Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Show: Down Home with the NeelysEpisode: Somethin' Outta Nothin'

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (236)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
3 to 5 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

1 pound dried penne
2 chicken cutlets, cut into fingers
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh parsley, for garnish
2 lemons, juiced
1/2 cup grated Parmesan

Directions

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, until al dente. Drain well.

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a large grill pan over medium high and add chicken. Grill until golden and completely cooked. Remove to a plate and slice.

Add the garlic and red pepper flakes to a saute pan with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and saute until fragrant. Add the cooked pasta and turn heat off. Mix all together.

Remove pasta to a large bowl. Add chicken to the warm pasta and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle in chopped parsley. Add the juice of 2 lemons and mix. Before serving top with Parmesan.

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recipe Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken
Tina Aliso Viejo, CA 02-09-2010
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Easy to make, but WAAAAY too much lemon
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Nice meal, easy to make, but the lemon taste almost killed it. Next time I'll only use the juice from ONE lemon at the most.... Also, I added a little lemon pepper to season the chicken which was nice.Read more
recipe Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken
Amber Palm Beach Gardens, FL 02-09-2010
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Quick, Easy & Tasty!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Fast, and easy to prepare. I recommend using less or no red pepper flakes if your going to feed it to children because it... was a bit spicy!Read more
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Mireya Lake Worth, FL 02-02-2010
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Its like it reads easy!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is an easy quick meal. Perfect for a weeknight. I rated it excellent because as advertised it was easy. It tasted fresh.... It was a little simplistic in taste, but if you want something quick with ingredients you have already this is the meal for you.Read more
recipe Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken
Wendy Berlin, CT 01-30-2010
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Too much lemon!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

While my family enjoyed this dish, we all agreed that there was too much lemon! I would like to try it again, but with just... 1 lemon next time!Read more
recipe Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken
Jodi Orlando, FL 01-27-2010
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Great for Chicken leftovers!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

We just finished our Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken and found it very tasty. I used some left over chicken from a previous... meal, warmed it up and used it in the pasta, delicious. The parsley really helped with the freshness taste. Love those Neelys!Read more
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Sheri Waterbury, CT 01-25-2010
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Delicious!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Those were my husbands words after making this meal! I agree it's quick and delicious.! What a treat after a long day at... work!Read more