like bowl of comfort. I forgot how much I miss chives until I saw this recipe. For some reason, your posts are not coming up in my e-mail anymore.i have a lot of reading to catch up. I resubscribed and I hope that helps. Have a super day. BAM
HI BAM, please let me know if the posts don’t show up? I think it might have to do with me changing my email subscriber plug in? Thanks for the compliment about the dish. Thanks Tandy
This is a very appetizing classical Spring dish! But I love to use the more delicate white asparagus in here, they have way more flavour! Belgium is know for them!
We don’t get white asparagus here that often but we do enjoy them when we are in Germany 🙂
comfort dish at its best! sooo creamy!
You have summed that up perfectly!