Quick Fettuccine Cacciatore

Prep Time: 5 min.

Cook Time: -

Serves: 4 

Ingredients

8 ounces fettuccine, uncooked

2 teaspoons oil

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces

1 cup green pepper strips

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained

1/4 cup KRAFT Zesty Italian Dressing

1/2 cup KRAFT Shredded Italian Mozzarella/Parmesan Cheese Blend

1/2 cup chopped fresh basil leaves

  

Cooking Directions:

Cook pasta as directed on package.

Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink. Add peppers and mushrooms; cook 3 min., stirring occasionally. Stir in tomatoes with their liquid and the dressing. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 5 min. or until chicken is cooked through.

Drain pasta. Toss pasta with the chicken mixture; sprinkle with cheese and basil.

Yield: 4 servings

Still Hungry?

This tomato-based pasta is made hearty with chicken and topped with a delicious blend of Italian cheeses. It's a guaranteed family pleaser.

Notes:

Flavor Boost

Add 1 cup drained pitted ripe olives along with the tomatoes.

Substitute: You can use 4 cups of any of your favorite pasta shapes in this recipe.

Chicken Curry

This is a wonderful recipe and the apples give it just the right amount of sweetness.

Prep Time 10 min
Cooking Time 20 min
5-6 servings

2 lbs Chicken Breast
1 Tbs Butter
1 cup chopped apple
1 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic minced
2 tbs cornstarch
2-3 Tsp Curry Powder
3/4 cup Chicken Broth
2 cups Milk
1 3 oz can mushrooms (1/2 cup)
Rice
Optional: raisins and nuts

Cook Chicken and set aside to cool.

Melt butter. Add apples, celery, onions, garlic and sauté. cooking until onions are tender and start to look transparent.

Combine cornstarch, curry powder, 3/4 tsp salt and broth. Pour over apple mixture. cook until thick and bubbly.

Chop chicken into bite sized pieces.

Stir in chicken and mushrooms into sauce and heat through.

Serve over rice

*My mom usually put raisins and nuts in with the rice and topped it off with Chinese noodles but that is all preferences

Lettuce Wraps

We have A LOT of lettuce in our garden right now and to be perfectly honest Walt and I are not that good about eating salads for the sake of salad so in my quandary of what to do with all of the lettuce I found a really great recipe for lettuce wraps which claim to be P.F. Chang's and whether they really are or not doesn't matter since they turn out great.

P. F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps Recipe #15865

This recipe is from Todd Wilbur and Top Secret Recipes
by Lali
25 min | 10 min prep
ES 2 -3

3 tablespoons oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 cup water chestnut
2/3 cup mushroom
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce

Special Sauce

1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon hot mustard
2 teaspoons water
1-2 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste

Stir Fry Sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

1. Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in water in a small bowl.
2. Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice and sesame oil.
3. Mix well and refrigerate this sauce until you're ready to serve.
4. Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.
5. Eventually add your desired measurement of mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to pour over the wraps.
6. Bring oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan.
7. Sauté chicken breasts for 4 to 5 minutes per side or done.
8. Remove chicken from the pan and cool.
9. Keep oil in the pan, keep hot.
10. As chicken cools mince water chestnuts and mushrooms to about the size of small peas.
11. Prepare the stir fry sauce by mixing the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl.
12. When chicken is cool, mince it as the mushrooms and water chestnuts are.
13. With the pan still on high heat, add another Tbsp of vegetable oil.
14. Add chicken, garlic, onions, water chestnuts and mushrooms to the pan.
15. Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes then serve it in the lettuce "cups".
Top with "Special Sauce".

We didn't use the hot mustard or the chile paste, since I didn't want to buy something that we would only use for one meal and I forgot to put in the garlic oops still tasted great and I didn't even notice!