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Ricotta Rigatoni With Broccoli And Chicken Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Vicschick / All my dishes 1 year, 6 months ago *Note: this dish tends to dry out quick so serve immediately and make sure you season well with salt and pepper b/c ricotta cheese tends to be pretty bland...if you decide to eat cold then it will be even dryer but still tastes very good.*This is... More Prep:10m Cook:15m Servings:6	Vicschick
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Ingredients

1 lb rigatoni

2 cups broccoli florets (original calls for 3 cups of broccolini)

Salt for boiling water about 1-2 tsp

1 cup reserved starchy water from pasta

2 tbs extra virgin olive oil

1 lb chicken tenderloins or chicken breast, diced

4 garlic cloves minced

2 cups part skim ricotta cheese

1 tsp thyme (original calls for fresh sprigs of thyme)

a few pinches of nutmeg

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Prepare pasta according to package until al dente.

During last minute of cooking add broccoli and cover.

Reserve 1 cup of starchy water from cooking pasta and drain the rest.

While Pasta is cooking heat 2 tbs olive oil in pan and drop in minced garlic and stir

Add diced chicken and cook until chicken is golden brown

Season with thyme and scrape up bits from pan

Add chicken to pasta

Pour reserved starchy water on pan where chicken was cooked, scrape up the tasty bits and pour over pasta

Add ricotta cheese and stir gently with wooden spoon as to not break up the rigatoni

Stir in nutmeg and season with salt and pepper to taste

If you like it hot eat it!... if not let it cool and then refrigerate for a yummy cold pasta dish

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Comments

auntybea 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Another winner for me!

joeboudreau 1 year, 6 months ago said:
This sounds fantastic

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Alterations

vicschick 1 year, 6 months ago said:
LOL Im writing an alteration to my own dish...in the recipe description I mentioned to season well with salt and pepper because ricotta cheese tends to be very bland....WELL I sprinkled a tiny bit of "Montreal Steak Seasoning" (which has coarse salt, pepper, garlic and other spices) and it tasted just right...it gave it the little UMPH! that it needed

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