Chicken and Broccoli with Goat Cheese
Total Time: 20 minutesYield: 4 Servings
Source: thekittchen.com
Category: Pasta
Ingredients
1 tablespoon Unsalted Butter1⁄4 cup Onion (chopped)
2 cloves Garlic (minced)
2 teaspoons Flour
3⁄4 cups Milk
4 ounces Goat Cheese
2 tablespoons Parmesan (grated)
2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
1 1⁄2 cup Chicken (cooked and diced)
1 1⁄2 cup Broccoli
8 ounces Rigatoni
dash Salt
dash Ground Black Pepper
1 teaspoon Lemon Zest
Directions
- Put a pot of water with salt on to boil for your pasta. Boil pasta using box instructions. Drain pasta and keep 1/2 cup of pasta water.
- Meanwhile, heat butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté for 2 minutes, season with some salt and pepper. Then add the garlic and sauté for another minute.
- Next whisk in the flour, and let cook for 1 minute. Then whisk in the milk. Bring to a slow and steady bubble, and whisk constantly letting the mixture thicken for 1 minute. Then add the goat cheese and parmesan and whisk to combine. Stir the sauce until the cheese has melted.
- Whisk in the lemon juice, then stir in the chicken and keep warm over low heat.
- Rinse your broccoli with water, then place the broccoli in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 2 minutes. Drain off any excess water and add the broccoli to the sauce.
- Stir reserved pasta water into the sauce and add drained pasta. Let it warm through for 1 minute. Then serve the pasta topped with a touch of lemon zest.