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Gillian Canning's creamy pasta
Using tinned soup as a quick and easy sauce is Gillian Canning's trick in her fail-proof chicken pasta recipe
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Serves: 4
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Prep time: 5 mins
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Cooking time: 20 mins
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Total time: 25 mins
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Skill level: Easy peasy
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
When cooking pasta, the pan must be large enough for the water to remain at a good rolling boil so the pasta moves around as it cooks, preventing it from sticking together.
Antonio Carluccio, celebrity chef
- Pasta shapes, about 50g (2oz) per person
- 4 boneless and skinless chicken breasts, chopped
- Handful of fresh mushrooms, sliced (optional)
- 1 x 295g tin cream of mushroom soup
- Salt and pepper to season
- Fresh parsley to garnish
Method
- Boil a large pan of water, add the pasta shapes and cook according to packet instructions.
- Meanwhile, fry the chicken until they're cooked right through. If you're using fresh mushrooms, put them in with the chicken for the last couple of minutes.
- At the same time, heat the tin of mushroom soup on the hob until it's nearly boiling.
- Drain the pasta and put it back in the pan. Add the chicken and mushrooms, then pour the hot mushroom soup over the top.
- Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.
Nutritional information per portion
- Calories 370(kcal)
- Fat 5.0g
- Saturates 1.0g
- Salt 1.1g
This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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Your comments
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Ann, posted 2 years ago
A few months ago there was an advet for Sainsburys using a very large mushroom and parma ham(?) and some sort of cheese, does anyone have the recipe. I have tried to search on their website but no luck.




