Chicken and vegetable risoni
Serves: 4
Time to make: 25 mins
Total cost: $15.60 / $3.90 per serve
(at time of publication)
Ingredients
- 2 cups risoni pasta or other small pasta shapes
- 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato pesto
- olive spray oil
- 400g lean chicken, cut in strips
- 1 ½ teaspoons Tuscan seasoning
- 4 cups mushrooms, sliced or diced
- 4 tomatoes, chopped
- ½ cup frozen peas or peas and sweet corn mix
- 4 cups rocket
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Instructions
1 Cook pasta until tender. Drain. Toss in pesto then set aside.
2 Heat a non-stick frying pan with a little oil spray. Toss chicken in seasoning then cook until lightly golden. Add to pasta.
3 Wipe out pan and heat with a little more oil spray and add vegetables, except the rocket. Stir-fry for 4-5 minutes or until lightly cooked.
4 Return chicken to pan with pasta. Add rocket. Heat through. Season with pepper. Garnish with extra rocket or basil if preferred.
Variations
- Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pasta, pesto and seasoning.
- For something different, swap Tuscan seasoning for dried mixed herbs.
HFG tip
To vary the texture in this dish, blend half the vegetables in a processor.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 576cal
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Kilojoules 2410kJ
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Protein 39g
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Total fat 10g
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–Saturated fat 2g
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Carbohydrates 80g
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–Sugars 6g
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Dietary fibre 7g
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Sodium 390mg
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Calcium 90mg
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Iron 3mg
Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.
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