Creamy chicken and cheese pasta

Recipes / Soups

wowfood.guru member mummyoftwo says this dish is her "new favourite... even my mother-in-law loved it." Try it tonight and see what you think.

Recipe «Creamy chicken and cheese pasta» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 15 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 375g dried penne pasta, 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed, cut into 2cm lengths, 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 chicken breast fillets, trimmed, thinly sliced, 2 garlic cloves, crushed , 1 medium brown onion, sliced, 410g can cream of celery soup, 1/2 cup frozen peas , 1 cup grated low-fat cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves.

Ingredients:

  • 375g dried penne pasta 
  • 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed, cut into 2cm lengths 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 2 chicken breast fillets, trimmed, thinly sliced 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 1 medium brown onion, sliced 
  • 410g can cream of celery soup 
  • 1/2 cup frozen peas 
  • 1 cup grated low-fat cheddar cheese 
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves 

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta in saucepan of boiling, salted water until tender, adding asparagus to pan for the last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain.
  2. Meanwhile, heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add chicken, garlic, and onion. Cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
  3. Add soup, 1/3 cup cold water and peas. Bring to the boil. Add pasta, cheese and parsley. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until cheese has melted. Serve.