Chicken & Spinach Pasta

Chicken and spinach are two of my favorite ingredients.  After weeks of contemplating, I finally came up with this recipe using most of my favorite ingredients.  I call it the Chicken & Spinach Pasta.

Basically, its just spaghetti noodles, pan-fried chicken breast, spinach and bechamel sauce or cream.

Cook pasta according to package instructions, or in my case I cook my pasta for 10 minutes and I make sure its al dente.  

Pan-fry chicken breast that is just seasoned with salt, pepper and a little kalamansi juice.  On that same pan add more olive oil and saute the spinach.  You have a choice to either add prepared bechamel sauce or all purpose cream. 

For bechamel sauce you will need flour, butter and milk and some chicken stock or pasta water.

If you prefer to use cream, saute some chopped onions in butter before adding spinach, then add the cream.  Add pasta water or chicken stock to achieve your preferred consistency.

Once sauce is cooked, toss pasta and top with sliced chicken breast and some parmesan cheese.

More chicken and pasta recipes coming soon...

Facts about Spinach:

Spinach is rich in antioxidants.  

A great source of vitamin A, C, E. K, magnesium, manganese, folate, betaine, iron, Vitamin B_{2 and} B_6,  calcium, potassium, folic acid, copper, protein, phosphorus, zinc, niacin, selenium, and omega-3 fatty acids.

You can also try spinach with your omelet, a perfect nutritious breakfast idea!