Chicken puttanesca
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PREP TIME
15 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
Serves
4
Chicken puttanesca. (Photo, Sian Richards.)
Dine with Italian ease and style tonight. This richly flavoured chicken and tomato pasta teases the taste buds with aromatic herbs, a hint of spice and sharp, nutty cheese.
Ingredients
- 2 tsp olive oil , divided
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts , thinly sliced
- 1/2 450-g pkg rigatoni pasta
- 1 garlic clove , minced
- 1/4 tsp hot-red-chili-flakes
- 796-mL can whole tomatoes
- 1/2 cup black olives , pitted and coarsley chopped
- 2 tbsp capers , coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan , optional
Instructions
- HEAT an extra-large non-stick frying pan over medium-high. Add 1 tsp oil, then chicken. Sauté chicken until no pink remains, about 4 min. Transfer to a plate.
- HEAT remaining 1 tsp oil in pan. Add garlic and chili flakes and cook for 30 sec. Add tomatoes, breaking them up with a wooden spoon. Stir in olives and capers. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until sauce thickens, about 10 to 12 min.
- COOK pasta in a large pot of boiling water according to package directions, omitting salt, until tender, 8 to 10 min.
- DRAIN pasta, then stir into sauce with chicken and parsley. Toss to combine. Sprinkle with parmesan.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 383,
- Protein
- 28 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 52 g,
- Fat
- 7 g,
- Fibre
- 4 g,
- Sodium
- 583 mg.
- Excellent source of
- Vitamin C
