How to Make Appetizing Creamy courgette and chicken pasta

Creamy courgette and chicken pasta. This is a fantastic recipe for using up any leftover chicken and is a great option for a quick and tasty midweek supper. Cook for a few minutes stirring constantly until the onions are soft. Add courgettes and cook and stir until soft.

Make the most of courgettes in the summer. Slice them into fine ribbons, toss them into a chicken pasta salad and sprinkle cheese on top. This is one of my favourite pastas, but I must start with a warning: it isn't as easy on the eye as on the palate; this is a dish made for pleasure not a photo-op. You can have Creamy courgette and chicken pasta using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Creamy courgette and chicken pasta

Prepare 500 grams of pasta (any shape).
It's 600 ml of creme fraiche.
Prepare 200 grams of chicken.
Prepare 1 of courgette/zucchini.
It's 1 of red pepper.
Prepare 1 large of whote onion.
It's 50 grams of cheese (optional).

Raise your hand if pasta is your go-to "forgot to make dinner" meal. Since you probably have some leftover chicken on hand too, or a fresh pack, make your meal a little more filling with these. I've been crowned the Queen of Creamy-Without-Cream*, but today I'm dethroning myself temporarily just so I can share this Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta with you without an inkling of guilt. We've made it to the end of the year, and the month of December is about indulgences.

Creamy courgette and chicken pasta step by step

put the pasta onto boil.
fry the onion, pepper, courgette and chicken in same pan so they absorb the flavour.
drain off the pasta.
add the vegetables and the chicken into the pot with the pasta.
add in the creme fraiche and mix through.
add in about three quarters of the cheese and allow to melt in.
serve up sprinkling the remaining cheese on top.
also delicious cold!.

Add the pasta to the cream then serve on plates. Spoon over the griddled chicken and vegetables. Creamy Chicken Penne Pasta. featured in Tasty's Best Pasta Recipes. In a deep skillet, fry the bacon until crispy. Remove to a paper towel to drain, then chop.