Recipe - Chipotle Chicken Pasta

Ingredients

Makes 4 Servings

• 1.5 pounds Chicken Breast
• 8oz (224g) Barilla Rotini Pasta
• 1.5 cups (12oz) nonfat milk.
• 4 tablespoons (20g) Parmesan cheese
• 1 can (7 oz) Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce
• half a brick (4oz) Low Fat Cream Cheese
• 1 Large Onion diced.
• 4 servings Chicken Bouillon (Use 4 servings per your container of Bouillon. It should be about 350mg of sodium per serving. If unsure, you can just leave this out and add salt instead as needed.)
• 1 tablespoon Minced Garlic
• parsley for garnish.

Tools

• Blender

Instructions

1. Mix 1 tablespoon of cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
2. Coat chicken with spice mixture from above and set aside.
3. Add all nonfat milk, all Parmesan cheese, all Chipotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce, and all Low Fat Cream Cheese into blender.
4. Blend sauce, then put in refrigerator, as next steps can take some time.
5. Cook Chicken Breast in a skillet on medium high heat for 4 minutes, flip, and repeat. Chicken Breast should have a dark crust.
6. Reduce Heat.
7. Cut Chicken Breast vertically in half. Season the unseasoned side of the Chicken Breast, return to heat until this side also develops crust
8. Repeat above step once more.
9. You will now have thin strips of chicken. Chop into large cubes to finish cooking to 165.
10. Remove chicken from skillet and add diced large onion.
11. Separately, prepare pasta per your pasta’s instructions. Save a small amount of pasta water.
12. once onion has begun to develop color, add Minced Garlic
13. As soon as garlic begins to develop color, reduce heat and add the sauce from the blender. It should be in the refrigerator.
14. Add Chicken Bouillon to sauce.
15. Add additional Paprika for color.
16. Add small amount of pasta water.
17. Slowly simmer until sauce begins to thicken.
18. Add Chicken to skillet
19. Add Pasta to skillet.
20. Garnish with parsley and serve.

Totals Per Dish:

Ingredient	Cal	Carb	Protein	Fat	Sugar	Fiber
1.5 LBS chicken breast	660	0g	144g	6g	0g	0g
1.5 cups 0% Milk	135	19.5g	13.5g	0g	13g	0g
224g Barilla Rotini	800	168g	28g	4g	8g	12g
20g Parmesan Cheese	80	0g	8g	6g	0.6g	0g
1 Large Onion	5.25	1.25g	0g	0g	0.6g	0g
1/8 cup canola oil	240.0	0g	0g	28g	1.5g	1.2g
4oz Low Fat Cream Cheese	280.0	4g	8g	24g	4g	0g
4 servings Bouillon	24g	8g	0g	0g	0g	0g
1 TBS Garlic	0.4	0g	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals	2224.65	200.75g	201.5g	68g	27.7g	13.2g

Totals Per Serving:

Ingredient	Cal	Carb	Protein	Fat	Sugar	Fiber
1.5 LBS chicken breast	165.0	0g	36g	1.5g	0g	0g
1.5 cups 0% Milk	33.75	4.875g	3.375g	0g	3.25g	0g
224g Barilla Rotini	200.0	42g	7g	1g	2g	3g
20g Parmesan Cheese	20.0	0g	2g	1.5g	0.15g	0g
1 Large Onion	1.3125	0.3125g	0g	0g	0.15g	0g
1/8 cup canola oil	60.0	0g	0g	7g	0.375g	0.3g
4oz Low Fat Cream Cheese	70.0	1g	2g	6g	1g	0g
4 servings Bouillon	6g	2g	0g	0g	0g	0g
1 TBS Garlic	0.1	0g	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals	556.1625	50.1875g	50.375g	17g	6.925g	3.3g

Brands for nutrition info:

(Not endorsing these brands, this is just what was used for nutrition info)

• Kraft grated Parmesan Cheese
• Lucerne fat free milk
• La Morena Chipotle peppers in Adobo Sauce
• Philadelphia 1/3 fat cream cheese.
• Barilla Tri-Color Rotini Pasta

Recipe inspiration from Aussie Fitness.