Chicken Pasta
Night three. Noodles, leftover chicken, spinach, cheese. The package is gone and you did not order out.
- Time
- 15 min
- Cost
- $3.50 / 1 sv
- Protein
- 36g
- Calories
- 560
Cost is an approximate grocery total for this recipe as written. Protein and calories are estimates per serving.
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Shopping list
- 3 ounces PastaPantry
- 3/4 cup Cooked chickenMeat
- 2 handfuls SpinachProduce
- 1 tablespoon Olive oilPantry
- 1/4 cup Shredded cheeseDairy
- for the water, plus a pinch SaltPantry
Do this
- 1Boil salted water. Cook pasta. Save a splash of pasta water, then drain.
- 2Return pasta to the pot. Add oil, chicken, spinach, cheese, and a pinch of salt.
- 3Stir on low for 1 minute until spinach wilts and chicken is hot.
- 4If it looks dry, add the pasta water splash. Taste for salt.
- 5You started with one package of chicken. You just finished three different dinners. That is the whole point.
Gear for this one
One saucepan
Pasta, rice, oatmeal, chili. A 2–3 quart pot covers almost every 'boil water' job.
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