Chicken and Chorizo Pasta

July 7, 2020 | Michele Lyons | Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes | Leave a Comment

This is a great mid-week meal that any member of the family could cook up. The addition of the chorizo gives it a great smokey but not too spicy flavour. Bonus is that I had some leftover cooked chicken breast in the fridge so it made this super fast and easy.

Ingredients:

1 chorizo sausage, sliced
500g Free Range Chicken Breast, diced
1 onion, diced
2-4 gloves garlic, minced
1 red chilli, finely diced
your favourite pasta eg: rigatoni, twists
1 jar of Pasta sauce

Method:

Boil water and start cooking pasta before starting next step.
Heat 1 tsp oil in large fry pan.
Fry onion, garlic, chill and chorizo until onion is soft. Make sure to brown chorizo on both sides.
Remove onion mixed and cook chicken in batches in your pan.
Drain the pasta noodles and add to the pan with chorizo & onion mixture plus cooked chicken.
Pour over pasta sauce. I didn’t use the whole jar as the kids don’t like it to wet and sloppy.
Mix and serve in bowls. Top with chopped basil and some grated parmesan if you like.

About Michele Lyons

Michele Lyons spent 25 years working in the corporate environment with 10 years as an Executive Assistant at a senior level. A couple of years ago Michele decided to forgo the long hours in the city to work closer to home and spend more time with her two teenage boys. Michele started working with us at the Farmers Markets and her excellent organisation skills meant she quickly moved into the office. Since Michele joined The Free Range Butcher her role has expanded to include all things administration, recipe testing, inspirational ideas, marketing, communications and all round keeping the team organised and on track. As long as Michele’s has had her morning coffee you can ask her anything!