Spicy Chicken Pasta

This easy Spicy Chicken Pasta recipe is loaded with tender chicken, spaghetti, and spicy tomato pasta sauce. It's simple, quick, tasty, and ready in 30 minutes!

📝 Ingredients

• 300 g Chicken breast (About 10.5oz, Boneless skinless chicken thigh/breast cut into thin strips)
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Black pepper
• 150 g Spaghetti (Any dried/fresh pasta, penne, fusilli, or linguine ( about 5.5 oz))
• 3-4 cloves Garlic (Finely chopped/minced)
• 1/2 Brown onion (Finely chopped)
• 1 tsp Crushed chillies (Dried red chilli flakes)
• 350 g Tomato passata (About 12oz)
• 1 tbsp Italian herbs (Dried Italian herbs mix or oregano)
• 2-3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
• 1 Chicken stock cube (Or vegetable stock cube ( see details in note ))
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 20 g Parmigiano-Reggiano (about 0.7oz, Freshly grated)
• 1-2 tbsp Parsley (Finely chopped)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Season the water with 1-2 teaspoon of salt. Cook the spaghetti/pasta in the boiling water according to the package instructions. Save 1 cup of pasta boiling water for later use. Meanwhile the pasta is cooking you can prepare the chicken and tomato sauce.
2. 2Heat the pan in medium heat, drizzle 2 tablespoon of olive oil and stir fry the chicken strips for 2-3 minutes until slightly brown. Remove from pan and set it aside.
3. 3In the same pan, drizzle more oil and saute the garlic for a few seconds until fragrant. Follow with the onions and cook until the onions are soft and translucent. Add dried chilli flakes and stir for a few seconds.
4. 4Next add the tomato passata, ½ cup pasta water, Italian herbs, salt, pepper and chicken stock cube. Stir well and bring it to simmer.
5. 5Now place the cooked pasta and chicken strips and combine well with the tomato sauce. Sprinkle grated cheese and chopped parsley and stir it well.
6. 6Turn off the heat and transfer to serving plate. Garnish with grated cheese and chopped parsley.