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Move-it chicken marinara
Parli Italiano? We’re fluent in the love language of pasta, and this quick-and-classy sauce of chicken, onion and tomatoes with garlic, basil, oregano and capers lets your fork do the talking! Tubes of pasta soak up all those magic flavours – delizioso!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 4
quick cook
Serving size
Ingredients
- 20g capers in brine (Capers (93.5%), Salt (4.5%), Water (1%), Grape Vinegar (1%))
- 300g diced chicken breast
- 1 onion
- 3 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 vegetable stock cube (use half) (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 200g Cassarecce Pasta (Wheat, Barley, Oats, Soya) (100% Durum Wheat Semolina)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 623
Protein: 53g
Carbs: 94g
Fat: 4.6g
Ingredients
- 40g capers in brine (Capers (93.5%), Salt (4.5%), Water (1%), Grape Vinegar (1%))
- 2 onion
- 6 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 600g diced chicken breast
- 400g baby tomatoes
- 4 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 400g Cassarecce Pasta (Wheat, Barley, Oats, Soya) (100% Durum Wheat Semolina)
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 400g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 unwaxed lemon
Nutritional Information
Calories: 615
Protein: 52g
Carbs: 92g
Fat: 4.6g
Move-it chicken marinara
Parli Italiano? We’re fluent in the love language of pasta, and this quick-and-classy sauce of chicken, onion and tomatoes with garlic, basil, oregano and capers lets your fork do the talking! Tubes of pasta soak up all those magic flavours – delizioso!
Cook time:
20 mins
Cuisine:
Italian
Food group:
Poultry
Allergens: Celery, Wheat
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 large saucepan
- 1 large non stick frying pan
Set the pasta simmering
- Cook the pasta in boiling water for 8-9 mins, then drain.
Start your sauce
- Meanwhile, peel and finely dice the onions. Peel and crush the garlic, and finely chop the basil.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat. Fry the onions, garlic, chicken and tomatoes for 5 mins.
- Stir in the tomato purée and oregano and cook for 2 mins.
Add some oomph!
- Crumble in the stock, then pour in 150ml water (250ml water), add the passata and capers and stir well. Simmer for 3-4 mins, until the chicken is cooked through.
- Tip in the pasta, add half the basil, squeeze in the juice from half the lemon (to taste) and stir again.
Plate up
- Cut the remaining half lemon into wedges.
- Sprinkle the remaining basil over the pasta, add the lemon wedges for squeezing and serve.