Creamy chicken and pumpkin pasta

Recipes / Meat

Nothing like tucking into a rich creamy white-wine pasta at the end of a day.

Recipe «Creamy chicken and pumpkin pasta» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 35 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 375g dried fettuccine pasta, 2 tbsp olive oil, 500g chicken breast fillet, thinly sliced, 100g button mushrooms, sliced, 2 shortcut bacon rashers, chopped , 3 green onions, sliced, 2 garlic cloves, crushed, 2 tsp wholegrain mustard , 1/3 cup dry white wine, 1/2 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock, 1/2 cup pure cream, 2 cups Roasted pumpkin, 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, 60g baby spinach.

Ingredients:

  • 375g dried fettuccine pasta 
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 500g chicken breast fillet, thinly sliced 
  • 100g button mushrooms, sliced 
  • 2 shortcut bacon rashers, chopped 
  • 3 green onions, sliced 
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed 
  • 2 tsp wholegrain mustard 
  • 1/3 cup dry white wine 
  • 1/2 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock 
  • 1/2 cup pure cream 
  • 2 cups Roasted pumpkin 
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 
  • 60g baby spinach 

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water following packet directions, until tender. Drain. Return to pan. Cover to keep warm.
  2. Meanwhile, heat half the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, in batches, for 3 to 4 minutes or until browned all over. Transfer to a bowl.
  3. Heat remaining oil in pan. Add mushroom. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until softened. Add bacon. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until browned. Add onion, garlic and mustard. Cook, stirring for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add wine (if using). Simmer until reduced by half.
  4. Return chicken and juices to pan. Stir to coat. Stir in stock. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add cream. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add pumpkin, parsley and spinach. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until spinach is just wilted. Serve with pasta.