Chicken And Bacon Pasta With Creamy Cilantro Lime Sauce Recipes

CREAMY CILANTRO-LIME CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-hot heat. Generously season sliced chicken with salt and pepper, add to the hot skillet and cook for about 5 minutes until done. Remove sliced chicken from the skillet.
• To the same skillet, add minced garlic, lime juice and chicken broth. Cook for 1-2 minutes on high heat, deglazing and scraping the skillet until the liquid is reduced and making sure garlic does not burn and brown too much. Mix in chopped cilantro.
• Add heavy cream and milk. Bring to boil, the immediately add cheese and mix in until melted, while boiling. Then, remove from heat.
• Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain, reserving some cooked pasta water.
• Add pasta to the sauce, along with the half of the chicken. Mix everything in and season pasta with more salt, if needed.
• Top with the remaining half of the chicken and more chopped cilantro.

CHICKEN AND BACON PASTA WITH CREAMY CILANTRO-LIME SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-hot heat. Generously season sliced chicken with salt and pepper, add to the hot skillet and cook for about 5 minutes until done. Remove sliced chicken from the skillet.
• To the same skillet, add minced garlic, lime juice and chicken broth. Cook for 1-2 minutes on high heat, deglazing and scraping the skillet until the liquid is reduced and making sure garlic does not burn and brown too much. Mix in chopped cilantro.
• Add heavy cream and milk. Bring to boil, the immediately add cheese and mix in until melted, while boiling. Then, remove from heat.
• Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain, reserving some cooked pasta water.
• Add pasta to the sauce, along with the half of the chicken and half of chopped bacon. Mix everything in and season pasta with more salt, if needed.
• Top with the remaining half of the chicken, the remaining half of chopped bacon, and more chopped cilantro.

CHICKEN PASTA WITH CREAMY CILANTRO LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook the spaghetti according to package instructions.
• Meanwhile, in a pan set over medium-low heat, sweat out the garlic and onion in butter for 3-4 minutes (do not let them brown).
• Add the lime juice and reduce by half. Add the flour and stir. Add the cream and cook for 5 minutes. Add the milk, stir, and turn off the heat.
• Once the pasta is cooked, add 80 ml of the cooking water to the sauce, increase the heat to medium-high and add the pasta and chicken. Stir for 3 minutes. Add the fresh cilantro and lime slices, stir, and serve.