The fall is just around the corner. That means the best spiciest, creamy and cosy foods. Foods that just want to make you curl up under a blanket and read a book. We know that many people are wondering what new fall-themed foods they can dream up from the exotic Woolworths catalogue. Enter our recipe for the day – paprika chicken pasta.

We don’t know much about your food cravings. But we love food with loads and loads of real cream. Whether we are adding cream to coffee or improving the flavour of a Mexican dish, the cream does it. It’s so versatile, and it is the main component of this paprika chicken pasta recipe.

Many people familiar with the Woolworths special say that you shouldn’t be eating cream as it contains fat. Actually, that’s a misconception. Too much fat in your meals isn’t a good thing, that’s a given.

However, there are health benefits that you can enjoy from consuming cream. It’s good for your body. That’s one plus. The second plus? It tastes so good. The third plus? You need a healthy amount of fat in your daily diet to help your body use and absorb the other nutrients in your meal. The cream helps you do just that.

Now that we have gotten that out of the way. Let’s show you how to cook the best paprika chicken pasta.

Why we love the paprika chicken pasta

It’s delicious; that’s why. This meal tastes really good. That’s not all. Those familiar with the Woolworths catalogue know how fancy some of the recipes can be. Fancy is good, that’s for sure. However, some days, you just want to play around in the kitchen without doing anything too fancy. The paprika chicken pasta works.

This Woolworths special is as straightforward as it gets. It has pasta mixed and turned in a creamy, delicious sauce. The sauce is made even better with the presence of paprika. Also, you can absolutely choose whether or not to make your paprika spicy. The chicken is baked separately using dry spices and can be served mixed with pasta or just sliced individually. That’s all. It doesn’t get better than this.

This recipe can quickly be cooked with selections from the Woolworths catalogue. Chicken can be gotten from the catalogue. Good quality pasta, perhaps some DeLallo pasta can also be obtained from the Woolworths catalogue. All you have to do is boil it and add it to the creamiest of sauces.

You can add some greens in the form of roasted broccoli or salad as a side dish. Some people go as far as using crusty bread as the side meal. It’s your kitchen, and it’s your imagination. You have every license to go wild. Do all of these, and your fall meal plan will suddenly look more attractive.

How to cook paprika chicken pasta

You need to have these ingredients on hand. You can get them using the Woolworths catalogue

• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 pound of chicken breast
• A pinch of garlic powder, salt, paprika
• 8 ounces of farfalle (Try out the Dellalo brand – a Woolworths special)
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 1/4 cup of dry white wine
• 1 1/2 cup of chicken broth
• Squeeze or lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons of paprika
• 1/4 – 1/2 a cup of heavy cream

How to cook

This meal can be broken down into different stages. We will discuss each step in detail to make sure that your paprika chicken pasta is divine.

• Preparation: The preparation step involves preheating the oven to over 450 degrees

• Brine the chicken: Start by filling up a medium bowl with water. Be sure that the water is lukewarm. Add a sprinkling of salt to the water. Soak the chicken in salted water for about 15 minutes. Doing this adds more flavour to your meal. However, you can skip this if you don’t have the time.

• Baking the chicken: Pat the piece of chicken until it is completely dry. Then, transfer it onto a baking dish. Add a drizzle of olive oil before adding a sprinkling of garlic powder, salt, paprika. Make sure that you season the chicken to taste. Allow it to bake for 15 minutes. Be sure that the chicken has cooked all the way through before you stop baking. Allow the chicken to simmer down before you start slicing.

• Pasta: Cook the pasta following the directions written on the package. After cooking, toss with oil before setting it aside.

• Sauce: Using medium heat, melt the butter. Add garlic to the melted butter and allow it to simmer for 2 minutes. Afterwards, add flour to the mixture and cook for two minutes. Lastly, add white wine and stir it all together. Bit by bit, add the broth to the mixture making sure to mix with each addition.

         Finally, add the cream and the paprika. Stir it all together until it is creamy and bubbly enough to coat a spoon. Season the sauce with lemon juice and salt.

• Assembly: Add the pasta to the sauce. You can decide to mix the chicken in or arrange sliced pieces on top. End it by adding a sprinkling of parsley.

Final take

Paprika chicken pasta is an excellent meal for fall. It’s delicious, creamy and a certified Woolworths special. Many people who have tried this recipe love it because you can cook it quickly within a few short minutes. It is not a complicated dish. It’s got everything for a perfect dinner at home — chicken, sauce, cream and more sauce.

Also, this meal is highly versatile. If you are wondering, you can cook it perfectly with regular paprika. If you don’t have access to that, Hungarian paprika is a very delicious option. However, it is spicier. Therefore, you may need only teaspoon as opposed to two. Some people use smoked paprika, but we won’t recommend it because it is smokey. Have fun tinkling in the kitchen!

Published: 2019-09-26 11:28:24