Chicken and butternut squash pasta. For a tasty twist, toss butternut squash into creamy chicken pasta. Butternut Squash and Chicken Pasta are a winning combo any way you toss it. The butternut squash somewhat melts into a delicious sauce coating the chicken and the pasta with all its lovely goodness.
Easy recipe for Maple Butternut Squash and Chicken Pasta with Kale - sure to become a family favorite! Remove peel and seeds from butternut squash, and cut into bite-size chunks. This recipe for butternut squash pasta is spaghetti tossed in a creamy butternut squash sauce, then topped with bacon and herbs. You can have Chicken and butternut squash pasta using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken and butternut squash pasta
- You need of Chicken breast, shredded.
- Prepare of Penne pasta.
- It's of Courgette cut into cubes.
- You need of Aubergine cut into cubes.
- It's of Butternut squash cut into cubes.
- Prepare of garlic finely chopped.
- Prepare of olive oil.
- It's of Cheese sauce.
- It's of milk.
- Prepare of plain flour.
- It's of butter.
- It's of grated cheddar cheese.
- It's of dried tarragon.
An easy and delicious dinner that's perfect for fall! While the butternut squash is roasting, cook the pasta until al dente. Drain, reserving ½ cup of the cooking liquid. Once the squash is tender, remove and transfer to a blender with the garlic and shallots with chicken stock.
Chicken and butternut squash pasta instructions
- Peel and deseed butternut squash and cut into cubes. Steam or boil for 20 mins.
- Cook pasta following pack instructions (around 14 mins).
- Heat 1 tbsp olive oil, pan fry chicken breasts on medium heat for about 6-7 mins until edges are opaque. Flip over, and cook for a further 6-7 minutes or until cooked through. Rest for 5 minutes then shred..
- Cook cheese sauce. Melt butter in a pan. Mix flour and milk, added to the pan, bring to the boil, add cheese and tarragon and simmer on low for 5 mins..
- Cut courgette and aubergine into cubes and sauté with 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic for 5 mins or until soft..
- Drain pasta then add all the other cooked ingredients and sauce into the pan, mix well and serve..
Pasta served with a homemade butternut squash pasta sauce of roasted butternut squash, shallots, cream, and Parmesan cheese. We often find butternut squash inside of ravioli, so why not on the outside for a butternut squash pasta dish? It just needed to be thinned a bit with water, made savory. Like many butternut squash pastas, this one lacks dimension. Starch on starch with aromatic notes and a bit of crunch.