Creamy Chicken & Sausage
Creamy Chicken & Sausage in 5’s
Ingredients
2 tsp Olive Oil
2 garlic cloves - finely chopped
2 Tbls Sun Dried Tomatoes by Mezzetta – finely chopped
Basil Paste by Gourmet Garden – 4 - ¼” lines
1 - 7oz can of Mushroom pieces & stems
2 Tbls Brandy
1 large chicken breast
Ground mild sausage
Italian dressing – your choice
Salt & pepper to taste – I do not use it
1 ½ cup chicken broth
1 ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
Wacky Mac Veggie spiral pasta – rainbow colored
1 ½ cups Shredded Cheese your choice
*Cheese: your preference if you want more - I use Kroger brands: Italian blend, Swiss & Marble Cheddar, I don’t normally measure the cheese, I just add it 1 scoop (handful) at a time.
Regular Skillet for cooking sausage
1” thick skillet for cooking rest of ingredients
Preparation
· Marinate chicken in the Italian dressing in the fridge for at least 2 hours, overnight if possible.
o Cook in George Forman, if you don’t have one cook in the over at 425 ̊ for 25 minutes or until pink is gone from the middle depending on how thick the chicken breast is
o Cut chicken into pieces and set aside, or in fridge.
· Cook ground sausage over medium heat like you do hamburger in a skillet. You will only need about a cup of this (or more, your preference)
o Drain sausage in a strainer to take off excess grease
o Set aside 1 ½ cup
o Put the rest of the sausage in the fridge or freezer to use later
Cooking Directions
· Bring water to a boil in medium size pot
o Cook paste over medium heat until soft & firm, not squishy (about 8-10 minutes after water boils)
· In 1” skillet over Medium heat; Heat olive oil
· Sauté chopped garlic
· Add in mushrooms and sundried tomatoes – sauté for about 5 minutes
· Add in chicken & sausage and cook for about another 5 minutes
· Add in chicken & sausage and cook for about another 5 minutes
· Pour in chicken broth: cook for 5 minutes
· Stir in Brandy
· Stir in 4 – ¼ “ strips of Basil paste : cook for about 5 minutes
· Pour in Heavy whipping cream, occasionally stir until it comes to a boil (about 5 minutes)
· Add in cheese to the thickness you desire, as suggested above.
· Heat bowl in microwave for about 45 seconds and add in ½ of the pasta, pour in the mix and then put the rest of the past on top and stir evenly
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· It will look like this….
Serving suggestions
· You can serve your paste separate from the mix and let your guests or family take from each
· I like to serve together in a large bowl (after I warm up the bowl) I put in ½ the pasta, add the mix, the sauce, the rest of the pasta, mix it up & serve. This way when you store left-overs, when there are some, it’s already mixed and the special sauce has marinated into the pasta noodles… so much yummier reheated!
· If you don’t want to make this much pasta, cut everything on the recipe in ½ or ¼
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