Creamed vegetable and pasta skillet with chicken
A straightforward weeknight dinner where the frozen mix does the work: butter-sauced vegetables and pasta meet pan-seared chicken breast for heft and protein. Everything cooks in one skillet in twenty minutes.
About 590 calories a serving, 32 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate, 52 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 10 ounces chicken breast
From your shelf
- 1 package Birds Eye vegetables and shells in garlic butter sauce
Staples
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Pat 10 ounces chicken breast dry and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering.
- Add chicken to the hot skillet and cook without moving for four minutes until the underside browns, then turn and cook three minutes more until the second side browns.
- Add the entire package of Birds Eye vegetables and shells directly to the pan, breaking up the block gently as it thaws, about three minutes.
- Stir gently until everything is heated through and the sauce coats the vegetables and pasta, one to two minutes.
Note Swap the chicken for shrimp or skip it for a vegetarian supper. Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for two days; reheat gently with a splash of water. Serve with a green salad or crusty bread to soak the sauce.
On the label
GREEN BEANS, CORN, BROCCOLI, COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID)), WATER, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), RED BELL PEPPERS. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CANOLA OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, YEAST EXTRACT AND SALT., SALT, ONION POWDER, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR.
Birds Eye, frozen prepared sides, serving 255 g, package 9 oz/255 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Other butter
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- Parade salted sweet cream butterParade
- Justin's hazelnut butter blend, chocolateJustin's
- Justin's almond butter, vanillaJustin's
- Justin's almond butter, honeyJustin's
- Justin's almond butter, classicJustin's
- Justin's maple almond butterJustin's
- Justin's peanut butter blend, honeyJustin's
- Artisana walnut butter with cashewsArtisana
- Artisana raw chocolate coconut butterArtisana
Cooks as butter, garlic, pasta. Half of it left? Use up the butter.