Spicy Rigatoni with Chicken
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- CALORIES
- 52g
- PROTEIN
- 64g
- CARBS
- 20g
- FAT
Macros are for one serving as written. Make gives you more servings of the same size; Portion resizes one serving and moves the macros with it.
Ingredients
- 150g (5.5 oz) chicken breast, in 2cm / 3/4in cubes
- 70g (2.5 oz) rigatoni, dry
- 80g (1/3 cup) tomato passata
- 30ml (2 tbsp) double / heavy cream
- 15g (3 tbsp) parmesan, finely grated
- 1 tsp (5ml) olive oil
- 1 small shallot (30g), finely diced
- 2 garlic cloves (6g), minced
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes, 1/2 tsp fine salt
- 6 basil leaves, torn; 1 tbsp salt for the pasta water
10 ingredients, each with the gram weight the macros above were computed from.
Method
- Boil the rigatoni in well salted water for 2 min less than the packet says - it finishes in the sauce. Save a mug of the water.
- Season and sear the chicken in the oil over high heat 5 min until browned and 74C / 165F. Lift it out.
- Drop to medium, add the shallot and cook 3 min until soft and translucent, then the garlic and chilli flakes for 30 seconds.
- Add the passata and cook it hard for 4-5 min, stirring, until it darkens from bright red to brick and starts to catch. This is what kills the raw tinned taste.
- Lower the heat and stir in the cream until the sauce turns an even orange.
- Return the pasta and chicken with 60ml / 1/4 cup of the pasta water and cook together 2 min, tossing, so the pasta finishes in the sauce.
- Off the heat, stir in the parmesan and the basil.
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How Plus worksTip: cook the passata down before the cream goes anywhere near it. Add cream to raw tomato and you get a thin, sharp, tinny sauce that no amount of dairy will rescue.
EquipmentPan for the pasta, 24cm / 9in skillet
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KeepsFridge 3 days. This one reheats better than most - the sauce is tomato-led, so it will not split.
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Macros are computed from the raw ingredient weights above using USDA FoodData Central reference values. Brands vary, so treat them as close estimates rather than lab figures. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice.