Easy food recipes for dinner healthy Families

 This Easy Creamy Tomato Chicken and Chorizo Pasta takes under 30 minutes to cook! And is sure to be a hit with the whole family. 

Ingredients

• 5.5 oz chorizo – see note 1
• 1 onion
• 1 red bell peppers see note 2
• 1 yellow bell pepper see note 2
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 chicken breasts
• 4 garlic cloves – crushed
• 1 can chopped tomatoes (14oz/400g)
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp smoked paprika – optional
• 14 oz pasta – see note 3
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup fresh spinach

• To serve

  • parmesan
  • flat-leaf parsley

  Instructions

  • Peel and chop the onion, then chop the bell peppers and set to one side.
  • Slice the chorizo into disks.
  • Heat the olive oil a large frying pan over high heat, add the chorizo and cook for 2 minutes
  • Add the chopped onion and peppers and cook for another 2–3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Whilst the peppers are cooking chop the chicken breasts into small chunks.
  • Add the chicken to the pan and stir around in the oil for 1-2 minutes until lightly golden. Add in the garlic and stir together until aromatic (less than 1 minute)
  • Add the chopped tomatoes, Italian seasoning, sugar, salt, and smoked paprika if using.
  • Bring to a simmer and then cook gently whilst you cook the pasta.
  • Bring a large pan of water to a boil. Add a tablespoon of salt then pour in the pasta.
  • Reserve a cup of the pasta cooking liquid then drain the pasta.
  • Add the pasta to the tomato sauce mixture and pour in the heavy cream.
  • Stir everything together until well coated, thinning the sauce with pasta water as needed.
  • Stir through the fresh spinach and allow to wilt. Serve immediately with parmesan and chopped parsley 
  • Notes
• I usually make this dish with the firm cured Spanish chorizo, have a lookout for it at the grocery store, you’ll find it with the prepacked hams and lunch meat. But if you can only find the soft Mexican sausage kind then go ahead and use that in this dish, it will work well too!
• You can use any color of peppers (capsicums) you like here. We prefer the sweeter red and yellow varieties. But add green if you like.
• You can use any pasta shape that your family likes here. Penne, rigatoni, spiralli, ziti, and pasta shells work well. Or pick a long pasta like spaghetti or linguine.
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