Chicken, Mushroom & Sausage Chimichurri Pasta
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Recipe type: Main, Entree
Cuisine: Italian
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Serves: 4
 
A delicious and easy weeknight pasta recipe with chicken, mushrooms and juicy sausage tossed in a bright and tangy chimichurri sauce.
You will need:
For Chimichurri Sauce,
  • Fresh flat leaf parsley – 1 cup, packed
  • Fresh cilantro – ½ cup, packed
  • Garlic – 2 large cloves or 4-5 small ones
  • Dried oregano – 1 tsp
  • Ground cumin – 1 tsp
  • Red chili flakes – ½ tsp (or more as per heat desired)
  • Vinegar – 2 tbsp (white, rice or red wine vinegar)
  • Olive oil – ¼ cup
  • Salt – ½ tsp or to taste
For Pasta,
  • La Moderna Pasta - ½ lb (I used rotini)
  • Sausage - 1 link, sliced thickly
  • Garlic - 1 large clove, minced
  • Chicken - ½ lb, boneless and cut into strips
  • Button mushrooms - ¼ lb, quartered
  • Black pepper powder - ¼ tsp
  • Salt - to taste
  • Chimichurri sauce - ½ cup (reserve extra sauce for another use)
How to:
  1. Blend all the ingredients for chimichurri sauce together till fairly smooth in a blender or food processor. Remove to a clean jar and set aside. This can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.
  2. Cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water till al-dente, 12-13 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  3. Meanwhile, heat a large skillet and add the sausage slices. Brown them on both sides and remove to a plate.
  4. There should be rendered fat left in the skillet. If not, add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add the chicken and mushroom and season with black pepper powder and salt. Cook on all sides till chicken is opaque, 5-6 minutes.
  5. Return sausages to pan. Add pasta and ½ cup of chimichurri sauce. Toss to coat everything well with the sauce. You can add more sauce if needed, or reserve it for future use.
  6. Serve warm with or without cheese.
Notes:
1. I like to use boneless chicken thighs because they are so much more flavorful and juicier than breast meat. But you can use whichever you prefer.
2. Feel free to experiment with other meat like ground beef or shrimp instead of chicken.
3. A glass of red wine goes extremely well with chimichurri pasta.
Recipe by At The Corner of Happy And Harried at https://www.happyandharried.com/2016/11/14/chicken-mushroom-sausage-chimichurri-pasta/