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Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken

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This Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken is simple yet packed with complex flavors.  It’s perfect for a weeknight or a dinner for guests.

This Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken is simple yet packed with complex flavors. It's perfect for a weeknight or a dinner for guests.

I think my creative flow is at a standstill today.  Itโ€™s understandable.  I feel crappy.  As if this month of fiscal year close couldnโ€™t get any worse.  Seriously.  We have half the staff we should have on any normal work week.  And we lost another one this week.  So, weโ€™re below half of the staff we need.  As if this wasnโ€™t bad enoughโ€ฆI am sick.

*insert horror movie music and screams*

No, seriously!  It was a planned outage on Wednesday.  I was resting up in hopes of nipping whatever this is before I got back to work on Thursday.  But, Thursday I woke up, coughed up a lung, and then couldnโ€™t breathe.  Consequently, I did not go in to work.  The hubs took me to urgent care to make sure it wasnโ€™t bronchitis, which Iโ€™m prone to getting.  Iโ€™m not kidding.  I have had it 7 times in 5 years for a total of about 10 times in the last 20 years.

This Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken is simple yet packed with complex flavors. It's perfect for a weeknight or a dinner for guests.

No antibiotics, which is okay.  Iโ€™ve probably been prescribed more than my fair share and some of them just donโ€™t work anymore.  But, they did prescribe me an inhaler.  So, there we stood in Walmart waiting for the cluster that is sending the escrip to the wrong store, the correct store trying to fill the escrip they got, and the insurance company thinking Iโ€™ve filled two in the last hour.  That was an hour and half of my life Iโ€™d like to get back.

My phone blew up.  You see, when you telework you forward your calls to your phone so you can pretend like youโ€™re working regularly.  I refused about 4 calls because thereโ€™s no way I could intelligently answer work related questions standing in a Walmart.  They finally got the hint and stopped calling. 

When I got back to the house, I logged in to check email and sure enough there were a few from one person saying they were trying to call but it was acting weird.  To which I responded with, โ€œThatโ€™s because the calls were forwarded to my cell and I was standing in Walmart trying to fill an escrip from urgent care.โ€

This Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken is simple yet packed with complex flavors. It's perfect for a weeknight or a dinner for guests.

To which they responded with a hilarious email about me being out of the office sick which is a rare occasion for sure.  I got an email with a pic of a horrified couple of program analysts.  They sent me a picture of hell freezing over.  It was very funny and made my day.  Those two are too freaking funny!

I know.  This has nothing to do with this recipe.  This recipe which has been in the works for a couple of months.  Ever since I made these pan roasted tomatoes and these blistered tomatoes, and Iโ€™ve been seeing lots of other recipes for blistered tomatoes, Iโ€™ve been wanting to make this dish.  Granted, it was going to have grilled chicken, but I changed my mind and sautรฉed the chicken with the tomatoes for a richer flavored sauce.  And it is definitely flavorful!

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See what I mean?  The chunks of chicken, the burst tomatoes, the hearty pasta.  This is one of those meals that whip up in no time but tastes fabulous.  Itโ€™s super light and perfect for a summer weeknight meal.  Youโ€™re not in the kitchen all that long.  The stove is only on long enough to cook the pasta.  Thereโ€™s very little prep work.  Itโ€™s really one of those go to meals in the heat of summer when youโ€™re dog tired and have no energy to make anything else.  Serve this up with a chopped wedge salad and youโ€™re good to go!

Now, for those that arenโ€™t familiar with the power of the pasta water, then let me skool ya!  Pasta water is a great thickener to any sauce.  It makes for a silky smooth carbonara, it helps a Bolognese stick to the pasta, and in this case, it makes for a creamy and smooth sauce that might have otherwise been a bit acidic from the tomatoes.  It contains starch from the pasta which is magic to any pasta and sauce.  So, donโ€™t just discard that water.  Add a little to the sauce when you make some pasta next time and youโ€™ll see what I mean.

This Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken is simple yet packed with complex flavors. It's perfect for a weeknight or a dinner for guests.

Seriously.  See what I mean?  See how that sauce just hugs the pan like that?  Thatโ€™s from the little bit of pasta water added to the pan while simmering.  I know itโ€™s going to look like too much, but just let it simmer.  That starch will thicken as the water evaporate which manes those tomatoes and sauce just taste amazing.  You canโ€™t tell me looking at that pan makes you want to dig in!!  Because I do!!  Whereโ€™s my bread??

Serve this up with a nice garlic bread or even a bruschetta bread thatโ€™s just brushed with a clove of garlic and a nice salad.  Youโ€™ll have a delicious and super-fast meal on the table in no time flat.  Itโ€™ll have the taste of summer with those tomatoes and not heat you up like summer.

Have you ever used pasta water in your sauce?

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Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken

Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken

Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes

This Blistered Tomato Pasta with Chicken is simple yet packed with complex flavors. It's perfect for a weeknight or a dinner for guests.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 cup minced shallots
  • 3 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 1 pound chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces.
  • 3 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 teaspoons garlic salt
  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon minced, fresh rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon minced, fresh oregano
  • 8 ounces uncooked pasta
  • 1 cup reserved pasta water

Instructions

  1. Place the olive oil and garlic in a large skillet and heat on medium-high heat. Once the garlic becomes fragrant, add the shallots and sauté, stirring continuously, until tender; about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken and brown. Remove the chicken from the pan and keep warm.
  2. Turn the heat to high and add the tomatoes along with the next five ingredients (garlic salt through oregano) to the pan. Sauté, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes burst and release their juices.
  3. Once the tomatoes have burst, add the chicken back to the pan and reduce heat to medium-high.
  4. While the chicken and tomatoes are cooking, boil the pasta according to package directions omitting additional salt and oil. Stir in one cup of the pasta water.
  5. Once the sauce has thickened, toss the pasta lightly into the sauce before serving with garlic bread.

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20 Comments

  1. I love a sauce from scratch because the jarred ones always have sugar in them. My mom always made her sauce from scratch and no sugar ever! Those cherry tomatoes are so sweet on their own and using them as the base is just the best!

  2. I usually forget to save the water when I’m draining it, but it does make for a nice sauce. And I love this recipe! Simple and delicious…perfect for busy nights!
    The people you work with sound hilarious, by the way!

  3. I can’t tell you how often I’ve ditched the pasta water then gave myself a slap on the forehead! You’re right it does make a great addition for a sauce. The dish looks delicious! Hope you are well now.

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