This is the perfect weeknight meal for you lemon lovers out there. Lovely creamy lemon chicken pasta is made a little healthier by using fresh ingredients, and replacing the cream for creme fraiche. Yum!
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Ingredients
- Chicken breast fillets – This is the leanest cut of chicken. It cooks really fast in a pan, making it ideal for quick and easy weeknight dinners.
- Pasta – Use your favorite! I’m a fan of whole wheat pasta, which has more fiber and is more filling.
- Creme fraiche – This is the creamy base of our dish.
- Lemon juice – The main flavor component! Use freshly squeezed lemon if possible, but the condiment kind that you buy bottled works fine as well.
- Dill – Dried dill is great with lemon, and really makes this dish something special. Can be substituted with thyme if you don’t have dill available.
How to make creamy lemon chicken pasta
Boil some water in a pot, and cook your pasta according to package instructions.
Meanwhile, dice the chicken breast fillets. Heat some one calorie cooking spray in a large frying pan, then add the chicken and garlic. Leave it to cook while you stir occasionally until the chicken has cooked through, about 5 minutes. Add the dill, lemon and salt and pepper. I usually use quite a bit of pepper in this dish; pepper and lemon are lovely together.
Leave to cook for 1-2 minutes, then add the creme fraiche. Stir to combine the ingredients, and let it simmer for about 3 minutes until the sauce is warm and flavorful. That’s our creamy lemon sauce done.
Add the drained pasta to the creamy chicken sauce, and stir to coat the pasta completely. Allow the dish to rest, and make sure that the pasta has heated through in the sauce before plating up the finished creamy lemon chicken pasta to serve. Optionally, garnish with some fresh lemon slices and fresh coriander.
Serving suggestions
Creamy lemon chicken pasta is great served by itself, as is. If you wish to serve it with a side dish, you can try oven roasted green beans, or keep it simple with tomato and cucumber salad. Some nice garlic bread is also great with any pasta dish.
Storing leftovers
You can store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days. This dish is not suitable for freezing. Reheat the leftovers before serving.
More healthy pasta dishes:
- Creamy fajita pasta with chicken
- Pasta with broccoli and chicken
- Salmon and creme fraiche pasta
- Shrimp and chorizo pasta
- Garlic basil pasta
- Spicy sausage pasta
- Chicken and pesto pasta
Recipe
Creamy lemon chicken pasta
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breast fillets
- 150 g pasta
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp dill
- juice from 1 lemon
- lots of pepper, some salt
- 150 ml low fat creme fraiche
Instructions
- Boil some water in pot, and cook your pasta according to package instructions.
- Finely mince the garlic, and dice the chicken fillets. Heat some oil or cooking spray in a pan, and add both the garlic and chicken to cook until the chicken has cooked through, about 5 minutes.
- Add the dill, lemon, salt and pepper. I go quite heavy on the pepper in this dish. Leave to cook for a minute.
- Add the creme fraiche. Stir to combine the ingredients, and let it simmer for about 3 minutes until the sauce is warm and flavorful. That's our creamy lemon sauce done.
- Add the drained pasta to the creamy chicken sauce, and stir to coat the pasta completely. Allow the dish to rest, and make sure that the pasta has heated through in the sauce before plating up the finished creamy lemon chicken pasta to serve. Optionally, garnish with some fresh lemon slices and fresh coriander.
Notes
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days. This dish is not suitable for freezing.
- Whole wheat pasta takes longer to cook than white pasta, so if using you might want to let the pasta cook for a while before starting on the creamy lemon chicken sauce.
- This dish can be made dairy-free with a dairy-free or vegan creme fraiche substitute.
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