Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce
Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, penne with chicken and southwest cheese sauce. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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This is a fresh frozen food dish which is perfect, when you are just hungry. For intense flavor, you may add a fancy sauce yourself. This is a quick and easy dish in which penne pasta is tossed with chicken in a simple sauce of cream, pesto and Parmesan cheese.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook penne with chicken and southwest cheese sauce using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce:
  1. Prepare 6 tbsp Butter
  2. Take 1/2 cup Finely chopped onion
  3. Prepare 1 clove Minced garlic
  4. Make ready 1/3 cup All purpose flour
  5. Get 1 cup Half and half
  6. Get 1 cup Hot water
  7. Prepare 1 Salt to taste
  8. Make ready 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp Hot sauce
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  11. Get 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
  12. Make ready 1/3 cup Velveeta cheese
  13. Prepare 3/4 cup Medium salsa
  14. Take 1/2 cup Sour cream
  15. Make ready 5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
  16. Take 1 Cajun Seasoning to taste
  17. Get 2 Green onions chopped
  18. Take 1 box Penne pasta

I remember now why I've avoided chicken in my pasta for years. Cook pasta according to package directions. Here's what you need: chicken breast, butter, dried oregano, dried basil, salt, pepper, penne pasta, fresh parsley, shredded parmesan cheese, butter, garlic, flour, milk, dried oregano Add parmesan cheese and stir until melted. Pour the sauce over cooked penne pasta, add the chicken and mix well.

Steps to make Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce:
  1. Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until onions are translucent
  2. Add flour and stir. Cook for 5minutes stirring constantly
  3. Mix half and half and water and slowly add mixture to flour mix. Stir or whisk constantly until mixture is smooth. Cook for 3minutes
  4. Add salt, cayenne, lemon juice and hot sauce. Stir well and add parmesan cheese
  5. Do NOT boil
  6. Add Velveeta cheese
  7. Once cheese is melted add salsa and stir. Add sour cream
  8. Season Chicken breasts generously with Cajun Seasoning and Broil 8-10 minutes per side or until done
  9. Cook pasta according to package directions
  10. To serve, laddle cheese sauce over some noddles (just enough to coat it), stir well, top with sliced chicken. Garnish with green onion

This penne pasta recipe is a simple way to bring Italian flavors to your dinner table. Ground fennel and coriander bring a welcome complexity to the chicken and impart their flavor to the sauce. Also I used peccorino cheese since that was what I had on hand. I served with salad and french bread. A just wonderful Penne dish with Italian cheese and grilled chicken.

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