15-minute chicken pasta

15-minute chicken pasta

Enjoy fast food with a mouthwateringly healthy chicken pasta - low in fat too

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Method

  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.
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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 43.0g, carbohydrate 70.0g, fat 11.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 6.0g, salt 0.52 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2002.

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  • Binder photo Nennepus

    01 November 2007

    Nennepus commented on this recipe

    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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  • Binder photo wendy

    05 November 2007

    wendy rated and commented on this recipe

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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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    14 November 2007

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    15 November 2007

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  • Binder photo Jeanathan

    15 November 2007

    Jeanathan rated and commented on this recipe

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

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  • Binder photo alannabeveridge

    29 January 2008

    alannabeveridge rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very simple, easy and tasty!

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  • Binder photo jax food1458

    19 February 2008

    jax food1458 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great quick recipe Lovely tasting and fulfilling - yummy

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  • Binder photo tastytash

    20 February 2008

    tastytash rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    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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  • Binder photo kath1011

    09 March 2008

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  • Binder photo frolo743

    18 March 2008

    frolo743 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    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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  • Binder photo ailiejan

    25 March 2008

    ailiejan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    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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    02 August 2008

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  • Binder photo Barbinabox

    13 August 2008

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  • Binder photo peejay13

    15 October 2008

    peejay13 rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    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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  • Binder photo pupsiecola

    04 January 2009

    pupsiecola rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

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

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  • Binder photo maxismummy

    08 March 2009

    maxismummy rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    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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  • Binder photo bugga22

    01 August 2009

    bugga22 commented on this recipe

    yummy!

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  • Binder photo Rebecca

    24 August 2009

    Rebecca rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

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

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  • Binder photo amazing

    12 September 2009

    amazing rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

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

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  • Binder photo YW

    05 October 2009

    YW rated and commented on this recipe

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    very quick, easy and delicious!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Easily doubled

Preparation and cooking times

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Easily doubled for a crowd

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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Per serving

531 kcalories, protein 43.0g, carbohydrate 70.0g, fat 11.0 g, saturated fat 1.0g, fibre 6.0g, salt 0.52 g

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