Cajun Chicken Pasta
Delicious spicy creamy Cajun pasta which cooks in under 20 minutes, with a creamy rich Alfredo
sauce. An easy and quick restaurant-quality meal in the comfort of your own home.
Ingredients
- 8 oz linguine
- 1 lb chicken breast
- 2 tbsp of Cajun seasoning
- salt for taste
- pepper for taste
- 1/2 tbs fresh minced garlic
- 1 tbs fresh minced onion
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper seasoning optional. Add only if you like heat
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika optional
- 1 tbs olive oil plus more for the pan
- 2 tbs unsalted butter
- 1 cup of heavy whipping cream or more for taste
- 1/2 cup or more for taste of freshly grated Parmesan use more to garnish
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- 1 tsp fresh parsley
- 1/8 cup pearl tomatoes sliced thin.
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Place chicken and Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper and 1 tbs olive oil in a bowl and toss to coat.
- In a large skillet or cast iron over medium heat add 1 tsp olive oil to a pan. Once the olive oil starts sizzling, add the garlic, onions and optional crushed red peppers. Cook until fragrant about a minute making sure to not burn it by stirring the garlic. Remove from pan and set to the side.
- In the same large skillet over medium heat, sauté chicken in a tbs olive oil until chicken is tender, about 3 minutes on each side or until cooked through.
- Reduce heat add the cooked linguine, heavy cream,butter, the onion and garlic and Parmesan cheese. Add salt and pepper for taste if needed. Toss everything together and heat through.
- Garnish with lemon zest, parsley and pearl tomatoes.
Notes
Fyi, I usually post step by step with photos but this is an old recipe which needed some updates. No change to the recipe though. I plan on updating this post with step by step pics very soon!
Post updated 8/4/2020