How To Make One-Pan Creamy Lemon Pasta with Chicken and Asparagus
Enjoy a flavorful dish with a hint of tang with this lemon pasta. It’s cooked in a lemon-infused creamy sauce made with milk and cheeses.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbchicken breasts,boneless, skinless, diced into 1 inch cubed
- 1½tbspolive oil
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1½tbspbutter
- 1tbspgarlic,minced
- 14.5ozlow sodium chicken broth,(1 can)
- 1¾cupswater
- 10ozpenne pasta
- 1lbthin stalks asparagus,tough ends trimmed, remaining diced into 1½-inch pieces
- 4ozNeufchatel cheese,⅓ less fat cream cheese, diced into 8 pieces
- ½cupParmesan cheese,finely shredded
- 2tsplemon zest
- 2tbspfresh lemon juice
- fresh parsley,chopped, for garnish, optional
Instructions
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Heat olive oil in a 12-inch saute pan over medium-high heat.
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Add chicken, season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for about 4 minutes until golden brown on the bottom.
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Rotate and cook for about 4 minutes longer until cooked through. Transfer to a sheet of foil and wrap to keep warm, set aside
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Melt butter in the now-empty skillet, add garlic, and saute for 20 seconds. Add broth and water while stirring to loosen any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.
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Season with salt and pepper to taste, bring to a boil, then add pasta. Cover and allow to boil for about 8 to 9 minutes until fairly tender, stirring occasionally.
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Sprinkle asparagus over top (don’t stir), cover, and allow to boil for 4 to 5 minutes longer until asparagus and pasta are tender (There should be some broth/water left even once it’s finished cooking, this will be part of the sauce. If needed, add more broth).
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Add in Neufchatel cheese, parmesan cheese, lemon juice, and lemon zest and stir until melted. Stir in chicken.
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Remove from heat, cover, and let rest a few minutes if desired to allow the sauce to thicken slightly and soak into the pasta.
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Sprinkle with parsley if desired. Serve warm.
Nutrition
- Calories: 589.05kcal
- Fat: 26.47g
- Saturated Fat: 10.87g
- Trans Fat: 0.23g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.09g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.13g
- Carbohydrates: 50.42g
- Fiber: 4.36g
- Sugar: 4.42g
- Protein: 37.80g
- Cholesterol: 94.11mg
- Sodium: 1078.35mg
- Calcium: 270.45mg
- Potassium: 687.33mg
- Iron: 4.16mg
- Vitamin A: 190.49µg
- Vitamin C: 15.09mg
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