CREAMY CHICKEN PASTA SALAD RECIPES

Make and share this Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta recipe from Food.com.

Total Time 25 minutes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Yield 2 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 719.1, FatContent 41.1, SaturatedFatContent 24, CholesterolContent 198.6, SodiumContent 816.8, CarbohydrateContent 47.4, FiberContent 2.5, SugarContent 3.1, ProteinContent 39.3

Cooking pasta the way you would make risotto may sound new and hip. But it’s at least old enough to have been demonstrated to me in Rome in 1976, and I imagine as old as pasta itself. In this method, the liquid is minimized: there’s no need for a gallon per pound of pasta. The liquid is added gradually to the pasta, which absorbs it completely and thereby retains its starch. This makes the pasta creamy and rich; it also gains the flavor of the stock. You can use pretty much any pasta shape you like, but timing will vary depending on size. This approach may seem like more work than making pasta in the ordinary way. But as the making of the “sauce” is integrated into the pasta-cooking, it really becomes a one-dish meal — as interesting as risotto, and even a bit quicker. Here is a combination of gemelli with mushrooms and chicken to get you started.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Total Time 45 minutes

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : @context http//schema.org, Calories 558, UnsaturatedFatContent 16 grams, CarbohydrateContent 56 grams, FatContent 23 grams, FiberContent 3 grams, ProteinContent 27 grams, SaturatedFatContent 5 grams, SodiumContent 999 milligrams, SugarContent 7 grams, TransFatContent 0 grams