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One Pot Herb and Garlic Chicken Pasta

April 6, 2017 by Samantha 11 Comments

One Pot Herb and Garlic Chicken Pasta is packed with simple but flavourful ingredients the whole family will love! Kid-friendly, one pot and made in under 30 minutes!

One Pot Herb & Garlic Chicken Pasta | My Kitchen Love

It’s been quite around here lately. Partially due to my husband traveling for work, but also due to me wanting to hunker down and share more recipes and info closer to my heart. Getting back to the basics of blogging because of the food my family and I love. As well as food that just works. Nutritious, simple, and delicious. And I truly mean delicious. Food that the whole family gets excited about without serving chicken nuggets on repeat. One Pot Herb and Garlic Chicken Pasta meets all those requirements.

What better way to jump back into recipes than with a One Pot Meal? Packed with so much broccoli it’s questionable whether or not to call this a pasta dish or a broccoli dish. I blitzed the broccoli in a food processor as my picky eater doesn’t like broccoli (shocker, I know). She was very suspicious of this dish, but once she tried it, it was game on. The garlic and herbs take over the broccoli flavour and it’s masked to a certain extent.

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I love that this is through and through a one pot dish, but that it’s packed with healthy ingredients. I’m not going to say kids love these healthy ingredients, because they don’t. What they love is the flavours I’ve boosted this recipe with to make it work for them. Lots of herbs, garlic, some acid from lemon juice, and the ever-loved protein chicken.

One Pot Herb & Garlic Chicken Pasta | My Kitchen Love

When the broccoli is blitzed in the food processor, it makes a chunky pesto. I’ve called for the herbs to be added towards the end of this recipe so that they stay vibrant and at the forefront of the palate. Timing counts here so adding the herbs too early in the recipe will knock the flavour out of them and perhaps make this dish less kid-friendly.

One Pot Herb & Garlic Chicken Pasta | My Kitchen Love

 

Here’s a list of other recipes I’ve made lately and how I adapted them to make them more family friendly:

  • One Skillet Hot Sausage and Cabbage Stir-Fry – Replace hot sausage with 1 lbs of ground pork and 1/4 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes. Use button mushrooms and 1 thinly sliced yellow (cooking) onion in lieu of shiitake and add them to the pork once it’s mostly cooked. Cooking the cabbage was eye-opening for me as it was the first time my kids ate it joyfully. I’ll be cooking our cabbage from this point on. This is also a great way to get more exposure to ginger.
  • Spinach Pesto Pasta – use the pesto and prawns but sub favourite pasta for the couscous. So much spinach you’ll be doing a parent happy dance since your kids won’t even know it’s there.
  • Quick Butterflied Roast Chicken – top with miso paste mixed with mirin (equal parts) for an amazing glaze. Sprinkle with sesame seed and sliced green onions for presentation if desired.
  • Chorizo, Asparagus and Goat’s Cheese Pizza – a glass of cold wine with this make me one happy momma. Goat’s cheese and asparagus are a great combo to get kids onboard the asparagus train.

Nutrition

Calories

79 cal

Fat

7 g

Carbs

4 g
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Yields 4-6 servings (as a main)

One Pot Herb and Garlic Chicken Pasta

5 minPrep Time

20 minCook Time

25 minTotal Time

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil, such as olive oil or canola
  • 2 large chicken breasts, thinly sliced (about 1/2" wide stripes)
  • 4 garlic cloves, very finely chopped or minced
  • 1 lbs / 454 grams dried pasta, such as spaghetti or linguine
  • 5 cups chicken or vegetable broth
  • 1 large head of broccoli or 2 medium heads, briefly blitzed in a food processor or roughly chopped into small pieces
  • juice from 1/2 lemon
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh herbs, such as basil, cilantro, chives and/or oregano
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

Instructions

  1. In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sliced chicken and cook, stirring occasionally for 4-6 minutes or until chicken starts to brown and is cooked through.
  2. Add garlic and cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes (garlic should become fragrant).
  3. Add pasta and broth. Turn heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer.
  4. Add broccoli with 3 minutes left for the pasta to cook (as per package instructions, so this pasta required 11 minutes cooking time, I added the broccoli after the pasta had been cooking for 8 minutes). Stir to fully incorporate and cook over medium-low heat for remaining time.
  5. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, herbs, salt and pepper.
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Enjoy! xo

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Filed Under: Chicken, Dinner, Pasta, Weekday Dinner Tagged With: Broccoli, chicken, Dinner, kid-friendly, Pasta, weeknight meal

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Comments

  1. AvatarPatti says

    April 6, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    I love one pan meals. This is loaded with the flavors that my kids love. They actually love the combination of chicken, broccoli, and pasta. I can't wait to try this.
    Reply
    • AvatarSamantha says

      April 7, 2017 at 1:33 pm

      Awesome!! It's great when you find a recipe your kids will love.
      Reply
  2. AvatarMonica | Nourish & Fete says

    April 8, 2017 at 12:44 pm

    I love putting tons of veggies in pesto and sauces! Similar situation here - my almost two year old is extremely suspicious of most unadulterated veggies, despite constant and ongoing exposure, but will happily wolf down spinach, zucchini, carrots, etc. in a pesto or similar. Can't wait to try this one, and your spinach pesto pasta, as well!
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    • AvatarSamantha says

      April 8, 2017 at 2:29 pm

      Yay! I'm so glad to hear this recipes might work for you and your family. The ongoing exposure is happening here too, trying my best despite any setbacks. Let me know how it goes if these recipes end up getting a test run over there.
      Reply
  3. AvatarAlyssa @ A Bite of Inspiration says

    April 8, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    This is such a delicious and simple dish! Love the flavors you've chosen here-- clean and healthy! Thanks for sharing!
    Reply
    • AvatarSamantha says

      April 8, 2017 at 2:27 pm

      That's how I like to make our family dinners, simple, delicious but packed with nutritious elements. :)
      Reply
  4. Avatarabrakitch says

    April 9, 2017 at 11:51 am

    I love how you used broccoli in this dish, really smart! Looks fantastic.
    Reply
    • AvatarSamantha says

      April 9, 2017 at 4:29 pm

      Thanks so much!
      Reply
  5. Avatarmegunprocessed says

    April 13, 2017 at 9:18 am

    Such a wonderful combination of flavors!
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    • AvatarSamantha says

      April 13, 2017 at 5:09 pm

      Herb and garlic are perfect for family meals :)
      Reply

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