Mango Chicken Over Pasta With Walnuts Food

CHICKEN AND PASTA IN A MANGO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add rigatoni pasta, cook for 8 minutes, until almost done, and drain.
• Heat 1/2 the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Place chicken in the skillet, and cook 10 minutes, or until juices run clear. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in the skillet, and cook the onion and green pepper until tender. Mix in the garlic, ginger, and mango, and continue to cook and stir 5 minutes, or until mango is soft. Gradually mix the heavy cream into the skillet, and cook 5 minutes, until thickened.
• Return the chicken to the skillet. Stir in the partially cooked pasta, and season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir 2 minutes, until ingredients are well blended and pasta is al dente. Mix in the cheese. Garnish with parsley to serve.

HERBED CHICKEN AND WALNUTS OVER PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, add pasta, and bring the water back to a boil and cook for 8 to 10 minutes until tender, but still firm to the bite. In a skillet heat oil, add onions and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in chicken, walnuts, parsley and paprika and cook until heated through and chicken is cooked. Now remove skillet from heat and stir in yogurt. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper. Drain, pat dry and transfer pasta to a serving dish. Add sauce and toss to combine. Serve immediately.

SAUTEED CHICKEN WITH MANGO, ASPARAGUS AND HONEYED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Clean chicken of all visible fat and cartilage. Cut each breast in half and pound slightly. Marinate the chicken with the vermouth, eggs, cornstarch, salt and pepper for 30 minutes. Sear in a hot non-stick pan on both sides in 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Let cool. Saute onions and garlic in 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil for 3 minutes until translucent. Deglaze with white wine and reduce by half. Add the soy sauce and oyster sauce along with chicken stock. Allow to reduce by 1/3 of the original volume. Thicken with cornstarch and water, mix just to nape. Cool completely. Saute ginger in oil, add red peppers and saute slightly. Add the mango to warm. Add the sauce and warm, saute asparagus until al dente. Pour sauce over chicken, top with sauteed asparagus and serve with honeyed walnuts.

CHICKEN PASTA WITH APPLES AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add 2 TB butter and melt.
• Add diced apple and saute until slightly browned.
• Add walnuts to apple mixture and cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove and set aside.
• In the same skillet, add remaining 2TB butter and saute chicken pieces until brown and crispy.
• Add apple/walnut mixture back in to chicken.
• Add thyme and black pepper.
• Pour in chicken broth and heat.
• Gradually add goat cheese and cook over low heat until cheese is melted.
• In a small measuring cup, add water and cornstarch and stir to get lumps out.
• On medium high heat, gradually add cornstarch and constantly stir until sauce is slightly thick.
• Serve over pasta of your choice.

PASTA WITH CREAMY WALNUT PESTO

Steps:

• Boil the pasta. Meanwhile, put the walnuts and garlic in a food processor and whizz until finely chopped. Add the basil, cheese, butter and oil and pulse a few more times. Season.
• Pour the cream into a pan and warm through. Add two-thirds of the pesto, then gently heat to loosen it. When the pasta is ready, drain, reserving 2 tbsp of the cooking water, then mix both with the sauce. Serve immediately, sprinkled with the extra Parmesan and basil, if using. The leftover pesto will keep in the fridge for up to a week, or frozen for up to a month.

BOW-TIE PASTA WITH PESTO CHICKEN AND WALNUTS

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, drain.
• Place chicken in a large bowl. While pasta is still warm, add it to the chicken and toss thoroughly.
• Add entire jar of pesto sauce and toss to coat. Add the walnuts and toss once more.
• Serve warm or chilled. Garnish with Parmesan cheese if desired.

OLIVE-WALNUT PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When the water's boiling, add the pasta and cook until al dente. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water, then drain.
• While the pasta's cooking, in a large Dutch oven, stir together the olive oil, walnuts and olives. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring often, until fragrant and the walnuts are toasted, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, finely grate in the garlic clove and season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Stir to combine.
• Add the pasta and 1/4 cup pasta water to the walnut mixture. Cook over medium-low, stirring and adding pasta water as needed, until the pasta is well coated. Remove from heat and stir in half the lemon zest and all the lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper and more lemon zest.

MANGO CHICKEN OVER PASTA WITH WALNUTS

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan and sauté onions until golden. Add flour and cook for 1 minute.
• Gradually add chicken stock and bring to the boil. Stir until the sauce thickens slightly.
• Simmer covered for 20 minutes. Add mango and chicken to saucepan and season to taste, heat through.
• Place past in boiling salted water for 5 to 7 mins stirring to separate the pasta.
• Drain in a colander, rinse in hot water and drain again.
• Combine pasta and walnuts with sauce and mix well.
• Serve on heated pasta bowls garnish with basil and chopped tomato dice.