Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Lemon Chicken Pasta

This is a oldie but a goodie. It was originally posted 3 years ago!! But I wanted to bring it back for all you newbies. This is one of our favorite meals.
My sweet friend had her baby a few weeks ago, and I was planning on bringing her dinner. I wanted to bring something that tasted fresh, didn't take a lot of time, and was something that we loved too. I was quickly reminded of this meal. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Ingredients:

1 box penne pasta
½ cup olive oil
2 T. lemon zest
Juice from one lemon
½ cup green onion, chopped
¼ cop fresh Italian parsley, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
about 3/4 cup of Parmesan cheese

Marinade:
½ c. olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
2 T. Cajun seasoning
2 T. lemon juice
2 T. minced parsley
1 T. brown sugar
1 T. soy sauce
2 chicken breasts

Marinate chicken in zip lock bag for at least 3 hours. I always like to just pull my chicken out in the morning, mix it with the marinade and let it sit all day.

While cooking your favorite type of pasta, grill up the chicken, and then chop it up.
Drain pasta, add olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, parsley, green onion, salt and pepper, chicken and Parmesan. Mix and serve!



1 comments:

anniebakes said...

mmm, this looks so good, light and refreshing! anne