Creamy Lemon Chicken Thigh Pasta
with Spinach and Peas- Milk
- Wheat
- Sulphites
- Tree nuts
- Milk
- Mustard
- Peanuts
- Sesame
- Soy
- Sulphites
- May contain traces of allergens
- Wheat
- Egg
Ingredients: Chicken thighs • Whole grain penne (wheat) (whole grain durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) • Yellow onion • Lemon • Green peas • Cream cheese (milk) (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, lactic acid, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) • Spinach • Parmesan cheese (milk) (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, water, modified corn starch and/or potato starch, cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, microbial enzyme, lipase), salt, citric acid, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, flavour, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate, caramel colour, beta-carotene, anticaking blend (potato starch, corn starch, dextrose, calcium sulfate, cellulose, natamycin, enzyme)) • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat) (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) • Zesty garlic blend (sulphites) (granulated garlic, cornmeal, salt, dehydrated red bell pepper flakes, spices, sugar, herbs, canola oil, silicon dioxide, citric acid) • Garlic.
Ingredients
270 g
Chicken Thighs
28 g
Baby Spinach
1 unit(s)
Lemon
1 unit(s)
Yellow Onion
2 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
¼ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
10 g
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
(Contains: Wheat May be present: Tree nuts, Milk, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites)
1 unit(s)
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
7 g
Zesty Garlic Blend
(Contains: Sulphites May be present: Milk, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Tree nuts, Wheat)
56 g
Green Peas
170 g
Whole Grain Penne
(Contains: Wheat May be present: Egg)
Not included in your delivery
1 tbsp
Butter*
1 tbsp
Oil*
¼ tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
2 tbsp
Milk*
Nutrition facts
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high (use same for 4 servings). Wash and dry all produce.
- To the boiling water, add penne. Cook for 12-14 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
Reserve 1 cup (1 3/4 cup) pasta water. - Strain penne, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Peel, then cut onion into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Peel, mince or grate garlic.
- Zest, then juice half the lemon. Cut remaining lemon into wedges.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Season with half the Zesty Garlic Blend, salt and pepper.
- In a large non-stick pan, heat 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil over medium-high. When hot, add chicken. (NOTE: Don't crowd the pan; cook chicken in 2 batches, if needed.) Cook for 1-2 min per side, until golden. Transfer chicken to an unlined baking sheet.
- Roast in the middle of the oven for 10-12 min, until cooked through.**
- To the same pan (from step 3) over medium, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, onion and garlic. Cook for 4-5 min, stirring often, until onions soften.
- Add Cream Sauce Spice Blend and remaining Zesty Garlic Blend. Cook for 30 sec, stirring constantly, until fragrant.
- Add 1 cup (1 3/4 cup) reserved pasta water, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) milk and cream cheese. Whisk to avoid lumps. Bring to a simmer.
- Once simmering, reduce heat to medium. Add peas, simmer for 4-5 min, stirring often, until sauce thickens.
- To the pot with pasta, add sauce, spinach, lemon zest and lemon juice. Stir until spinach wilts. Season with salt and pepper.
- Thinly slice chicken. Add resting juices to pasta pot.
- Divide pasta between bowls.
- Divide chicken between bowls.
- Sprinkle Parmesan over top.
- Squeeze lemon wedge over top chicken, if you like.
If you've opted to get chicken thighs, prep and cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to prep and cook chicken breasts.
