Tarragon Chicken Pasta ?

Written By: Angharad - Jul? 21?12

Not the most amazing photograph ever taken, I know.

Earlier in the week Paul cooked up an amazing French-inspired dish of lamb rack with pancetta, braised lettuce and girolle mushrooms. It was, as his cooking always is, incredible (I am still pestering him to start his own food blog).

One of the ingredients which Paul used in his dish was fresh tarragon, and there was a fair bit left over afterwards. The next evening I decided to try my hand at a recipe that my Aunty had cooked for me before ? pasta with chicken, tarragon and white wine. It?s a quick and easy supper dish which takes a lot of flavour from the fresh tarragon, and would work well in summer or winter.

Chicken Tarragon Pasta (serves 2)

You will need:

3 chicken breasts

Juice of 1 lemon

4 cloves chopped garlic

A couple of splashes of white wine (one for marinating and one for cooking)

1 tbsp olive oil

2 spring onions

Handful fresh tarragon

1 tbsp creme fraiche (I omitted this for Paul who doesn?t eat dairy)

Pasta of your choice ? tagliatelle would be a winner, but we had this with shells

Salt and pepper

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Method:

Cut the chicken breasts into pieces (I kept them fairly large) and place in a large bowl for marinating. Squeeze over the juice of the lemon, and add the garlic, a splash of wine and some salt and pepper. Place in the fridge and marinate for as long as you?ve got ? even half an hour will do if you?re pressed for time.

Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet. In the meantime, in a large shallow pan or wok, heat the olive oil and add the spring onions, stirring until slightly softened. Pour off any excess marinade liquid from the chicken, add to the pan and stir-fry until beginning to go golden. Next, add the wine, and cook for a few minutes more to allow the alcohol to boil off. Finally, add the fresh tarragon (I like to add a lot of it, but it?s up to your own personal tastes), stir in the creme fraiche and serve over the drained pasta.

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