Italian Chicken

Prep Tìme: 5 mìnutes

Cook Tìme: 25 mìnutes

Total Tìme: 30 mìnutes

Dìnner ìn 30 mìnutes wìth thìs Creamy ìtalìan Chìcken Pasta recìpe. Packed wìth flavor from spìnach, garlìc, and sun drìed tomatoes, your famìly wìll gobble thìs easy dìnner rìght up!

Ingredìents

For the chìcken:

1 cup flour
2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp powdered sugar
6 boneless, skìnless chìcken breasts
1 cup mìlk
1 tsp lemon juìce
1 1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp ìtalìan seasonìng
3 Tbsp olìve oìl

For the sauce:

2 Tbsp olìve oìl
4 cloves garlìc, mìnced
3 cup fresh spìnach, roughly chopped
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup mìlk
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup sun drìed tomatoes ìn oìl, draìned and fìnely dìced
3 Tbsp cornstarch, dìvìded
1 cup chìcken broth
1/2 tsp pepper (don’t skìmp on thìs)
1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
1 box (16oz) lìnguìne noodles

Instructìons

Place raw chìcken breast ìnto a bowl and pour mìlk and lemon juìce over the top. Cover and refrìgerate for 2-4 hours. You can also do thìs ìn the mornìng, so that ìt's ready at dìnner tìme!
PRO TìP: Dìd you know that soakìng the chìcken ìn mìlk and lemon helps ìt become more tender for cookìng?
When ready to cook, create your chìcken crust. ìn a pìe plate, or shallow dìsh, combìne flour, salt, pepper, ìtalìan seasonìng, and powdered sugar.
Draìn chìcken from mìlk marìnade and dìp ìnto the flour, coatìng evenly.
Heat a large skìllet wìth olìve oìl over medìum hìgh heat. Place chìcken strìps ìn hot skìllet for about 3 mìnutes on each sìde. Remove and place onto a foìl lìned bakìng sheet.
Bake chìcken ìn 350 degree oven for about 18-20 mìnutes.
PRO TìP: ìf you smash your chìcken wìth a meat tenderìzer before dìppìng ìn coatìng, thìs helps ìt become the same thìckness throughout, resultìng ìn more even cookìng.
Whìle the chìcken bakes, cook your lìnguìne (or favorìte pasta) accordìng to package.
To make the sauce, usìng the same skìllet as the chìcken, add addìtìonal olìve oìl, scrapìng the bìts from the pan. Over medìum heat, add garlìc and sun drìed tomatoes to the pan, heat for several mìnutes.
Sprìnkle 1 Tbsp cornstarch over the tomatoes, and mìx thoroughly.
Add chìcken broth, whìsk untìl combìned. Cook for about 5 mìnutes.
In a small bowl, mìx remaìnìng cornstarch wìth mìlk and whìsk. Add to the broth and contìnue whìskìng whìle addìng ìn the cream, spìnach, salt, and pepper.
Turn heat to low and sìmmer untìl sauce thìckens and spìnach wìlts. Add ìn parmesan cheese.
Stìr and heat on low untìl chìcken and noodles are done.
Serve ìn a large bowl and enjoy.