Chicken Mozzarella Pasta With Sun Dried Tomatoes Food

PASTA WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water with a splash of oil to keep it from sticking together. Boil for 12 minutes, or according to the directions on the package. Drain well and allow to cool. Place the pasta in a bowl and add the tomatoes, olives, mozzarella, and chopped sun-dried tomatoes.
• For the dressing, combine the sun-dried tomatoes, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, capers, salt, and pepper in a food processor until almost smooth.
• Pour the dressing over the pasta, sprinkle with the Parmesan and basil, and toss well.

MOZZARELLA CHICKEN PASTA WITH SUN DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a medium sized skillet add the olive oil and chicken breasts. Season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium high heat until no longer pink in the center.
• Add sun dried tomatoes, half and half, mozzarella cheese, basil, red pepper flakes, and water and stir until cheese is melted and sauce starts to thicken.
• Toss with cooked pasta and serve immediately.

CHICKEN MOZZARELLA PASTA WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• In a large pan, on high heat, sauté garlic and sun-dried tomatoes in reserved oil for 1 minute until garlic is fragrant. Remove sun-dried tomatoes from the pan, leaving the oil, and add chicken tenders, salted and lightly covered in paprika (for color) and cook on high heat for 1 minute on each side. Remove from heat. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Reserve some cooked pasta water. Drain and rinse the pasta with cold water to stop cooking. Slice sun-dried tomatoes into smaller bits and add them back to the skillet with chicken. Add half-and-half and cheese to the skillet and bring to a gentle boil. Immediately reduce to simmer and cook, constantly stirring, until all cheese melts and creamy sauce forms. If the sauce is too thick-don't worry-you'll be adding some cooked pasta water soon. Add cooked pasta to the skillet with the creamy sauce, and stir to combine. Add 1 tablespoon of basil, and at least 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes. Stir to combine. Add about 1/2 cup reserved cooked pasta water because the creamy sauce will be too thick (do not add all water at once - you might need less or more of it). This will water down the thickness of the cheese sauce and make it creamier. Immediately, season the pasta with salt and more red pepper flakes, to taste, if needed. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes for flavors to combine. Note: Make sure to salt the dish just enough to bring out of the flavors of basil and sun-dried tomatoes.

LINGUINI WITH CHICKEN, SUN-DRIED TOMATOES, AND ARUGULA #RAGU

Steps:

• Preheat grill using medium heat. Fill a large pot with water, add 1 tsp sea salt, cover, and bring to a boil on high heat.
• Rinse chicken breasts with cold water and pat dry with paper towel. Trim excess fat from chicken and set aside. In shallow dish, combine olive oil, balsamic vinegar, ½ tsp sea salt, and ¼ tsp pepper. Dip chicken in olive oil mixture, using your hands to completely coat chicken. Grill 7 minutes on each side (14 minutes total) or until cooked through. Remove from heat, wrap in aluminum foil, and set aside.
• Melt butter over medium heat in skillet. Sauté minced garlic in butter 1-2 minutes. Remove from heat before garlic gets brown. Set aside.
• Add sun-dried tomatoes and linguini to boiling water and cook uncovered for 10-11 minutes. Stir every few minutes to keep pasta from sticking together. Drain and set aside.
• Add Ragu Creamy Mozzarella Sauce to cooked garlic and butter and heat over medium heat 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Set aside while you slice the grilled chicken into pieces 1-2" long by ½" wide.
• In large pasta serving dish, combine cooked linguini and sundried tomatoes with Ragu Creamy Mozzarella Sauce. Gently stir until all pasta is coated with sauce. Fold in chicken and arugula leaves. Sprinkle remaining ½ teaspoons salt, remaining ¼ teaspoons pepper, feta, and pine nuts on top of pasta.

CREAMY SUN DRIED TOMATO CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Boil pasta to al dente according to package directions. Reserve 1 cup of pasta cooking water!
• Drain, toss with a little olive oil to prevent sticking and set aside.
• Season chicken pieces with salt, Italian seasoning, pepper, paprika and red pepper flakes.
• In a large skillet, heat 1 Tbsp of the oil from the sun dried tomato jar and 1 Tbsp butter over MED HIGH heat and add the chicken pieces, sautéing 3-4 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Remove to a plate.
• Add garlic and sun dried tomatoes to skillet and cook 30 seconds to 1 minute, stirring often. Stir in half and half and let sauce come to a simmer. Add mozzarella and Parmesan, stirring until melted.
• Add pasta and cooked chicken (plus any juices that have accumulated on the plate), stirring to combine well. Stir in reserved pasta water, a little bit at a time, if needed, to thin out the sauce.
• Stir in basil and serve, garnished with more minced basil if desired.

RIGATONI PASTA WITH CHICKEN AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Note: if using sun-dried tomatoes in oil (in a jar), make sure to drain sun-dried tomatoes from oil, before using them. Reserve 2 tablespoons of this drained oil for sautéing as described below:
• In a large pan, on high heat, sauté garlic and sun-dried tomatoes (drained from oil) in 2 tablespoons of oil (reserved from the sun-dried tomatoes jar - see note above) for 30 seconds until garlic is fragrant. Add thinly sliced chicken breast, sprinkle with salt and paprika, and cook on high heat for 1 minute on each side. Remove from heat.
• In the mean time, cook rigatoni pasta al dente. Reserve some cooked pasta water. Optionally, you can drain and rinse the rigatoni with cold water (to stop cooking).
• While the rigatoni is cooking, make the pasta cream sauce. Add half and half to the skillet with the chicken. Add 1 tablespoon of basil, at least 1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes. Bring to a gentle boil. Add Mozzarella cheese. Immediately reduce to simmer and cook, constantly stirring, until all cheese melts and creamy sauce forms.
• Add capers. Stir to combine. If the sauce is too thick - don't worry - you'll be adding some cooked pasta water soon.
• Add cooked rigatoni to the skillet with the cream sauce, and stir to combine.
• Add about 1/2 cup reserved cooked pasta water because the cream sauce will be too thick (do not add all water at once - you might need less or more of it). This will water down the thickness of the cheese sauce and make it creamier. Immediately, season this creamy chicken rigatoni pasta with salt and more red pepper flakes, to taste, if needed. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes for flavors to combine.
• Note: Make sure to salt the dish just enough to bring out of the flavors of basil and sun-dried tomatoes.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND MOZZARELLA PASTA

Steps:

• Boil your pasta with a decent amount of salt- taste it whilst it's almost cooked so you can correct over-salting with more boiling water.
• When the pasta is almost cooked, get started on the 'sauce'. Fry 1 or 2 cloves of garlic in a pan of oil- you can use the sun-dried tomato oil if you want more flavour, but I wouldn't recommend it.
• Slice the sun-dried tomatoes into small cubes and fry with the garlic for a minute. When the garlic is brown, shred the mozzarella into smaller pieces and let it melt in the pan, mixing often to stop it from sticking.
• Drain the pasta and transfer it back into the saucepan. Then, add your 'sauce' and mix until combined.
• You see how easy that was? How easy? Once you get the hang of this, it'll be a regular recipe. Trust me. It's so good.

SUN DRIED TOMATO BRUSCHETTA CHICKEN WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium high heat.
• Meanwhile, fill a large 12-quart pot with water, cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Drizzle 1 Tbsp olive oil into skillet, immediately add chicken breast. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook 3-5 minutes on each side until cooked through.
• While chicken cooks, prepare basil and mozzarella cheese. Chop both into bite size pieces. Drain diced tomatoes into a cup and reserve liquid. In a medium size bowl combine diced tomatoes, Parmesan cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, basil and ½ of mozzarella cheese. Stir to combine.
• Add a small handful of salt to boiling pasta water. Cook pasta to al dente; meaning it still has a little bite to it (approximately 8-10 minutes).
• Once chicken is cooked, add tomato liquid to pan. Spoon the tomato cheese mixture over the chicken breasts. Cover and reduce to simmer.
• Drain pasta and return to the hot pan. Drizzle pasta with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with rosemary. Toss to combine.
• Place pasta and chicken on plate or platter, sprinkle remaining mozzarella cheese over top and garnish with basil and sun-dried tomato if desired.