Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Chicken with mushrooms and peas over pasta


The cool weather really gets me into cooking at home more. However, our oven is in the process of dying. It started beeping at 12:37 a.m. last night and my husband finally went downstairs to unplug it at 1 a.m.!

The stove top is still working so I made dinner using that.

Here is an easy (almost) 15 minute meal:

4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, each piece sliced into 4 pieces
1/4 C. flour
pinch of pepper and a pinch of celery salt
1 Tbs. unsalted butter
1 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 C. light sour cream
1 C. chicken stock
1 C. sliced mushrooms
1 C. frozen peas
1 tsp. paprika
1/2 box bowtie (farfalle) pasta

Heat butter and oil in a large nonstick pan. Sprinkle flour, pepper and celery salt over chicken and add to pan when the butter has melted and is bubbling. Brown chicken on all sides (about 3 minutes per side).

Add mushrooms, chicken stock, paprika and sour cream. Stir until combined, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer.

While the chicken cooks, boil pasta in a separate pot. Let chicken cook until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 18 minutes. Before serving, add frozen peas. Serve chicken over pasta.

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