Easy Mediterranean Chicken Pasta
Α delicious, quick and easy chicken breast, tomato sauce pasta recipe ready in 30 minutes!
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts cut horizontally butterflied
- 4 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2-3 allspice berries
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 ounces (175 ml) of red wine or water.
- 14 ounces (400 g) crushed tomato
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Cheese to serve grated mitzithra or pecorino
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 12 ounces (350 g) dry spaghetti or other type of pasta
Instructions
- Season halved chicken breasts with salt and pepper
- Heat 3 tbsp of olive oil in a deep pan.
- Add the chicken to the pan and brown on each side for about 4 to 5 minutes.
- Remove chicken from the pan, set aside and cover to keep warm.
- Add to the pan, the onion, lower heat if needed add 1 more tablespoon of olive oil and sauté for about 7 to 8 minutes, until soft.
- Add the garlic, the cinnamon stick and the allspice and sauté for about one minute and then add the tomato paste and stir. Once the tomato paste starts to brown, add the wine while deglazing for about one minute. Then add the chopped tomatoes and stir well.
- Add back the chicken, and gently stir so that chicken is somewhat covered with the sauce. You may add a bit of hot water about a quarter of a cup.
- Cover and simmer at low heat for about 10-15 minutes until sauce has reduced and chicken is done (165 F-74C). In the meantime boil your pasta
- Serve this with prepared pasta, sprinkle with chopped parsley and grated dry mitzithra cheese or pecorino.