Zesty chicken and spinach pasta

Name: Zesty chicken and spinach pasta | Asda Good Living
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 450g chicken thighs; 1 onion, chopped; 1tsp rapeseed oil; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; ½ reduced-salt veg stock cube, made up to 150ml; 300g farfalle pasta; 200ml single cream; 2 lemons – both zested, 1 juiced and 1 sliced; 1 orange, zested and sliced; 100g baby spinach

Fresh slices of lemon and orange add a citrus zing to this deliciously creamy pasta dish

By Asda Good Living,29th January 2021

(17 votes)

Cook: 1 Hour

Serves: 4

Price: 69p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 423g serving contains

Energy
1963kj
470kcal

24%

Fat
13.1g

Med
19%

Saturates
6.8g

Med
34%

Sugars
7.2g

Med
8%

Salt
0.21g

Low
4%

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
464kj/111kcal

Ingredients

450g chicken thighs

1 onion, chopped

1tsp rapeseed oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed

½ reduced-salt veg stock cube, made up to 150ml

300g farfalle pasta

200ml single cream

2 lemons – both zested, 1 juiced and 1 sliced

1 orange, zested and sliced

100g baby spinach

Method

Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.

Put the chicken on a baking tray and season with pepper. Roast for 40 mins until golden and cooked through. Remove the skin and discard, then shred the meat from the bones.

In a large pan, cook the onion in the oil for 5 mins. Add the garlic and cook for 1 min. Add the shredded chicken and cook for 1 min. Add the stock and cook for 5 mins to reduce.

Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling water for 10-12 mins or until tender. Drain, reserving 100ml of the cooking water.

In a bowl, stir together the cream, lemon zest and juice, orange zest and a grind of pepper. Pour into the large pan with the chicken. Stir in the pasta, pasta water and the slices of lemon and orange, then bring to a simmer.

Stir in the baby spinach and cook for 3 mins until wilting. Divide between bowls, sprinkle with black pepper and serve.