CAJUN CHICKEN PASTA

prep time => 10 MINUTES
cook time => 20 MINUTES
totāl time => 30 MINUTES

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 boneless, skinless chicken breāsts
• 2 tāblespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 tāblespoon cājun seāsoning
• 8 ounces penne pāstā
• 2 tāblespoons unsālted butter
• 3 cloves gārlic, minced
• 1 cup heāvy creām, or more, to tāste
• 1/2 teāspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup freshly grāted Pārmesān
• Kosher sālt ānd freshly ground blāck pepper, to tāste
• 2 Romā tomātoes, diced
• 2 tāblespoons chopped fresh pārsley leāves

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DIRECTIONS:

1. In ā gāllon size Ziploc bāg, ādd chicken, 1 tāblespoon olive oil ānd cājun seāsoning, shāking to coāt thoroughly.
2. Heāt remāining 1 tāblespoon olive oil in ā grill pān over medium high heāt. ādd chicken ānd cook, flipping once, until cooked through, ābout 5-6 minutes on eāch side. Set āside ānd keep wārm.
3. In ā lārge pot of boiling sālted wāter, cook pāstā āccording to pāckāge instructions; drāin well.
4. Melt butter in ā sāucepān over medium heāt. ādd gārlic, ānd cook, stirring frequently, until frāgrānt, ābout 1-2 minutes.
5. Grāduālly whisk in heāvy creām ānd lemon zest. Cook, whisking constāntly, until incorporāted, ābout 1-2 minutes. Stir in Pārmesān until slightly thickened, ābout 1-2 minutes. If the mixture is too thick, ādd more heāvy creām ās needed; seāson with sālt ānd pepper, to tāste.
6. Stir in pāstā ānd gently toss to combine.
7. Serve immediātely with chicken, gārnished with tomātoes ānd pārsley, if desired.

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