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Amatriciana Pasta with Chicken (or Chicken Fettuccine with Blush Tomato Sauce)

Amatriciana Pasta with Chicken (or Chicken Fettuccine with Blush Tomato Sauce) - a simple but delicious chicken and pasta dish that you can make any day of the week or even to serve at a dinner party.
Course Dinner
Cuisine Italian Inspired
Keyword Amatriciana, pasta
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 6 or more servings
Calories 826 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

  • 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 3 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 4-6 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 8 strips crisp cooked smoked bacon crumbled
  • 2 19- ounce cans roma tomatoes I puree tomatoes in the food processor
  • 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 4 tbsp Fresh Basil or Oregano chopped or half that amount dried
  • 1 large diced tomato
  • 1 red pepper diced
  • ½ cup kalamata olives pitted and chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
  • 1/2 tsp coarsely ground black pepper or to taste for seasoning
  • 1 tsp salt or to taste for seasoning
  • 1 tsp chill flakes or to taste
  • 2 tablespoons capers roughly chopped
  • ½ cup whipping cream
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan Romano or Asiago Cheese
  • 1 to 1 1/2 pounds fresh fettuccine

Instructions

  1. Flatten the chicken breasts to about a half inch thickness. Season both sides with salt and pepper
  2. Grill chicken breasts on the barbeque or pan fry them in the olive oil.
  3. Cook your chicken breasts in advance and slice or dice them and set aside. I have even cooked them the day before and used them cold out of the fridge.
  4. Add about 3 tbsp olive oil to a large dutch oven over medium low heat.
  5. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add tomato sauce, brown sugar, fresh basil or oregano, bacon, peppers, tomato, olives, chilli flakes, salt and pepper to taste. I like lots of pepper in this recipe.
  6. Simmer this sauce, uncovered, for 20 minutes, add whipping cream and simmer for 5 minutes more.
  7. Add the chicken to the sauce and simmer for 5 more minutes, uncovered.
  8. Stir in the parmesan cheese and remove from heat.
  9. Serve over cooked linguine, or fettuccine, and top with grated Parmesan or Romano cheese.

Recipe Notes


The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.