Cajun Chicken Pasta

Name: Cajun Chicken Pasta
Cuisine: European, Italian, American, Southern, Cajun And Creole, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 500g chicken thigh fillets, diced; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp hot smoked paprika; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 large onion, finely chopped; 2 green peppers, finely chopped; 2 red peppers, finely chopped; 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped; 400g tinned chopped tomatoes; 1/2 small bunch parsley; zest of 1/2 lemon; 300g pasta

5 steps

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:52:59 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

500gchicken thigh fillets

diced

1 Tbspolive oil

1 tsphot smoked paprika

1 tspcumin powder

1 tspdried oregano

1onion

large, finely chopped

2 clovesgarlic

400gtinned chopped tomatoes

0.5 bunchparsley

small

0.5zest of lemon

300gpasta

Instructions

Step 1

Place the hot smoked paprika, cumin and coriander and a pinch of salt and pepper into a bowl and stir through the chicken to coat.

Step 2

Finely chop the parsley and mix with the lemon zest, then put to one side.

Step 3

In a medium pan over a moderate heat, fry the chicken in the oil for about 5-8 minutes until the chicken is coloured all over. Remove the chicken on to kitchen paper and set aside in a bowl, retaining the oil in the pan.

Step 4

Add the peppers and onion to the pan and fry for 10 minutes until softened. Add the garlic and oregano and cook for 1 minutes. Then add the tomato and cook over a high heat for 10 minutes until rich and thick, adding a pinch of salt to taste.

Step 5

Meanwhile, cook the pasta. Return the cooked chicken as well as any juices to the pan and stir through the sauce until thoroughly warmed. Serve straight away, topped with a sprinkling of the lemon herb mix.

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