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20-minute crispy chicken pasta

Breaded golden chicken over creamy tomato pasta with a mozzarella melt on top — the viral 20-minute dinner that started a 100-day streak.

Prep10 min
Cook20 min
Total30 min
Serves3

Ingredients

  • Pasta of your choice
  • Chicken, coated in flour, egg and breadcrumbs, fried golden
  • A little oil + butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, sliced
  • Oregano, salt, black pepper, seasoning, paprika
  • 1 tbsp tomato sauce
  • 1/4 cup pasta cooking water
  • 1 cup heavy or cooking cream
  • Mozzarella, to finish

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta in salted boiling water; keep a quarter cup of the water.
  2. In a pan, warm a little oil with butter, fry the chopped onion and sliced garlic, then add the spices.
  3. Stir in the tomato sauce and the pasta water, then the cream.
  4. Add the drained pasta and toss until coated.
  5. Top with the sliced fried chicken, shower with mozzarella, and cover 1 minute until it melts.
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