This light and tasty dish is the perfect weeknight meal!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword chicken pasta, lemon pasta
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Calories 2992kcal
Ingredients
10ozdried bow tie pasta
1Tbspolive oil
2large chicken breastsboneless/skinless
½tspsalt
¼tsppepper
2Tbspbutter
1 ½Tbspminced garlic
1lbasparagustrimmed and chopped
¾cupheavy cream
2Tbsplemon juice
½cupshredded parmesan cheese
½cupshredded mozzarella cheese
2tspfresh thyme – or – ¼ tsp dried thyme
Instructions
Cook pasta according to box directions. Drain and set aside.
Over medium-high heat sauté chicken breast in olive oil. Sprinkle with ¼ tsp salt and ⅛ tsp pepper. Cook for 4-5 minutes, then set chicken aside.
In the same pan, lower heat to medium, then cook garlic and asparagus in butter until asparagus starts to turn bright green. The asparagus should become tender.
Whisk in cream, lemon juice, parmesan, mozzarella, remaining salt and pepper, and thyme. Simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Toss chicken and pasta in the pan until thoroughly coated. Garnish with fresh herbs and parmesan as desired.