Name: Creamy chicken and mushroom pasta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 250 gram spaghetti, broken in half; 50 gram butter, chopped; 500 gram chicken breast fillet, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 250 gram button mushrooms, quartered; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 1/4 cup dry sherry; 600 millilitre thickened cream; 100 gram baby spinach leaves; 1/3 cup shaved parmesan, plus extra to serve

Ingredients

250 gram spaghetti, broken in half

50 gram butter, chopped

500 gram chicken breast fillet, sliced

1 onion, diced

250 gram button mushrooms, quartered

2 clove garlic, crushed

1/4 cup dry sherry

600 millilitre thickened cream

100 gram baby spinach leaves

1/3 cup shaved parmesan, plus extra to serve

Method

1.Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water, following packet direction. Drain well. Return to pan.

2.Meanwhile, melt butter in a large frying pan on medium. Cook chicken, 5-6 minutes, until lightly browned. Transfer to a plate

3.Add onion to same pan and sauté, 3-4 minutes, until tender. Add mushrooms and garlic. Continue to cook, 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4.Pour sherry into pan, stirring to deglaze. Return chicken to pan with cream and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer gently, 5-6 minutes, until sauce starts to thicken.

5.Toss chicken mixture through hot pasta with spinach and parmesan. Toss well and season to taste. Serve with extra parmesan, if you like.

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