mariyas11
December 27th, 2009, 09:18 PM
:sdrool:Pasta with chicken, feta & spicy:sdrool:
Pick up a barbecued chicken on your way home and turn it into this fabulous, fast pasta dish.
Ingredients (serves 4)
* 300g penne pasta
* 100ml olive oil, plus extra to toss
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 4 garlic cloves, crushed
* 2 small red chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped
* 1 tsp harissa paste*
* 750ml bottle tomato passata*
* 3 cups shredded cooked chicken (takeaway barbecue chicken would be ideal)
* 100g feta cheese, diced
* 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted
* 1/2 cup freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
Method
1. Cook pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain and toss in a little oil. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and cook onion until it starts to soften. Add garlic and chilli, and cook for a further 1 minute. Add harissa and passata, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, feta, olives and parsley, then toss through pasta.
Notes & tips
* * Harissa paste is from available from gourmet food stores. Passata (or sugo) is sieved tomatoes, available from greengrocers and delicatessens.
Pick up a barbecued chicken on your way home and turn it into this fabulous, fast pasta dish.
Ingredients (serves 4)
* 300g penne pasta
* 100ml olive oil, plus extra to toss
* 1 onion, finely chopped
* 4 garlic cloves, crushed
* 2 small red chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped
* 1 tsp harissa paste*
* 750ml bottle tomato passata*
* 3 cups shredded cooked chicken (takeaway barbecue chicken would be ideal)
* 100g feta cheese, diced
* 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted
* 1/2 cup freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley
Method
1. Cook pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain and toss in a little oil. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and cook onion until it starts to soften. Add garlic and chilli, and cook for a further 1 minute. Add harissa and passata, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, feta, olives and parsley, then toss through pasta.
Notes & tips
* * Harissa paste is from available from gourmet food stores. Passata (or sugo) is sieved tomatoes, available from greengrocers and delicatessens.