Creamy Sherry Chicken Pasta
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Creamy Sherry Chicken Pasta
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Creamy Sherry Chicken Pasta is totally delicious! Pour this nutty, creamy, rich sauce over chicken, pasta and assorted veggies and you've got a dish fit for royalty! The creamiest, most versatile sauce ever!
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Ingredients
- 2-4 chicken breasts or, chicken thigh, boneless, skinless, cut into 1chunks -
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ¼ cup Dry cooking sherry
- ¼ cup heavy or whipping cream (35%)
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 peppers, green, yellow or red, cored and chopped
- 2 cups mushrooms, fresh, sliced
- 2 cups baby spinach or baby kale, fresh
- 2 tblsp garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 tblsp olive oil, more or less as needed
- 2 cups pasta, any kind, cooked
- 1 tblsp cornstarch or potato starch
- 1 tblsp cold water to dissolve cornstarch or potato starch
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese, grated or shredded
Instructions
- Cook your chosen pasta according to package directions. Set aside.
- Wash, trim and cut chicken into chunks.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- In a skillet, over medium, heat oil until it shimmers or when a drop of water flicked in it dances.
- Add mushrooms. Cook until tender. Drain and set aside.
- While mushrooms are cooking get out a medium sized saucepan. Over medium heat combine dry sherry and broth and heat to a boil, reduce heat and simmer.
- Now back to the skillet. Heat up some more oil if necessary and add garlic and onions.
- Sauté for between 1 and 2 minutes and then add chicken.
- Turn heat up to medium-high and lightly brown chicken on both sides.
- Add the cream to the sherry and broth. Continue simmering.
- Now back to the skillet. Reduce heat to medium and add mushrooms and peppers.
- If you want a thicker sauce grab a small cup and combine 1 tblsp of cornstarch with 1 tblsp of water. Add and stir it into the sherry and broth mixture while boiling until thick.
- Add your spinach or kale to the skillet for 1 minute to wilt it right before you add your sauce.
- Pour sherry cream sauce into chicken and vegetable mixture.
- Stir for a minute.
- Add your prepared pasta and toss to combine.
- Stir until all of the ingredients are coated in sauce.
- Serve with grated or shredded Parmesan cheese if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
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