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Red Pepper & Chicken Pasta MammachefJozi

Red Pepper & Chicken Pasta

Course Dinner
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword chicken recipes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 350 g chicken breasts
  • 100 g bacon
  • 2 red peppers
  • 100 g cherry tomatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp crushed garlic
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 150 ml white wine
  • 300 ml chicken stock
  • 500 ml tomato puree
  • 300 g wholewheat pasta
  • Parmesan cheese
  • olive oil
  • salt & pepper
  • basil

Instructions

  1. Cut chicken breast into bite size pieces and finely chop bacon. Slice pepper into thin strips and halve the cherry tomatoes. Finely chop the onion.

  2. Heat olive oil in a large pan over med high heat and fry chicken for about 5 minutes.
  3. Add bacon, onion and pepper and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for another 3 minutes.
  4. Add garlic, oregano and cherry tomatoes. Cook for approximately 3 more minutes, or until liquid has evaporated.
  5. Deglase the pan with white wine, chicken stock and tomato puree, making sure to scrape the browned bits from the bottom of the pan into the sauce.
  6. Bring to a boil, then add the uncooked pasta.
  7. Cover and cook over medium heat for around 10 minutes until pasta is cooked but still firm.
  8. Garnish with basil and Parmesan and serve steaming hot!