Easy pasta recipe with chicken and zucchini
This easy pasta with chicken and zucchini is an August evergreen. But also the perfect midweek meal for any other month of the year.
Ingredients
- 500 gram chicken strips
- 500 gram fusilli
- 1 zucchini
- 1 can diced tomatoes 400 gram
- 1 red chili pepper optional
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 shallot
- salt
- pepper
- basil leaves optional
- grated cheese optional
Instructions
- Wash the zucchini and cut into strips of about 2 cm.
- Also finely chop the shallot, red pepper and garlic.
- Meanwhile, bring water to the boil and cook the fusilli until al dente.
- Heat some olive oil in a wok and fry the shallot, chilli and garlic for 1 minute.
- Then add the zucchini strips and let them fry for a few minutes on a high heat until they are al dente.
- Then set them aside and heat some olive oil in the wok again. Now fry the chicken strips until they are golden brown on the outside.
- Then add the zucchini strips and the diced tomatoes again. Now let it all slowly simmer. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Drain the pasta when it's done, then mix the fusilli in the wok.
- Now let everything integrate for a few minutes and then serve in deep plates.
- You can also finish with some basil leaves and/or grated cheese.
Nutrition
Serving: 1personCalories: 643kcalCarbohydrates: 102gProtein: 45gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 80mgSodium: 169mgPotassium: 1125mgFiber: 6gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 363IUVitamin C: 37mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 3mg
