Sweet Garlic Chicken With Pasta

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless chicken breasts, cooked and diced
• 8 ounces garlic, minced (don't skimp on this)
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 lb button mushrooms (or your choice of specialty mushrooms eg, shitake)
• 2 cups plum tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup green onion, chopped
• 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 16 ounces bow tie pasta (farfelle)
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro (if desired can be substituted with fresh parsley, 1 tsp dried cilantro)

Recipe

• 1 cook bowtie pasta (preferably whole wheat) according to package directions.
• 2 cook garlic, stirring very often in hot oil in large skillet over medium high heat until lightly browned (don’t over cook or it will become bitter.
• 3 add mushrooms tomatoes green onions and red pepper flakes. cook and stir 3-4 minutes.
• 4 add broth, simmer to reduce slightly.
• 5 add chicken, pasta and spice (if desired) try cilantro dried if you have not tried it. or use parsley if cilantro is not to your taste.
• 6 heat though, and garnish with cilantro or parsley if desired.
• 7 (i like the fresh variety about a ¼ cup, my husband is not so fond of it, so i use either dried cilantro 1 tsp or fresh parsley.
• 8 • don’t worry about the amount of garlic. it truly does become, as the title says sweet.