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Red pepper pasta with chicken and nut pangrattato

Heat things up in the kitchen with this spicy pasta! Tender chicken, vibrant tomatoes, and a nut pangrattato for that extra crunch. Your new favourite weeknight delight!

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 4-6 (2 skewers + salad + bread)
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 400g dried spaghetti
  • 450g roasted pepper strips, drained, plus 2 tablespoons of reserved brine
  • 2 truss tomatoes, diced
  • 1 long red chilli, deseeded
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 400g can no-added-salt diced tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons no-added-salt tomato paste
  • 400g chicken breasts, sliced
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    • Nut pangrattato:
    • 1 tablespoons fennel seeds
    • ¼ cup pine nuts
    • ¹⁄³ cup toasted almonds, chopped
    • 1 lemon, zest
    • ¼ bunch of fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil.  Add pasta and cook for 6 minutes or until al dente. Drain, reserving ¼ cup of water.

    2 In a food processor, add red peppers, brine, chilli, garlic, tomatoes and paste. Blend for 10 seconds or until slightly chunky. Set aside.

    3 To make the pangrattato, heat a large frypan over medium heat. Toast fennel seeds and pine nuts for 2-3 minutes, stirring, until aromatic. Transfer to a bowl with almonds, lemon zest and parsley, and mix together.

    4 Heat 2 teaspoons of extra-virgin olive oil in a large frypan over high heat. Cook chicken for 6-7 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a plate. Add sauce to pan and bring to a simmer. Lower temperature and simmer for 5 minutes until slightly reduced. Increase temperature to high and add pasta, chicken and reserved pasta water. Heat through, tossing pasta in sauce to emulsify and thicken.

    5 Serve pasta with nut pangrattato.

    HFG tip

    You could add rocket or spinach if you want to increase the veg/leafy greens in this dish.

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