{"id":55342,"date":"2025-06-14T18:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=55342"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:14:37","slug":"linguini-lemon-parmesan-with-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2025\/06\/14\/linguini-lemon-parmesan-with-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguini Lemon Parmesan with Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 2<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Nowell<\/h6>\n<p>Linguini noodles in a lemon parmesan sauce with roasted zucchini, Roma tomato, spinach, then topped with parmesan and parsley. Copycat version of Noodles &amp; Co, LEANguini Lemon Parmesan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">6-8<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz chicken breast, split in half horizontally to form two paillards<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">salt &amp; pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">5-6<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz linguini<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">Roma tomato, seeded and diced small, \u00bc-inch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">zucchini, seeded and diced small, \u00bc-inch <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz baby spinach chopped<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup parmesan cheese, shredded<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">tsp parsley, minced<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup heavy cream <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">2<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">tsp fresh lemon juice<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">zest of \u00bd lemon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>Linguini:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cook the <strong>linguini<\/strong> to barely al dente, reserve \u00bd cup of <strong>pasta cooking water<\/strong>, drain, and set aside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicken:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Season <strong>chicken paillards<\/strong> with <strong>salt<\/strong> and <strong>pepper<\/strong> on both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Add 1 TBS <strong>olive oil<\/strong> to a medium skillet over medium heat.<\/p>\n<p>Add <strong>chicken<\/strong> to skillet and cook for 2-3 per side until almost done, 150\u00b0F. Set aside<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melt the <strong>butter<\/strong> in the skillet over medium heat.<\/p>\n<p>Add the <strong>garlic, zucchini<\/strong> and <strong>spinach<\/strong> and cook for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Pour in the <strong>cream,<\/strong> <strong>lemon juice<\/strong> and <strong>zest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bring to a simmer and cook for a few minutes or until the <strong>sauce<\/strong> coats the back of a spoon. Reduce the heat, then add the <strong>Parmesan, parsley<\/strong> and the <strong>linguini<\/strong> to the skillet and mix to coat. If the <strong>linguini<\/strong> needs more time, add some of the reserved <strong>pasta cooking water<\/strong> and cook until <strong>linguini<\/strong> is done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Return the <strong>chicken<\/strong> to the skillet and coat with <strong>sauce.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Season to taste with <strong>salt<\/strong> and <strong>pepper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serve.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yield: 2 Scott Nowell Linguini noodles in a lemon parmesan sauce with roasted zucchini, Roma tomato, spinach, then topped with parmesan and parsley. Copycat version of Noodles &amp; Co, LEANguini Lemon Parmesan. 6-8oz chicken breast, split in half horizontally to form two paillards salt &amp; pepper 5-6oz linguini 1Roma tomato, seeded and diced small, \u00bc-inch \u00bdzucchini, seeded and diced small, \u00bc-inch 2oz baby spinach chopped Sauce: \u00bdcup parmesan cheese, shredded 2tsp parsley, minced \u00bdcup heavy cream 2tsp fresh lemon juice&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2025\/06\/14\/linguini-lemon-parmesan-with-chicken\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55343,"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":[11,14],"tags":[286,282,407],"class_list":["post-55342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pasta","category-poultry","tag-chicken-breast","tag-lemon","tag-linguine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/LinguiniLemonParmesan.jpg?fit=529%2C429&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55342","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=55342"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55909,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55342\/revisions\/55909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}