Creamy Zydeco Chicken Pasta

eeeeeeew weeeee dis be some good pasta! I made this the other night listening to Zydeco music, hence the name. It has a nice little kick from the creole seasoning that makes you want to get up and shake your tail feather. I hope you enjoy this as much as my family and I did. This is what I used my homemade pasta with. It was divine!

* Feel free to mix in other veggies too, like mushrooms, broccoli, etc! Or you can even throw in some shrimp instead of using the chicken!

Ingedients:

4	chicken breast, cut into thin strips
8 oz	linguine pasta, cooked al dente
4 tsp	creole seasoning ( i prefer tony chachere's creole seasoning)
3 Tbsp	butter
2	green onions, thinly sliced
2 c	whippping cream
1/4 c	chopped sundried tomatoes
1 Tbsp	cornstarch
1/2 tsp	dried basil
1/4 tsp	ground black pepper
1/4 tsp	garlic powder
1/2 c	parmesan cheese, grated
*I MADE THIS WITH MY SIMPLE HOMEMADE PASTA DOUGH RECIPE! IT WAS DELISH!*

Directions:

1) Place chicken and Creole seasoning in a bowl and toss to coat.

2) In a large skillet over medium heat, sauté chicken in butter until chicken is tender, about 5 to 7 minutes.  

3) Add green onions, heavy cream, tomatoes, basil, salt, garlic powder, black pepper mix well. Turn heat up till it boils let it boil for about 1 minute and then reduce the heat. Whisk in the cornstarch. Cook until sauce thicken a little.           

4)   Pour over hot linguine and toss with Parmesan cheese.      

 NOTE: The sauce may look a little thin. It will thicken up as it mixes and absorbs in the pasta.           

Simple Homemade Pasta Dough!

Just call me Mama Mia! I think I might have some Italian heritage in me some where. Can't you tell with my red hair? But seriously Italian food is one of my favorite to eat and prepare. I have always wanted to make my own pasta but I was always scared to do it, even though there are only 4 ingredients. You don't have to have a pasta machine to make it either but I knew it would be easier if I did. When I won the shopping spree back in June, one of the first things I got was a shiny red pasta maker. I finally busted out that bad boy last night and made some fettuccine noodles. Let me tell ya it was actually really easy, not to mention the best pasta I have ever eaten. I was literally patting myself on the back after accomplishing this feat. I made a yummy creamy creole chicken pasta with the noodles that was DELISH! I will share that recipe with you next time. But today enjoy learning how to make easy peasy pasta!

Ingredients

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 tsp salt

2 cups all purpose flour

1-2 Tbsp water

In a medium sized bowl, combine flour and salt.

Make a well in the flour

 

 

 

 

Add the slightly beaten egg and mix.

 Mixture should form a stiff dough. If needed, stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons water. (the dough should NOT be sticky!)

On a lightly floured surface, knead dough for about 3 to 4 minutes.

Place dough in the pasta machine and roll it through. Or roll flat on your counter top. Fold over in threes and add it to the machine a couple of times on the first level to incorporate the dough better.

With a pasta machine or by hand roll dough out to desired thinness.( I like it to be thin enough to just being able to see my hand through it.) On my machine it is level 6.

Use your machine or pizza cutter, cut into strips of desired width.
Cook for about 7 minutes in boiling water.

Note: It may seem like the pasta isn't smooth enough after you knead it but once you put it through your machine a couple of times and fold it over it will start to smooth out. That is the same for if you don't own a machine and you roll it and fold it on the counter top too.