As a family we love pasta and eat it every week without fail. It’s so quick and easy to cook and as the children love pasta it means that dinner times can be stress free and enjoyable.
Course lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword pasta
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 177kcal
Ingredients
oil
400gchickendiced
1tbsphoney
400gpastadried
250gbroccoli
1onionchopped
a knob of butter
a chicken stock cube
1clovegarliccrushed
300mlcreme fraiche
Instructions
Put the pasta on to cook as per the packet instructions. 5 minutes before the end of cooking time add the broccoli to the pan.
When the pasta is cooked, drain – retaining 400ml of liquid.
Whilst the pasta is cooking, add oil to a hot pan and cook the chicken for a few minutes until nicely browned.
Add the honey to the pan and cook until it’s starts to caramelise over the chicken. Remove the chicken from the pan.
Add the butter to the pan and when melted add the onion and cook for two minutes until softened.
Sprinkle over the stock cube and add the cooking liquid from earlier. Stir until the stock cube has dissolved.
Add the chicken and continue to cook until the chicken is piping hot and then stir in the creme fraiche.
When the sauce starts to boil, mix in the pasta and broccoli and serve immediately.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.