How to Make Chicken and butternut squash pasta in 17 Minutes for Beginners

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Chicken and butternut squash pasta is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken and butternut squash pasta is something that I have loved my whole life.

For a tasty twist, toss butternut squash into creamy chicken pasta. Butternut Squash and Chicken Pasta are a winning combo any way you toss it. Like many butternut squash pastas, this one lacks dimension.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken and butternut squash pasta using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken and butternut squash pasta:

1. Take 350 g Chicken breast, shredded
2. Get 300 g Penne pasta
3. Take 1 Courgette cut into cubes
4. Prepare 1/2 Aubergine cut into cubes
5. Make ready 1/2 Butternut squash cut into cubes
6. Make ready 1 Clove garlic finely chopped
7. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
8. Get Cheese sauce
9. Get 500 ml milk
10. Take 50 g plain flour
11. Get 50 g butter
12. Take 100 g grated cheddar cheese
13. Get 1 tsp dried tarragon

Chicken and Butternut Squash is an easy and comforting meal made with chicken, butternut squash, mushrooms, and a delicious light cream sauce. Repeat with any uncooked chicken breasts. It relies on cooked butternut squash for sweetness and thickness. An Italian three-cheese blend is melted in at the end.

Instructions to make Chicken and butternut squash pasta:

1. Peel and deseed butternut squash and cut into cubes. Steam or boil for 20 mins
2. Cook pasta following pack instructions (around 14 mins)
3. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil, pan fry chicken breasts on medium heat for about 6-7 mins until edges are opaque. Flip over, and cook for a further 6-7 minutes or until cooked through. Rest for 5 minutes then shred.
4. Cook cheese sauce. Melt butter in a pan. Mix flour and milk, added to the pan, bring to the boil, add cheese and tarragon and simmer on low for 5 mins.
5. Cut courgette and aubergine into cubes and sauté with 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic for 5 mins or until soft.
6. Drain pasta then add all the other cooked ingredients and sauce into the pan, mix well and serve.

I had some leftover cooked butternut squash and and made this savory pasta sauce. It is tasty over ravioli or any whole grain pasta. While the butternut squash is roasting, cook the pasta until al dente. Drain, reserving ½ cup of the cooking liquid. Once the squash is tender, remove and transfer to a blender with the garlic and shallots with chicken stock.

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