Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta. When the vegetables are softened or blackened to your liking, add the chicken to the pan. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Generously season one side of each chicken breast with Cajun Seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper.
When chicken is cooked through and browned on both sides, remove to platter, cover and keep warm. Place the chicken and the Cajun seasoning in a plastic bag. Add the red bell pepper, green bell pepper, mushrooms and green onion. You can have Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta
- You need 1 of rotisserie chicken.
- It's 2-3 of peppers chopped, yellow, red orange.
- It's 1 pound of fettuccini noodles, I use flavored noodles like basil.
- You need 1/2 cup of parm cheese.
- It's 1/4 cup of white wine.
- You need 1 of large lemon / squeeze juice.
- It's 3 tbsp of butter.
- You need 1 of /2 tbsp flour.
- It's 2 of small pints of whipping cream or whole milk.
- It's 1 tbsp of Cajun seasoning.
- It's 1 tbsp of red pepper seasoning.
- It's 1 tsp of barbere or Indian seasoning.
- Prepare 1 tsp of nutmeg.
- Prepare of Salt and pepper generous.
- Prepare Splash of milk if needed to thin sauce.
- Prepare 12 of grape tomatoes.
Juicy cajun-spiced chicken on top of creamy pasta is a meal the whole family will love. I used Rigatoni but any short pasta shape will work. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Cook pasta according to package directions.
Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta step by step
- Heat up your iron skillet, add 3 tbsp of butter on med heat..
- Boil water for noodles w salt / do not add noodles yet. Get it boiling.
- Chop all veggies, leave grape tomatoes whole, juice lemon set aside,.
- Once butter is melting add 1 pint of cream, stir, it will bubble add all your seasoning, stir, add lemon juice, stir. Add white wine, salt and pepper, flour. Stir, add additional pint of cream stir. This should bubble but not burn keep stirring, add milk if needed to thin sauce, you want it like Alfredo sauce. Add more seasoning to taste for spicy flavor. Add parm cheese. Turn down to med low heat/ add veggies, and chicken. Stir let this simmer for 5-8 minutes.
- Add pasta noodles, boil for 5-8 minutes, strain add a little pasta water, w noodles and oil oil. Set aside.
- Take your pasta sauce off stove! You are ready to serve sauce over hot noodles!! Add parm cheese to taste!!.
Drain when pasta is still al dente; do not overcook! Then add the sun-dried tomatoes and the chicken slices. Deglaze the pan with the white wine. Add the heavy cream, increase the heat to a simmer, and reduce the cream sauce by half. While the pasta cooks, prepare the sauce.