Chicken Mozzarella Pasta
Chicken Mozzarella Pasta

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken mozzarella pasta. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken mozzarella pasta using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Mozzarella Pasta:
  1. Make ready Sauce:
  2. Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
  3. Make ready 1 large zucchini, thinly sliced
  4. Get 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
  5. Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
  6. Prepare 1 can (28 oz.) unsalted crushed tomatoes
  7. Take 1 tsp. each sugar, dried basil
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp. each salt, pepper
  9. Get 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
  10. Take 2 heaping cups chopped spinach
  11. Make ready Pasta:
  12. Take 2 tbsp. olive oil, divided
  13. Get 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces
  14. Make ready 1 lb. Penne pasta
  15. Prepare 1/4 cup shaved parmesan cheese
  16. Take 8 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into bite sized cubes
Steps to make Chicken Mozzarella Pasta:
  1. Start by cooking the zucchini and getting the sauce ready. In a large pot, heat the olive oil. Cook the zucchini coins until they are just tender, then remove them to a plate and set them aside. If needed, add a bit more oil to the pot, then add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook, stirring often, until they have softened up. Stir in the garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant. Then pour in the crushed tomatoes and stir in the sugar and seasonings.
  2. Once the sauce begins to simmer, lower the heat and let it bubble gently. Heat a large pot of salted water over high heat. Once it boils, cook the penne pasta according to the package directions. Once the pasta is done, drain it, then return it to the pot and toss lightly with 1 tbsp of olive oil. Sprinkle the shaved parmesan over the pasta and set it aside.
  3. While your waiting on the pasta water to come to a boil, start the chicken. In a large, deep skillet, heat the remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil over med-high heat. Once it's hot, add the chicken to the skillet and season it with salt and pepper. Cook until it's all browned and completely cooked through. Then place your chicken over top of the pasta.
  4. Last, stir the spinach into the simmering sauce. Once it wilts down, stir the zucchini and mozzarella cheese cubes into it. Stir gently until the mozzarella begins to soften. Before it completely melts, remove the sauce from the heat and pour it over top of the chicken and pasta. Then serve.

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