Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta. Chicken dredged in Cajun spices is sauteed with bell peppers and mushrooms, and presented in a basil-cream sauce over linguine. Be the first to review this recipe. This has fettuccini tossed with sauteed chicken, mushrooms, onions, red and green peppers and a spicy, tomato creole sauce.
Drain when the pasta is still al dente; do not overcook! Generously season one side of each chicken breast with Cajun Seasoning, garlic powder and black pepper. Place chicken in skillet then season the other side. You can cook Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta
- It's 1 of rotisserie chicken.
- Prepare 2-3 of peppers chopped, yellow, red orange.
- Prepare 1 pound of fettuccini noodles, I use flavored noodles like basil.
- It's 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.
- Prepare 1 of /2 tbsp flour.
- It's 2 of small pints of whipping cream or whole milk.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Cajun seasoning.
- You need 1 tbsp of red pepper seasoning.
- It's 1 tsp of barbere or Indian seasoning.
- It's 1 tsp of nutmeg.
- It's of Salt and pepper generous.
- It's Splash of milk if needed to thin sauce.
- It's 12 of grape tomatoes.
While chicken is cooking prepare pasta according to package directions. When chicken is cooked through and browned on both sides, remove to platter, cover and keep warm. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain when pasta is still al dente; do not overcook!
Spiced Cajun Chicken Pasta instructions
- 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!!.
Add half the chicken in a single layer; do not stir. How To Store Leftover Cajun Chicken Pasta. Store this pasta in an airtight container in the fridge. Can You Freeze Cajun Chicken Pasta. I would freeze this in individual servings so that it will be easier to thaw.