Lemon asparagus chicken pasta. Add chicken and season with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Transfer to a plate to let rest, then thinly slice. Lemon Garlic Chicken Asparagus Pasta - juicy chicken & tender asparagus, tossed in a delicious creamy lemon garlic sauce.
You can have Lemon asparagus chicken pasta using 17 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Lemon asparagus chicken pasta
- Prepare of linguine or spaghetti.
- Prepare of kosher salt.
- It’s of extra-virgin olive oil.
- Prepare of boneless skinless chicken breasts.
- It’s of Freshly ground black pepper.
- Prepare of Italian seasoning.
- You need of butter.
- Prepare of small red onion, chopped.
- You need of asparagus, stalks trimmed and cut into thirds or quartered.
- It’s of heavy cream.
- Prepare of low-sodium chicken broth.
- It’s of Juice of 1 lemon.
- You need of garlic, minced.
- Prepare of shredded mozzarella.
- You need of freshly grated Parmesan, plus more for garnish.
- Prepare of lemon, sliced into half moons.
- Prepare of Freshly chopped parsley, for garnish.
Cook the chicken: Whenever I make chicken pasta, I prefer cooking the chicken breasts whole. This results in soft and juicy chicken every time. Add in Neufchatel cheese, parmesan cheese, lemon juice and lemon zest and stir until melted. Remove from heat, cover and let rest a few minutes if desired to allow sauce to thicken slightly and soak into pasta.
Lemon asparagus chicken pasta instructions
In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain and return to pot..
In a skillet over medium heat, heat olive oil. Add chicken and season with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Cook until golden and no longer pink, 8 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate to let rest, then thinly slice..
To skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add red onion and asparagus and season with salt and pepper. Cook until tender, 5 minutes, then add heavy cream, chicken broth, lemon juice, and garlic and simmer 5 minutes..
Stir in cheeses and let cook until melty, then add lemon slices and cooked linguine..
Top with sliced chicken and garnish with more Parmesan and parsley..
Add chicken broth, lemon juice, lemon zest, pasta, basil, chili flakes, salt and pepper. Add the zest and juice of the lemons to the pan, then asparagus pieces and cover. Add chicken/asparagus mixture, starchy cooking water, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and red pepper flake (if using) to cooked pasta and stir to combine. The chicken and freshly cooked asparagus are surrounded with delicious lemon garlic cream sauce that's absolutely incredible. Simply boil a pound of pasta and while that's going, to a large skillet, sauté chicken before adding garlic, lemon juice, and asparagus.
