Chicken Scampi
30 min484 kcal each
Seared chicken bites in a garlicky white wine, lemon and butter sauce with cherry tomatoes and spinach, tossed with whole-wheat angel hair. All the scampi flavour, built on chicken.
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Plan this recipeIngredients
for 4 servings- Whole-wheat angel hair, dry227 g
- Chicken breast, boneless and skinless680 g
- Salt1¼ tsp
- Black pepper¼ tsp
- Olive oil spray½ tsp
- Butter2 tbsp
- Garlic4 clove
- Dry white wine180 ml
- Chili flakes.13 tsp
- Cherry tomatoes150 g
- Lemon juice2 tbsp
- Baby spinach60 g
- Fresh parsley3 tbsp
Method
Prep 10 min · cook 20 min- Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
- Cut the chicken into 1 cm cubes and season with 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper.
- Heat a very large pan over high heat, mist with oil and brown half the chicken for about 2 minutes until cooked; repeat with the rest and set aside.
- Melt ½ tablespoon butter, add the garlic for a minute, then the wine, chili flakes, tomatoes and remaining salt and simmer until reduced by about half.
- Add the rest of the butter and the lemon juice, then take off the heat and return the chicken.
- Cook the pasta until al dente, keeping 120 ml of the water; toss it with the chicken, sauce, spinach and parsley for a minute, loosening with pasta water as needed.
- Keeps 3 days in the fridge. Reheat with a splash of water.
Nutrition
per servingCal
484
Protein
45g
Carbs
46g
Fat
13g
Of 3.2g of sugar per serving, 0g is added sugar.
Of 13g of fat per serving, 5.2g is saturated.
