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CHICKEN POT PASTA

Noel7 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:55:19 GMT

Another good recipe from Emily Bites.

We made this last night and really liked it a lot, so I thought I'd share. It's like old fashioned comfort food and the inside of a chicken pot pie with egg noodles.

Weight Watchers SmartPoints:
8 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (SPs calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)

Weight Watchers Points Plus:
8 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (PP calculated using a WW PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)

Nutrition Information per (1 ¼ cup) serving:
314 calories, 35 g carbs, 3 g sugars, 7 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 27 g protein, 3 g fiber

Chicken Pot Pasta

Yield: 8 (1 1/4 cups) servings

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ lbs uncooked boneless, skinless chicken breasts
4 tablespoons light butter (I use Land O’Lakes)
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 ½ cups skim milk
2 ½ cups water*
1 tablespoon Better Than Bouillon Roasted Chicken Base*
½ teaspoon poultry seasoning (found in the spice section)
8 oz uncooked egg noodles
1 cup frozen corn kernels
2 cups frozen peas and carrots

EMILY SAYS: *I’ve recently become a big fan of Better than Bouillon because the flavor is awesome and it’s easy and inexpensive to use with water, but you can definitely substitute 2 ½ cups of chicken broth for the water and BTB base.

Directions

*Place the chicken breasts in a Dutch oven or other large pot and cover with water to about 2 inches over the chicken. Bring the water to a boil over high heat and then reduce the heat to medium. Cook over medium heat for 15-20 minutes (depending on the thickness of your chicken breasts – mine are generally done at 15, so check one then) until chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken breasts to a cutting board. Discard the water from the pot and rinse and wipe out the pot to use again. Chop the chicken into small, bite-size pieces and set aside.
Melt the butter in the pot over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook for a few minutes until the onion is softened.
Whisk in the flour, salt and pepper until combined with the butter and onions and continue to whisk for another 1-2 minutes. Slowly whisk in the milk until combined and smooth. Add the water and bouillon base (or broth) and poultry seasoning and whisk in to combine.
Increase the heat to med-high and stir occasionally until boiling. Reduce the heat to med-low and add the egg noodles. Cook for 8 minutes, stirring regularly to prevent sticking. If you need a little more liquid toward the end you can add a bit more water or broth.
Add the chopped chicken, corn, and peas and carrots and stir until thoroughly combined. Cook for another few minutes until all ingredients are heated through.

*If you already have cooked chicken breasts on hand you can skip this step and use a pound of cooked chicken. Edit: I bought a rotisserie chicken and used the meat from that, saves time.

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

Noel7 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:56:45 GMT

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

Noel7 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:01:52 GMT

PS I used a steam-in-the-bag Birds Eye package of mixed carrot, peas, corn and green beans.

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

BirdieGal — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:07:46 GMT

@Noel7

Would also be great with ham. DH doesn’t like chicken unless it’s wings. Stubborn man.

But it would be good with ham.

TY!

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

Noel7 — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:10:06 GMT

@BirdieGal wrote:
@Noel7

Would also be great with ham. DH doesn’t like chicken unless it’s wings. Stubborn man.

But it would be good with ham.

TY!

\Oh, I think you are definitely on to something @BirdieGal

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

BirdieGal — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:13:14 GMT

@Noel7

I may just try that next week with ham when DH gets home from next trip. He’s home now but already have menu planned for the time he is home.

Even some cheddar stirred in with ham sounds good.

Parm with chicken.

Yum.

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

depglass — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 14:14:46 GMT

You have just boiled the flavor into the water, so why not save it to mix with the boullion? Skim it if there is objectionable gunk on top.

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

vabreeze — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:50:35 GMT

@depglass

You stated exactly what I was thinking... discarding real broth!!!

Re: CHICKEN POT PASTA

tiny 2 — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 19:56:16 GMT

@vabreeze wrote:
@depglass
You stated exactly what I was thinking... discarding real broth!!!

Yes !!! I never discard real broth.