How to Cook Perfect Chicken and butternut squash pasta

Name: How to Cook Perfect Chicken and butternut squash pasta
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 350 gChicken breast, shredded; 300 gPenne pasta; 1Courgette cut into cubes; 1/2Aubergine cut into cubes; 1/2Butternut squash cut into cubes; 1 Clovegarlic finely chopped; 2 tbspolive oil; Cheese sauce; 500 mlmilk; 50 gplain flour; 50 gbutter; 100 ggrated cheddar cheese; 1 tspdried tarragon

Sallie Collins

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An easy and delicious dinner that's perfect for fall!

Very easy and quick dish to prepare for kids.

Like many butternut squash pastas, this one lacks dimension.

You can cook Chicken and butternut squash pasta using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken and butternut squash pasta

It’s 350 g of Chicken breast, shredded.
You need 300 g of Penne pasta.
Prepare 1 of Courgette cut into cubes.
You need 1/2 of Aubergine cut into cubes.
You need 1/2 of Butternut squash cut into cubes.
It’s 1 Clove of garlic finely chopped.
Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
You need of Cheese sauce.
You need 500 ml of milk.
Prepare 50 g of plain flour.
Prepare 50 g of butter.
Prepare 100 g of grated cheddar cheese.
Prepare 1 tsp of dried tarragon.

Starch on starch with aromatic notes and a bit of crunch.

It needs brightness and pungency and textural interest, in my opinion.

Ultimately the sauce and the noodles become the same texture and each bite feels monotonous.

It relies on cooked butternut squash for sweetness and thickness.

Chicken and butternut squash pasta step by step

Peel and deseed butternut squash and cut into cubes. Steam or boil for 20 mins.
Cook pasta following pack instructions (around 14 mins).
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil, pan fry chicken breasts on medium heat for about 6-7 mins until edges are opaque. Flip over, and cook for a further 6-7 minutes or until cooked through. Rest for 5 minutes then shred..
Cook cheese sauce. Melt butter in a pan. Mix flour and milk, added to the pan, bring to the boil, add cheese and tarragon and simmer on low for 5 mins..
Cut courgette and aubergine into cubes and sauté with 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic for 5 mins or until soft..
Drain pasta then add all the other cooked ingredients and sauce into the pan, mix well and serve..

An Italian three-cheese blend is melted in at the end.

I had some leftover cooked butternut squash and and made this savory pasta sauce.

It is tasty over ravioli or any whole grain pasta.

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