A deliciously creamy chicken pasta with a spicy Nandos style piri piri
kick!
Well, this was a bit of a triumph! As you may or may not know, I love creating
slimming friendly pasta dishes, and am always looking for new ideas.
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After recently crating my
creamy vodka pasta recipe, I thought the spice and creaminess would translate well to something with
Nandos flavour.
A decent Nandos Fakeaway is always a winner in my eyes, and now that I have
perfected my own piri piri sauce, I can use it in this dish.
This is super easy to make, and only uses one main pan other than cooking the
pasta. The beauty of making your own piri piri sauce is that you can adjust to
taste to be as spicy or non spicy as you like!
Of course, you could also cheat and buy the ready made Nandos sauces to use as
well. You could also try making this with my
Nandos Lemon & Herb
sauce if spice is not for you!
I used tagliatelle pasta in this dish as it was I had in the house, but you
could use any dried pasta you like.
I usually make up a big batch of the piri piri sauce and either freeze it or
keep it in jars so I have some to hand when I need it.
Looking to make this meat free? Swap the chicken for halloumi, and
follow all other cooking instructions.
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Extra Easy Syn Value: 3 syns per serving
Healthy Extras: None
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You will need:
Piri Piri Sauce:
2 birds-eye red chillies (adjust according to personal taste, the more
chillies the hotter it is!)
1 red pepper
1 red onion
juice of one lemon
juice of half a lime
1 tbsp smoked paprika
2 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 tbsp oregano
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
5 cloves of garlic
4 tbsp malt vinegar
4 cherry tomatoes
50ml water
Everything else:
200g Dried pasta of your choice
1 red pepper, finely sliced
1 red onion, finely diced
1 tub low fat cream cheese
2 large skinless chicken breasts, diced
Pinch salt & pepper
1 clove garlic, crushed and diced
Method:
Blitz all the peri peri sauce ingredients together in a food processor until it becomes a smooth paste.
Pour half the sauce over the diced chicken and leave to marinate for 30
mins.
Mean while, spray a large frying pan with low calorie cooking spray.
Add in the onions, garlic and pepper and fry off until cooked
through.
Add in the marinated chicken, and keep cooking until it is no longer
pink in the middle. Add in the remaining piri piri sauce and the low fat
cream cheese and stir until it makes a sauce.
Cook the pasta pas per the pack instructions, but don't throw away that
pasta water!!
Once the pasta is cooked, add 3 spoonful of the pasta water into the
chicken and sauce mix. The pasta water helps to make the sauce extra
smooth and saucy.
Drain the pasta then add it into the chicken and sauce mix.
Stir well, serve and enjoy!
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