Cajun Chicken Pasta
Cajun Chicken Pasta — spicy, cajun flavored chicken combined with a creamy melty parmesan alfredo sauce. It’s a restaurant quality meal ready in under 30 minutes!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1-2 inch chunks
- 1 lb Penne pasta cooked according to directions on box You could also use Gemelli, Rotini or any other pasta of choice
- 3 teaspoons cajun seasoning
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2-3 green onions sliced thin
- 2-3 tablespoons chopped roasted red peppers
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 cup shredded parmesan cheese + additional for garnish
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Melt two tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- While butter is melting, combine cajun seasoning, paprika, salt and pepper in a ziplock bag or a bowl. Coat the chicken with the seasonings.
- Add chicken to the skillet and cook over medium high heat until the chicken is cooked through which should take around 7-8 minutes. Use a meat thermometer if needed to check for doneness. Chicken should be cooked to 165 degrees.
- Remove chicken from pan and set aside.
- To the pan add sliced green onions and roasted red peppers. Sauté veggies for 2-3 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium low.
- Add in heavy whipping cream, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer until whipping cream reduces by about half.
- Mix the chicken back in to the cream/onion and roasted red pepper mixture.
- Once cream has reduced, add in a heaping 2/3 cup of finely grated parmesan cheese and stir until it has melted.
- Stir in the pasta and top with extra parmesan cheese and green onion for garnish.