15-minute chicken pasta

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1. Video tutorial: Making pasta

1. Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions. Three minutes before the pasta is cooked, throw the broccoli into the pasta water and continue to boil.
2. While the pasta is cooking, gently heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Tip in the chicken and fry, stirring occasionally, until the chicken pieces are cooked and golden, about 8-10 minutes, adding the garlic for the last 2 minutes.
3. Mix the mustard with the orange juice in a small bowl. Pour the mixture over the chicken, and gently simmer for a minute or two. Drain the pasta and broccoli, reserving 3 tablespoons of the pasta water. Toss the pasta and broccoli with the chicken, stir in the pasta water and the almonds, season well and serve.

Making it nut-free

Pine nuts are an ideal replacement for the almonds if you have a nut allergy, as they are in fact a seed from a variety of pine tree.

Per serving

531 kcalories, protein 43g, carbohydrate 70g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 6g, salt 0.52 g

'A ridiculously easy, effortless recipe. My husband loved it - the tangy sauce livened up the pasta and chicken, turning an everyday dish into something special.'

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• Nennepus

  01 November 2007

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  I love this dish - easy, fresh and tasty. It's one I make often - when I don't really feel like cooking something at all - but still have to make dinner ;-)

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• wendy

  05 November 2007

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  So easy to make and very tasty. for a cold lunch my son added creamy colwslaw and mixed that in to make moist, that added to the fat content but still very tasty

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• Jeanathan

  15 November 2007

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  We enjoyed it. I made it again using salmon and it was very nice.

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• alannabeveridge

  29 January 2008

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  Very simple, easy and tasty!

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• jax food1458

  19 February 2008

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  Great quick recipe Lovely tasting and fulfilling - yummy

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• tastytash

  20 February 2008

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  Flavours were lovely together but I found this a bit dry - thought the pasta could do with a bit more sauce.

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• frolo743

  18 March 2008

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  This is fab & SO easy. 3rd time I made it discovered I had no oranges or orange juice - added juice of 1/2 lime i found languishing in fridge & good splash of lemon juice from a bottle. Also added good dollop of 1/2 fat creme fraiche, mmmmmm.

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• ailiejan

  25 March 2008

  ailiejan rated and commented on this recipe

  

  We eat this often, and I've tried it swapping the almonds for toasted pine nuts and the broccoli for spinach. I agree that it does need a bit more juice and then top it with fresh parsley and parmesan! Yum.

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• peejay13

  15 October 2008

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  I'm really sorry but neither my family nor I liked this recipe at all. The sauce was thin and did not flavuor the pasta, lucky because it tasted really bad. I don;t think the orange juice worked with theother ingredients AT ALL. It also smelled really unappetising. I usually love everything I try from this site but the dog got most of this one, and even HE has't eaten it.... pretty damning when you consider he is a greedy Westie!!!

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  04 January 2009

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  This is now one of our family favourites. It's very quick and easy, and very tasty.

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• maxismummy

  08 March 2009

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  This was OK but disappointing and I won't make again. I thought my kids would love it as they love pasta and chicken but they weren't impressed either!

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  01 August 2009

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  yummy!

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  24 August 2009

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  I really liked his but my husband didn't so i ate his as well!

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  12 September 2009

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  my husband loved it!! very easy and smells delicious!!

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  05 October 2009

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  very quick, easy and delicious!

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Ingredients

• 350g pasta bows (farfalle)
• 300g broccoli , cut into small florets
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 large skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized chunks
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• juice of 1 large or 2 small oranges
• 25g flaked almonds , toasted

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Serves 4

Easily doubled

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Cook 15 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Ingredients

• 350g pasta bows (farfalle)
• 300g broccoli , cut into small florets
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 large skinless boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized chunks
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
• juice of 1 large or 2 small oranges
• 25g flaked almonds , toasted

Per serving

531 kcalories, protein 43g, carbohydrate 70g, fat 11 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 6g, salt 0.52 g

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