Southwest Chicken Linguine
This creamy linguine pasta dish is loaded with grilled chicken, mushrooms and green onion. It gets it's Southwestern spiciness from the addition of Rotel tomatoes. An instant family favorite!
Servings: 8
Calories: 520kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts grilled and sliced. (I used a frozen grilled chicken fajita meat about 1.5 pounds)
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 16 ounce sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 large onion diced I used a sweet onion
- 3 - 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 can MILD Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies, undrained
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 2 teaspoons Black Pepper
- 16 ounces Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese plus additional for serving
- 16 ounce Linguine Noodles cooked al dente
- Green Onions for garnishing
Instructions
- In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat.
- Add the mushrooms and onions and saute until softened. About 10 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic and continue cooking for 1 minute stirring constantly.
- Add the UNDRAINED tomatoes, UNDRAINED rotel, salt and pepper. Continue cooking for 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium, add the cream and parmesan cheese, and continue cooking until sauce thickens slightly about 10 more minutes. Stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, prepare linguini noodles according to the package directions.
- Toss cooked noodles with prepared sauce.
- Top with sliced grilled chicken and lots of green onions.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 520kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 139mg | Sodium: 710mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g