Saturday, August 30, 2008

Chicken Pasta



Ingredients:
Pasta - 1 cup(uncooked)
Chicken - (either minced or small pieces) 1 cup
Mixed vegetables - 2 cups
Garlic Crushed - 6
Onion sliced- 1 big
Dry oregano - 1 tsp
Dry crushed red pepper - 1 to tsp
Onion Powder - 1 tsp
Aji-no-moto - just a pinch or two
soy sauce - 1tbsp
Method:
To cook the pasta :
Boil some water in a large pan.Add salt.When it bubbles and swirls, add Pasta .Reduce the flame to medium and close the pan with a lid.Cook for 4-5 minutes or until they are ‘just’ soft.Take care not to over cook. Drain the pasta. and rinse it under a running tap of cold water.Drain the cold water and add a tbsp of oil and mix it which will help pasta to be separate and glossy.
To cook the chicken:
Heat some oil in a pan, add the chicken either minced or small pieces , here ihave gotten minced.
add some salt ,pepper to it and saute it until the chicken is cooked. Set it aside.

Now, heat some oil in a pan, and throw in the onions , then add the garlic and then all the vegetables and saute them all under high flame, until the vegetables are crisp and just cook(not too soft/over cooked). Add oregano/dry crushed red pepper/onion powder/soy sauce/aji-no-moto and mix well together along with the vegetables. Add the pasta and cooked chicken to the pan and mix them all together. You may garnish this with some spring onions on the top.