Love an under 30 min, one pot weeknight dish!
Ingredients for 2:
– 4 oz lentil pasta (look for one ingredient organic like Tolerant, I picked fusilli so the sauce could get into all the corkscrews, delish!)
– 10-12 oz chicken of choice (I did boneless skinless chicken thighs deglazed in 1/2 cup bone broth – deets below), chicken breast would be good too. You can slice it in half (so they’re thinner) to help cut down on cooking time.
– 2 cups chopped organic broccoli
– 1/2 -2/3 cup shredded Parmesan – 1 tbsp for topping
– 1 tsp ghee or grass fed butter
– 1.5 tbsp flour of choice (I did organic almond flour)
– 1/2 cup – 1 cup milk of choice (I like Malk almond milk or raw milk!)
– 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper, 1 tsp garlic powder, dash of nutmeg, 1 tsp italian seasoning
– 1 tbsp panko
Directions:
1. Cook chicken. I added a drizzle of avocado oil to a cast iron skillet, added my chicken thighs, seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning and seared over medium high heat about 6 mins. Then flip, cook another 5ish mins. If cooking with chicken breasts, turn heat to medium low and pop a lid on it for another 10ish minutes until it’s cooked through. For chicken thighs add your bone broth to the pan, reduce heat to medium, pop a lid on it and cook for another 10 mins. Once cooked through – remove from heat and let rest.
2. While chicken cooks – boil pasta water and salt heavily. Add pasta and brocolli to water and cook according to package directions (mine was 6 mins).
3. Strain and reserve about 1/2 cup of the pasta water. Turn broiler on oven.
4. In same pasta pot, turn heat to low. Add butter. Once melted add flour and whisk. Then add milk – start with a half a cup. See how the thickness is. You want it to be thick but not watery. Add more milk and or pasta water as needed. Add cheese, season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, nutmeg and Italian seasoning.
5. Dice chicken. Add pasta & brocolli and chicken to the pot. See how the sauce is, if needed, can slowly add more liquid (milk or pasta water 1 tbsp at a time). Season to taste.
6. Add to baking dish (I used a round pie pan, can use square baking dish too) and top with panko and remaining 1 tbsp parm. Put in oven under broiler 3-5 mins (keep and eye on it so it doesn’t burn).
Let cool and enjoy!
