Roasted Chicken Over Creamy Asparagus Pasta
- 1 whole Chicken, Cut Up
- 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/4 cups White Wine (or Chicken Broth)
- 2 sprigs Fresh Oregano
- 2 sprigs Fresh Thyme
- 1 teaspoon Coarse Salt
- 1 teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper
- 1/4 cups Fresh Lemon Juice
- 1/2 bunches Asparagus
- 3 cloves Garlic, Roughly Chopped
- 1/2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1/4 cups Chicken Stock
- 1 pound Brown Rice Spaghetti Noodles (or Whatever You Have On Hand)
- 1/4 cups Sun Dried Tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoons Coarse Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Freshly Ground Pepper
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Coat the bottom of a cast iron skillet with a little oil, along with coating all sides of the chicken.
- Nestle the chicken pieces into the pan.
- Pour the wine over the chicken.
- Top with the fresh oregano and thyme leaves, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Roast the chicken in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
- Change the oven to broil, and broil the chicken for 5 more minutes.
- Bring it out of the oven and spritz with a little bit of the lemon juice.
- Let rest for 5 minutes.
- In the meantime, give the asparagus a rough chop (after removing and discarding the tough bottom ends) and throw it into a food processor.
- Add the garlic and blitz it until finely chopped.
- Add the cream, broth/stock, a good pinch of salt and pepper.
- Blitz a bit more until everything is combined and creamy.
- Pour sauce into a small saucepan and simmer lightly while the pasta cooks.
- Cook the pasta until it reaches al dente (according to package instructions for al dente).
- Drain pasta and add it to the saucepan.
- Toss to coat the pasta with the cream sauce.
- Toss in the sun-dried tomatoes.
- Resist sticking your mouth into the pot.
- Oh, youll see.
- Serve creamy asparagus pasta topped with a piece of roasted chicken.
- Spritz with a little more lemon if desired.
- Drizzle with more sauce and freaking have.
- at.
- it.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/roasted-chicken-over-creamy-asparagus-pasta/ (may not work)