Pasta with chicken in cream cheese I make it normally every other week. It is definitely part of my rotation of recipes that my kids love to eat. Italian Dressing Dry Mix (this is the kind we use and you can find it HERE).

Ingredients of Pasta with chicken in cream cheese

  1. It's 1 stalk of leek.
  2. It's 1 of onion (red or yellow).
  3. It's 2 cloves of garlic.
  4. It's 250 grams of mushrooms.
  5. Prepare 150-200 grams of chicken breast.
  6. Prepare 50-100 grams of cream cheese (i.e. Boursin or Paturain).
  7. You need 100-150 milliliter of cooking cream.
  8. Prepare 50-75 grams of smoked bacon cubes or stripes.
  9. You need 200-250 grams of pasta.
  10. You need 1/2 bunch of curly or italian parsley.
  11. You need of some fresh ground pepper and sea salt.

Pasta with chicken in cream cheese instructions

  1. Cut the leek in half, then rings, wash thoroughly and put aside.
  2. Peel the onion, cut in half, chop fine and put aside.
  3. Peel and squash the garlic, chop fine and put aside.
  4. Peel or brush the mushrooms, cut in quarters and put aside.
  5. Wash the parsley and cut fine then put aside.
  6. Cut the chicken in about 2cm cubes and put aside.
  7. Bring a pan with water and some salt to a boil for the pasta.
  8. Put a thick bottomed pan on medium high heat with some olive oil and first add the chicken and fry untill slightly tanned brown.
  9. Lower the heat a little and add the bacon and onion then fry softly untill the onion is getting soft and looks glassy.
  10. Add a some more olive oil, put up the heat and add the mushrooms. Fry them while stirring untill they shrink and get soft then add the garlic and leek rings too and fry another 2min.
  11. You can put in the pasta now and boil it according instructions.
  12. When the pasta is in, you can add the cream cheese to the chicken and let it melt while stirring. Now also add some cooking cream untill the sauce has the thickness and/or amount you wish and bring to taste with some pepper and salt if needed.
  13. Finally add 1/2 of the parsley and let boil for two more minutes.
  14. Serve with the pasta and garnish with the remaining parsley and eat with a fresh green salad.

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