Chicken arrabiata

Name: Chicken arrabiata
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 large chicken breasts, skin removed; 4 tbsp olive oil; 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped; ½ small bunch fresh curly or flatleaf parsley, finely chopped, plus extra to serve (optional); 1 tsp chilli flakes; 2 x 400g/14oz tins chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp granulated or caster sugar; 400g/14oz penne pasta; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 15g/½oz Parmesan, grated, to serve

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:30min

This simple, delicious chicken arrabiata is so easy to make even novice cooks can knock it up for dinner. As it uses mainly store cupboard ingredients it's also a good budget option. Each serving provides 640 kcal, 40g protein, 83g carbohydrates (of which 13g sugars), 15g fat (of which 3g saturates), 6.5g fibre and 0.3g salt.

Updated at: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:12:16 GMT