{"id":54271,"date":"2024-08-07T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=54271"},"modified":"2025-06-14T18:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:14:40","slug":"pasta-with-chicken-lemon-asparagus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2024\/08\/07\/pasta-with-chicken-lemon-asparagus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasta with Chicken, Lemon Asparagus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 2 Servings<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Adapted from: Dinner at the Zoo<\/h6>\n<p>This recipe for lemon asparagus pasta combines tender asparagus and grilled chicken with pasta in a lemon cream sauce.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">12<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">9-12<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz asparagus, ends removed, cut into pieces<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">6<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz of linguine pasta (spaghetti or fettuccine will also work)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u2153<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup heavy cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS of butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">salt and pepper to taste<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS lemon zest<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS lemon juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bc<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup finely shredded parmesan cheese<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional garnishes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">Lemon slices and chopped parsley<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cook the <strong>pasta<\/strong> in <strong>salted water<\/strong> according to package instructions. Add the <strong>asparagus<\/strong> to the pot during the last 3 minutes of cooking time.<\/p>\n<p>Reserve \u00bd cup of the <strong>pasta cooking water.<\/strong> Drain the remaining <strong>water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the pasta is cooking, slice the chicken into bite-sized pieces and season with salt and pepper. Heat a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add some olive oil and the chicken slices. Saut\u00e9 until cooked through.<\/p>\n<p>In small pot, combine the <strong>heavy cream, butter<\/strong> and \u00bc tsp <strong>salt<\/strong> and pinch of <strong>pepper<\/strong> over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until thick enough to coat a spoon, about 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the <strong>lemon zest<\/strong> and <strong>juice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Place the <strong>pasta<\/strong> and <strong>asparagus<\/strong> back into the pot you cooked it in along with the <strong>chicken.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pour the <strong>cream sauce<\/strong> over the <strong>pasta<\/strong> mixture and toss to coat evenly, adding <strong>pasta water<\/strong> if needed to thin the <strong>sauce.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stir in the <strong>parmesan cheese.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taste and adjust seasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Garnish with <strong>chopped parsley<\/strong> and <strong>lemon slices<\/strong> if desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: 2 Servings Adapted from: Dinner at the Zoo This recipe for lemon asparagus pasta combines tender asparagus and grilled chicken with pasta in a lemon cream sauce. 12oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips 9-12oz asparagus, ends removed, cut into pieces 6oz of linguine pasta (spaghetti or fettuccine will also work) \u2153cup heavy cream 1TBS of butter salt and pepper to taste \u00bdTBS lemon zest \u00bdTBS lemon juice \u00bccup finely shredded parmesan cheese Optional garnishes: Lemon slices and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2024\/08\/07\/pasta-with-chicken-lemon-asparagus\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[34,286,407],"class_list":["post-54271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pasta","tag-asparagus","tag-chicken-breast","tag-linguine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/08\/LinguiniChickenLemonAsparagus.jpg?fit=678%2C630&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54274,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54271\/revisions\/54274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}