Garlic and Lemon Linguine with Chargrilled Chicken

Garlic and Lemon Linguine with Chargrilled Chicken- a very simple pasta dish of linguine and mushrooms in garlic and lemon oil, with added flavour from the chargrilled chicken. Dinner ready in 25 minutes.


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When we were on holiday in Canada, we went to a restaurant called The Spaghetti Factory a couple of times. It specialises in different pasta dishes and serves them up with a free salad or soup and garlic bread. Delicious!

One dish that we had there was a garlic linguine with chicken. I really enjoyed it- there was a real kick of garlic in the linguine. At the time, I said straight away that I was going to try and make something similar at home.

This garlic and lemon linguine with chargrilled chicken is my attempt to do just that. It's different to what we ate in Canada, but has similar flavours. Lemon and garlic give the linguine and mushrooms a ton of sharp flavour to contrast against the caramelisation on the chicken. It's very garlicky, so you might want to keep the breath mints handy. 

Chargrilled chicken is chicken on another level- it's my favourite way to cook it. It's well-worth chargrilling some extra chicken to use on salads and sandwiches for the rest of the week, if you're planning on making this recipe.

Although this linguine recipe goes against my normal comfort zone (it involves using 3 different pans), it's actually incredibly simple- no fancy ingredients or cooking skills required. Give it a try this week!


Top Tips

  • Resist the temptation to flip the chicken too early. You'll lose the beautiful striped chargrilled effect, if you do.
  • Make sure the linguine is really well coated in the garlic and lemon oil before serving it. It makes it slippery, easier to eat and distributes the flavour, so you don't end up with some plain dry linguine at the bottom.


Looking for more chicken pasta recipes?
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Chicken Fajita Pasta


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Garlic and Lemon Linguine with Chargrilled Chicken

Garlic and Lemon Linguine with Chargrilled Chicken- a very simple pasta dish of linguine and mushrooms in garlic and lemon oil, with added flavour from the chargrilled chicken.
prep time: 5 minscook time: 20 minstotal time: 25 mins

ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 8 mushrooms
  • 160g linguine

instructions

  1. Use a meat tenderiser to flatten the chicken breasts. If you don't have one, don't worry about this step, but you may want to slice the chicken into thick strips instead.
  2. Brush a griddle pan with a little oil, heat to quite a high temp and then turn down the heat to medium and lay the flattened breasts on to the pan. Cook the breasts on both sides, 3-4 minutes for the first side and 5-7 on the other.
  3. Meanwhile, cook the linguine for 6-7 minutes in boiling water.
  4. Slice the mushrooms and crush the garlic. Soften both in a frying pan, with the oil, on medium heat.
  5. Stir the lemon juice into the garlic and mushrooms, drain the linguine and stir the mushroom mixture through it.
  6. Slice the chargrilled chicken and serve on top of the pasta.
calories
586
fat (grams)
17
sat. fat (grams)
2
carbs (grams)
61
protein (grams)
42
sugar (grams)
3
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  1. Hey hey! Rookie Kitchen here! I'm definetely going to try this recipe! It looks so delicious!

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