Cajun Chicken Pasta – Kids Lunch Box Ideas 3

This is one dish which i made few days back and loved it so much. The spices which i used in this is cajun spice mix and it is wonderful with pasta. 

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This is a great dish to put in your kids lunch box because it keeps really well. Along with a fruit and a veggie, it makes a complete meal.

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I used chicken in this, but you can easily skip the chicken and make it completely veg. You can add some tofu, broccoli or any veggies as you like in this.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time :30 mins
Serves: 4


Ingredients:

Pasta – 2 cups
Oil – 2 tblspn
Chicken Breast – 1 large cubed
Cajun Spice Mix – 1 tblspn + 2 tblspn
Onions – 1 large sliced thinly
Capsicum – 1/2 sliced thinly
Butter – 1 tblspn
Garlic – 4 cloves chopped finely
Tomatoes – 3 large chopped finely
Cream – 1/2 cup
Coriander leaves – 2 tblspn chopped finely

Method:

Start by cooking pasta, drop pasta in lots of salted boiling water. Cook till done. 

Mix chicken with cajun spice mix and set aside.

Meanwhile make the sauce. Heat oil in a pan. Add in chicken and cook for 3 to 4 mins till it is done, remove to a plate.

IN the same pan, add in onions and capsicum and saute till golden brown. Remove and set aside.

In the same pan, add some butter and saute some garlic. Once the garlic is cooked

Add in tomatoes and cook till it is done. Add in cajun spice mix and mix well.

Add in the chicken and onion capsicum mix back in and mix well.

Add some water and simmer for 5 mins or so.

Add in cream and mix well.

Add in the drained pasta and coriander leaves. Toss well.

Serve.

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