Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Chicken and Bow Tie Pasta

Hey there everybody I have a recipe that does not come from Kraft.  I was looking around for some one dish dinners and came across this.

Origin: www.myrecipes.com

Ingredients:
  •      1  quart water
  •      4  skinned and boned chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
  •      8  ounces  uncooked bow tie pasta
  •      1  cup  chicken broth
  •      1  celery rib, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
  •      1  small onion, chopped (about 1/2 cup)
  •      1  (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
  •      1  (8-ounce) package pasteurized prepared cheese product, cubed (it does not actually say velveta)
  •      Garnish: chopped fresh parsley
Directions:
  1. In a Dutch Oven (big pot) bring 1 quart salted water to boil and add chicken.  Cook for 12 minutes remove from water.
  2. Cook bow Ties for 10 minutes and drain.
  3. Add 1/4 cup of chicken broth to big pot and add celery and onion.  Cook for 5 minutes till it is tender/crisp.
  4. Add broth, soup, chicken and cheese product and cook till cheese is melted.
  5. Add bow tie pasta and stir together.
So this stuff was good but a couple of things.  There is no need for skinning a boning a chicken (sounds dirty anyway).  I by boneless and skinless. Also, two was enough.  These recipes seem to make way too much sometimes.  In case you are looking for Bow Tie Pasta and cannot find it by name try Farfelle.  I have no idea what that is supposed to mean but I always thought Farfelle was the dog from the old Nestles commercials.  The other thing is the celery really added nothing to this dish except as a small amount of green.  It could be left out entirely. 
Overall, a real good recipe and Rae seems to like it.  I am waiting on Spaces call.  It reheats real nice as well.

1 comment:

  1. This was really good, but totally agree about the celery. It either needs to be cooked more or, better still, just left out completely.

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