Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta Recipe
Chicken thighs provide an intense chicken flavour in this creamy lemon chicken pasta, throw in some capers and plenty of garlic and you have a real taste sensation!
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 1016kcal
Ingredients
- 350 g Chicken Thighs 12oz (boneless and skin on)
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 35 g Butter 2 tablespoon
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- 1 Lemon
- 3 Anchovy Fillets
- 1 Small-Medium Echalion or Banana Shallot 35g
- 35 g Capers 3 tablespoon
- 175 g Dried Pasta 6oz
- 125 ml Double Cream ½ Cup
- ½ teaspoon Salt (plus Extra to boil the pasta)
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 Handful Parsley
Instructions
- Season the chicken thighs with the salt and pepper.
- Heat a 30cm or 12" frying pan over a medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Add the chicken thighs skin side down and cook for 6-7 minutes or until nicely golden.
- Whilst the chicken is cooking, peel the garlic cloves and dice them as finely as you can.
- Cut the shallot in half, peel it and dice it as finely as you can.
- Zest the lemon, then cut it in half.
- Flip the chicken and add the butter, garlic, shallot, anchovies and give the pan a shake to distribute the ingredients.
- Squeeze in the lemon juice. Cook the chicken for another 7-8 minutes (or until they reach an internal temperature of 73°C or 165°F), basting the skin with the butter and other ingredients as they cook.
- When you flip the chicken, add the pasta to a 20cm or 8" saucepan of well-salted boiling water (I use 1½ teaspoons in a pan this size) and cook as per the instructions. Then drain, reserving around 75ml (⅓ cup) of the cooking liquid.
- When the chicken has reached the desired temperature, remove it from the pan and set it aside.
- Reduce the heat under the pan to low-medium, then add the capers, lemon zest and cream and cook gently until the pasta is cooked.
- Cut the chicken into bite-sized strips.
- Add the drained pasta to the pan and stir to coat using as much of the pasta water as required to get a nice coating.
- Finally, add the chopped chicken and parsley, give everything a final stir and serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 1016kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 52g | Fat: 70g | Saturated Fat: 32g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 34g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 338mg | Sodium: 1652mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g
