Italian Chicken Linguine

Serves 4 – 6

Ingredients

• • 1½ cups of sliced mushrooms (any variety)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ¼ cup finely minced shallots
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme or ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1½ teaspoon salt
  • Chicken’tizers Chicken Strips Original Flavour
  • Salt and ground pepper
  • 3/4 cups purchased pesto or homemade
  • 6 sliced of Mozzarella cheese
  • 1 10 oz. package fresh spinach
  • 1 box of Linguine pasta

  Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220°C
  2. In a medium skillet cook mushrooms in hot oil over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add shallots, thyme, garlic, and 1½ teaspoon salt; cook and stir for 1 minute more.
  3. Remove from heat
  4. Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt and pepper. Place in a baking pan. Spread chicken with pesto; top with mushroom mixture.
  5. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Top with cheese.
  6. Bake for 3-5 minutes more until cheese is melted.
  7. Serve, arrange chicken and mushrooms on a bed of spinach and a side of cooked linguine. Drizzle left- over sauce onto linguine.