Penne Pasta With Chicken Basil And Cherry Tomatoes Recipes

CREAMY PASTA BAKE WITH CHERRY TOMATOES AND BASIL

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of cooking water.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook onion until soft and translucent while penne is cooking, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook an additional 30 seconds. Stir in tomato sauce and tomato paste and cook until slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. Add cream and Parmesan cheese and season with salt, pepper, and sugar.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
• Stir some pasta cooking water into the sauce and add cooked penne. Remove from heat and stir in cherry tomatoes, 1/2 the mozzarella cheese, and basil. Pour penne mixture into the prepared baking dish and cover with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.

TOMATO BASIL PENNE PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil over high heat. Cook pasta in boiling water until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Heat basil and olive oils in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook garlic in oil until soft. Add tomatoes, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in pepperjack, mozzarella, and Parmesan cheese. When cheese begins to melt, mix in cooked penne pasta. Season with fresh basil.

PENNE WITH ROASTED CHERRY TOMATOES AND BASIL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put the tomato halves in a large baking dish.
• In a small bowl combine breadcrumbs, garlic, cheese, salt and pepper. Spoon evenly over the tomatoes. Drizzle the olive oil evenly over the mixture.
• Roast the tomatoes for 30-35 minutes, or until mixture is bubbly, browned, or slightly thickened.
• In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until al dente and drain.
• Add pasta to the tomato mixture in the baking dish. Add fresh basil and toss to combine. Serve immediately.

PENNE WITH CHERRY TOMATOES & FRESH BASIL

Steps:

• Heat water for pasta.
• Heat olive oil in large skillet and saute garlic for a minute or so.
• Add tomatoes, salt & pepper.
• Start cooking the pasta now.
• Cook tomatoes over medium heat for ~7 minutes.
• Add basil. (If you're adding additional ingredients, do so here.) Simmer 3-5 minutes (or until your veggies are as tender as you want them).
• **I've found that adding a little bit of pasta water to tomato mixture before you drain the penne really evens out the dish.
• Toss tomato mixture and parmesan with pasta. Serve with fresh Italian or French bread.

SIMPLE AND HEALHY PENNE WITH CHICKEN, BROCCOLI AND CHERRY TOMATO

Steps:

• sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper cut into bite size pieces and brown in a skillet.
• cook pasta according to package directions.
• after 7 minutes, add broccoli to the water.
• cook three more minutes and then drain.
• add broth and garlic to the skillet and boil until reduced by half.
• add tomatoes and over low heat cook until color brightens and are soft to the touch.
• add cheese and stir until well blendedadd everything together and top with parsely.