Chicken and butternut squash pasta. The butternut squash somewhat melts into a delicious sauce coating the chicken and the pasta with all its lovely goodness. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring often.
Chicken and Butternut Squash is an easy and comforting meal made with chicken, butternut squash, mushrooms, and a delicious light cream sauce.
Repeat with any uncooked chicken breasts.
Pasta in a decadent creamy, homemade, butternut squash pasta sauce, with no cream!
You can cook Chicken and butternut squash pasta using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken and butternut squash pasta
- Prepare 350 g of Chicken breast, shredded.
- It's 300 g of Penne pasta.
- Prepare 1 of Courgette cut into cubes.
- You need 1/2 of Aubergine cut into cubes.
- It's 1/2 of Butternut squash cut into cubes.
- It's 1 Clove of garlic finely chopped.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- It's of Cheese sauce.
- You need 500 ml of milk.
- You need 50 g of plain flour.
- It's 50 g of butter.
- It's 100 g of grated cheddar cheese.
- It's 1 tsp of dried tarragon.
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Chicken and butternut squash pasta instructions
- Peel and deseed butternut squash and cut into cubes. Steam or boil for 20 mins.
- Cook pasta following pack instructions (around 14 mins).
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil, pan fry chicken breasts on medium heat for about 6-7 mins until edges are opaque. Flip over, and cook for a further 6-7 minutes or until cooked through. Rest for 5 minutes then shred..
- Cook cheese sauce. Melt butter in a pan. Mix flour and milk, added to the pan, bring to the boil, add cheese and tarragon and simmer on low for 5 mins..
- Cut courgette and aubergine into cubes and sauté with 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic for 5 mins or until soft..
- Drain pasta then add all the other cooked ingredients and sauce into the pan, mix well and serve..
I googled my ingredients, and I'm so glad I saw this recipe. To save time, I coarsely grated the squash in the food. Butternut squash is one of our favorite fall staples. Whether you like it roasted, pureed or baked in a Autumn Squash Salad. Chicken quarters roasted with golden squash and sage are nice for a chilly autumn evening.