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

  • Prep:15 mins
    Cook:35 mins
  • Serves 6
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 481
  • fat 19g
  • saturates 8g
  • carbs 57g
  • sugars 0g
  • fibre 5g
  • protein 18g
  • 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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