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Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta

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This Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta is a quick and delicious meal for the busy weeknights ahead.  You can use either fresh chicken and real lemons or precooked chicken and bottled lemon juice to make this dish.  It is delicious either way!  (Of course, nothing beats fresh lemon, so if you have ’em use ’em…)
Love Lemon? You will love this quick and easy Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta Recipe.

Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta
Ingredients:

  • 12 oz dried pasta
  • 2 chicken breasts, sliced into small strips (uncooked or precooked)
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp dried Basil
  • 1 lemon, juiced (or if you use bottled lemon juice, use whatever is equivalent to 1 lemon.  I originally recommended 1/2 cup, but different lemon juices may be more concentrated…)
  • 1 cup of half n half or heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan, plus a bit more to top the dish after cooking
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 cup of reserved pasta cooking liquid
  • 1 tsp of cornstarch (if needed)

Instructions:

  1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, salted water.  When draining the pasta, reserve about a cup of the pasta cooking liquid.  Keep pasta warm. (To keep the pasta from sticking together after cooking, you can mix in about 1 tsp of olive oil.)
  2. While the pasta is cooking, season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium high and add 3 tablespoons of olive oil, chicken, garlic and red pepper flakes to a saute pan with. Cook until chicken is golden and completely cooked. (If using precooked chicken, saute the garlic and red pepper about 3 minutes before adding the chicken, then cook a minute or to longer until the chicken is thoroughly coated and hot.)
  3. Add about 1/2 cup of pasta cooking liquid, lemon juice, Parmesan cheese and cream to the chicken mixture.  Cook over medium heat until the sauce has thickened.  If you want a little more cream sauce, add the rest of the reserved pasta cooking liquid.  (If you want your cream sauce thicker, add a tsp of corn starch to 2 tablespoons of water and mix into the sauce.  Continue cooking until desired thickness is achieved.)
  4. Add the cooked pasta to the skillet and turn heat off.  Mix everything together until pasta is thoroughly coated.  Top with dried basil, cracked fresh pepper and additional Parmesan cheese.

Serve and Enjoy!

The addition of peas, broccoli or asparagus would be a fabulous complement to this dish.  (I try to keep the veggies on the side instead of in mixed in, because veggies on the side tends to reduce the amount of whining from a certain little boy…)

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  3. This sounds so delicious. I'm wishing I had some in front of me right now. I follow you every way possible! Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration with Sunday’s Best – it helped to make make the party a success!

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  7. I'm new follower visiting from DIY by design.When I saw "lemon" I had to come check it out,I love lemon!!…This recipe sounds delish,I've got to try!

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    • What measurement does your bottle of lemon juice say to use in place of one lemon. (I used a real lemon and I think I just used a random conversion from the internet.) Your feed back would be very helpful and I could update the recipe.

      Thanks,
      Jamie

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  16. We loved this! I used a half cup of freshly squeezed lemon and it was perfect. I would love to add some mushrooms, capers and artichokes next time. Yum!

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  17. I regularly buy "Realemon" bottled lemon juice (the good old bottle from the supermarket that is green, is sort of bulbous-shaped at the top). Its label states: 3 tablespoons to give equivalent of juice from 1 lemon. So that's what I did and it turned out GREAT. Just the right balance with the creamy ingredients and seasonings.

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  18. Love this recipe!!!! My kids even request it now!!! I also just make the sauce with chicken, add fresh spinach, and put it in a cooked halved spaghetti squash. Thanks for this awesome recipe!

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    • Sorry you didn't like it! Lemon and creamy pasta do go well together, there are tons of recipes out there to try.

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