Change up your daily meals with fragrant, appealing spaghetti, with golden noodles served with tender, delicious chicken, making the meal more enticing. Join cooking with TasteVN to learn 2 unique spaghetti chicken recipes to enrich your cooking menu!
1. Olive Chicken Spaghetti
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Olive Chicken Spaghetti For 4 people
Spaghetti 100 gr Chicken thighs 3 pieces Olives 10 pieces Tomato 1 piece Onion 2 pieces Red bell pepper 1 piece Broccoli 200 gr White wine 30 ml Cheese powder 50 gr Olive oil 12 tablespoons Salt 1 teaspoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh tomatoes
- Choose tomatoes that are bright red, evenly colored, whole, and not bruised.
- Freshly picked tomatoes will have a light, distinctive fragrance, and you should choose those.
- It’s best to buy tomatoes that still have their stems, with fresh and tightly attached stems to the fruit.
- Avoid choosing bruised tomatoes or those that lack fragrance, as they may have been overripe.
How to choose fresh and delicious bell peppers
- You should choose male bell peppers for stir-frying as they will be tastier and more flavorful. Look for bell peppers with smooth skin, firm and shiny, and still have the stem attached.
- Choose bell peppers that have bright colors, feel heavy in your hand, and have skin that is firmer than female bell peppers.
- Avoid purchasing bell peppers that have wrinkled skin, feel light when picked up, and have a soft texture, as these are bell peppers that have wilted or spoiled.
How to choose fresh and delicious broccoli
- Choose broccoli with dark green color as it is tastier and sweeter. The stalk and stem should be firm, not soft and flexible.
- The top buds of the broccoli should have a rounded curve, which is tastier than flat buds.
- There should be no bruises, scratches, or rot on the stem.
- It is best to buy broccoli when it is in full bloom to get the freshest ones. Broccoli is most delicious from late July to late October.
Where to buy olives
You can find fresh olives at large supermarkets or buy online through e-commerce sites. Additionally, if you cannot find fresh olives, you can use pickled olives instead.
How to make Chicken Spaghetti with olives
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Prepare and marinate the chicken
After purchasing the chicken thighs, remove the bones. Then, rub them lightly with coarse salt and rinse with clean water, letting them drain. You can lightly pound the chicken thighs to flatten them, so that the marinade will penetrate better.
Next, add about 1/2 onion, 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 3 teaspoons of olive oil, mix well and marinate for 15 – 20 minutes to let the flavors absorb into the meat.
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Sear the chicken
Place a pan on the stove, add about 3 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan, and heat the pan over medium heat.
When the oil in the pan starts to heat up, slowly add the chicken to the pan, and add onions to fry together to enhance the aroma.
Stir both sides until the chicken is firm and evenly golden, then turn off the heat. After that, cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
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Prepare the remaining ingredients
Peel the onion and dice it. Remove the seeds from the bell pepper and dice it.
Similarly, dice the tomato.
Soak the broccoli in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water and drain. Cut the broccoli into bite-sized pieces.
The olives are quite small, so you only need to cut them in half.
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Boil the spaghetti
Put a pot of water on the stove, add about 1 teaspoon of salt to the pot, and heat over medium flame.
When you see the water in the pot starting to boil, add the spaghetti and cook for about 7 – 8 minutes until the noodles are soft, then turn off the heat and transfer the noodles to a bowl.
Tip: After boiling, you can transfer the noodles to a bowl of cold ice water to prevent them from becoming mushy.
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Stir-fried spaghetti
Place a pan on the stove, add about 6 tablespoons of olive oil into the pan, and turn the heat to medium. Add diced onions and stir until the onions become fragrant.
Next, gradually add tomatoes, bell peppers, and broccoli into the pan, stir-frying for about 5 – 7 minutes, increasing the heat while stir-frying to prevent the vegetables from releasing water.
Add about 30ml of white wine to the mixture, stirring until the mixture reduces in moisture.
Finally, add olives and spaghetti to stir-fry, you can season according to your preference. That’s how you complete the dish.
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Final product
The chicken spaghetti cooked with olive has a light, distinctive aroma of olives along with a colorful array of vegetables that is very eye-catching. The golden, chewy spaghetti is cooked just right, absorbing the sweet, tangy, and slightly spicy taste of the bell peppers. Additionally, you can sprinkle a little
The dish is not only delicious but also very “healthy,” nutritious for those who eat bland and do not want to season too much.
2. Spaghetti with chicken and mushroom cream sauce
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Spaghetti with chicken and mushroom cream sauce For 2 people
Spaghetti 100 gr Chicken breast 300 gr Button mushrooms 100 gr Peas 50 gr Onion 1 bulb Unsalted butter 10 gr Pepper 1 tablespoon Fresh milk 50 ml (unsweetened) Whipping cream 200 ml Chicken seasoning sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 3 tablespoons
How to choose fresh and delicious button mushrooms
- Choose mushrooms that are white, with short stems, round caps, and a distinctive aroma.
- It is advisable to select medium-sized mushrooms that feel firm to the touch, not too small or too “puffed”.
- Avoid buying mushrooms that are turning off-white or have dark spots, as these are usually older, less tasty, or spoiled.
- When choosing, you should give them a sniff; if the mushrooms have a foul or strange smell, do not select them.
How to prepare Chicken Pasta with Mushroom Cream Sauce
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Prepare and marinate the chicken
After buying the chicken, rub it with coarse salt and rinse with clean water, then let it drain. Next, use a knife to cut it into small pieces about the length of a finger, so that they are bite-sized.
Marinate the chicken with 1 tablespoon of seasoning sauce, 1 tablespoon of pepper, mix well and let it marinate for 15 minutes for the meat to absorb the spices.
Tip: If you do not have seasoning sauce, you do not need to add it and can season according to your family’s taste.
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Pan-fry the chicken
Place a pan on the stove, add about 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan, and heat it over medium heat.
When the pan starts to heat up, add the chicken to the pan, pan-fry both sides until the meat is firm and evenly browned.
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Boil the pasta
Place a pot on the stove, add about 500 – 700ml of water, and add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of cooking oil to the pot.
Bring the water to a boil over medium heat, then add the pasta and cook for about 10 minutes until evenly cooked. After that, remove the pasta and drain it.
Tip: Add salt so that the pasta retains its chewy texture and tastes better after boiling.
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Make the cream mushroom sauce
Place a pan on the stove, add about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and 10gr of unsalted butter to the pan, melt the butter over medium heat.
Next, add 1/2 of a chopped onion and stir well. Then add 100gr of button mushrooms and 50gr of peas and stir-fry for about 5 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked.
Next, pour about 200ml of whipping cream into the pan, stir well, and boil for about 7 – 10 minutes until the mixture thickens slightly.
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Completion
Next, you place the seared chicken into the creamy mushroom sauce pan, add 1 teaspoon of Knorr seasoning sauce, and sauté over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
Finally, you add the pasta, mixing the mixture so that the sauce evenly coats the pasta. Then serve the creamy mushroom chicken pasta on a plate, sprinkle a little grated cheese on top and you have completed the dish!
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Final Product
The creamy mushroom chicken pasta is fragrant and appealing with chewy, soft noodles that soak up the rich mushroom cream sauce while still retaining the sweet, distinctive aroma of enoki mushrooms. The chicken is tender, well-seasoned. Twirling some pasta with a fork lets you fully experience the explosion of flavors in your mouth, such as richness, sweetness, and nuttiness. Just hearing about it makes you crave it, doesn’t it? Let’s try it right away!
How to choose fresh and delicious chicken
- To stir-fry delicious chicken, you can choose lean parts like the breast or thigh depending on your preference.
- It is advisable to choose meat that has a pink color, looks fresh, and has good elasticity when pressed lightly.
- There should be no signs of dripping and no unusual fishy smell. Additionally, the skin should be thin, look fresh and smooth, and may have a little white or slightly yellow fat.
How to clean chicken meat to be fresh and not smelly
- To prevent chicken from smelling, you need to remove all the feathers, including fine hairs (down) to make the chicken white, clean, and less smelly.
- Mix vinegar and salt in a ratio of 2 salt to 1 vinegar, then rub it all over the chicken body multiple times, then rinse thoroughly with clean water or rub lemon and salt on the chicken skin, or use a little ginger and white wine to rub on the chicken to eliminate the smell.
No need to go far to enjoy spaghetti chicken anymore when you can make it right at home. Let’s get started with the recipe shared by TasteVN, and good luck to everyone!
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