Piri piri chicken & corn pasta
Use piri piri seasoning to make this easy midweek meal, along with chicken thighs and a range of storecupboard and freezer ingredients
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Prep:15 mins
Cook:35 mins
- Serves 6
- Easy
Nutrition per serving
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kcal 481
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fat 19g
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saturates 8g
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carbs 57g
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sugars 0g
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fibre 5g
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protein 18g
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salt 0.82g
Ingredients
- 400g-500g penne or other short pasta
- 2 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
- 200g frozen sweetcorn , defrosted
- 1 onion , finely chopped
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken thighs roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves , crushed or finely grated
- 1½ tbsp piri piri seasoning (some brands can be quite spicy so use less if you prefer)
- 200ml chicken stock
- 125ml double cream
Method
Tip the pasta into a pan of boiling water over a medium-high heat and cook following pack instructions. Drain and set aside. Add the oil to the pan and fry the sweetcorn until beginning to brown, then remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
Reduce the heat to medium-low and fry the onion for 6-8 mins until beginning to soften, then add the chicken, turn the heat up to medium, and cook for 8-10 mins until almost cooked through. Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 min before stirring in the piri piri seasoning, coating everything well.
Pour in the stock and double cream, then tip the sweetcorn back in. Cook for around 5 mins to reduce the sauce a little, then tip in the pasta and mix to combine. Cook for 1-2 mins to reheat the pasta and serve.


