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'Marry Me' Free-range Chicken Pasta with Apple Salad
Our take on the viral 'Marry Me' chicken. Starring our tender British free-range chicken breast, simmering away in a luscious sauce, with fresh baby tomatoes, herby oregano a decadent cashew cream. Toss through our brown rice fusilli to soak up all the flavour. Serve with a fresh apple salad for the perfect bite.
High protein
8 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 75g seasonal tomatoes
- 80g green beans
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard (Mustard) (Water, Mustard Seeds (Ground), Spirit Vinegar, Salt)
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 200ml cashew cream (use half) (Nuts) (water, cashew (7%), sunflower oil, stabiliser (arabic gum, xanthan gum), sea salt)
- 1 apple (use half)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (apple cider vinegar (100%))
- 300g diced British Free Range chicken breast
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 onion
- 120g brown rice fusilli pasta (Soya) (Brown rice flour 100%)
- 40g mixed salad leaves
Nutritional Information
Calories: 639
Protein: 50g
Carbs: 63g
Fat: 21g
Ingredients
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard (use half) (Mustard) (Water, Mustard Seeds (Ground), Spirit Vinegar, Salt)
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (use half) (apple cider vinegar (100%))
- 120g brown rice fusilli pasta (use half) (Soya) (Brown rice flour 100%)
- 150g diced British Free Range chicken breast
- 75g seasonal tomatoes (use half)
- 40g mixed salad leaves (use half)
- 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste (use half) (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 1 tsp dried oregano (use half)
- 2 garlic clove
- 200ml cashew cream (use half) (Nuts) (water, cashew (7%), sunflower oil, stabiliser (arabic gum, xanthan gum), sea salt)
- 1 apple (use a quarter)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 80g green beans (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 691
Protein: 51g
Carbs: 65g
Fat: 25g
'Marry Me' Free-range Chicken Pasta with Apple Salad
Our take on the viral 'Marry Me' chicken. Starring our tender British free-range chicken breast, simmering away in a luscious sauce, with fresh baby tomatoes, herby oregano a decadent cashew cream. Toss through our brown rice fusilli to soak up all the flavour. Serve with a fresh apple salad for the perfect bite.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a large frying pan, a medium bowl, a sieve & a measuring jug
Sizzle the chicken
- Thinly slice the onion. Thinly slice or crush the garlic
- Add one-quarter of the onion to the medium bowl with half the vinegar. Season with salt and pepper, toss to coat and set aside
- Heat the large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the chicken and remaining onion and cook for 4 mins, until golden. Season with salt and pepper
Get boiling
- Meanwhile, trim and cut the green beans into thirds. Halve the tomatoes
- Add the fusilli to the saucepan and boil for 10-11 mins, until cooked. In the final 3 mins, add the green beans
- Reserve 100ml of pasta water (50ml for 1 person), then drain
Simmer simmer
- Add the tomatoes and garlic to the chicken pan and cook for 1 min
- Stir in the half bottle of cashew cream, the sundried tomato paste, oregano, half the mustard, the remaining vinegar and the reserved pasta water. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 13 mins, until the chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened
Simmer the sauce
- Thinly slice the half apple
- When ready, add the cooked pasta and green beans to the chicken pan and toss to coat in the sauce. Season with salt and pepper
Build the apple salad & plate up
- Add the remaining mustard and 1 tsp oil to the onion bowl. Mix well, then add the sliced apple and salad leaves. Toss to coat
- Check your chicken is cooked through by cutting a large piece in half; the flesh should be white and the juices running clear
- Share the 'marry me' chicken pasta between bowls, with the salad alongside
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