Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  2 full breast (both fillets) or 472g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Onions

  Raw

  ½ medium or 55g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 ¹³⁄₁₆ cloves, minced or 8g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  2 cup or 480g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  3 cup or 710g

• Pasta

  Corn, dry

  455g

• Broccoli

  Raw

  4 cup chopped or 364g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ½ tsp or 0.9g

• Nutmeg

  Spices, ground

  ¼ tsp or 0.6g

• Whole milk

  3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D

  1 cup or 244g

• Cheddar cheese

  2 cup, shredded or 226g

Directions

1. Heat oil on medium heat in a pot. Add chicken, season with salt and pepper and allow to brown on each side.
2. Flip chicken then add onions and garlic. Cook until browned.
3. Once chicken has browned on both sides, add broth, water and pasta to the pot.
4. Stir all ingredients, cover pot with lid and allow to boil. Once boiling, uncover and stir. Bring heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
5. After 20 minutes uncover and add in broccoli. Stir continuously until the liquid evaporates.
6. Add milk and cheese. Stir until cheese melts and you have a smooth cheesy sauce.
7. Add salt and pepper, cayenne and nutmeg. Stir well and serve.

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