{"id":5787,"date":"2011-03-03T21:14:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T03:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2011-03-03T21:14:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T03:14:34","slug":"cajun-chicken-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/cajun-chicken-pasta\/","title":{"rendered":"Cajun Chicken Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a dish that would be perfect for Mardi Gras if you don&#8217;t like Gumbo or Jambalaya&#8230;.this Cajun Chicken Pasta!\u00c2\u00a0 This is a dish my mom has been making for several years now.\u00c2\u00a0 I have no idea which magazine she got the recipe from (Mom, feel free to comment on that!), but I love it and so does The Picky Apple.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure why I waited so long, but I finally tried to recreate this at my house.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have the exact recipe, and just winged it, but I&#8217;ve listed some approximate amounts below.\u00c2\u00a0 The &#8220;Cajun&#8221; in this dish comes from the use of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonychachere.com\/\">Tony&#8217;s Chacheres<\/a>&#8216;s (that&#8217;s pronounces Sash-er-ee, to all you non-Cajun speakers).<\/p>\n<h4>Cajun Chicken Pasta<\/h4>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tbsp butter<\/li>\n<li>3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut lengthwise into 1\/2 inch thick strips<\/li>\n<li>3 1\/2 tsp Tony Chachere&#8217;s, divided<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 onion, chopped (approx 1\/2 cup)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp minced garlic<\/li>\n<li>2 bell peppers, sliced<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 package mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>2 cups half and half<\/li>\n<li>spaghetti noodles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Melt 1 tbsp butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.\u00c2\u00a0 Sprinkle 1.5 tsp Tony Chachere&#8217;s on sliced chicken, then sauteed chicken in skillet until barely browned.\u00c2\u00a0 Don&#8217;t overcook chicken!\u00c2\u00a0 Move to chicken to a plate and keep warm.\u00c2\u00a0 Melt the other tablespoon of butter in the skillet, then cook onions, garlic, peppers and mushrooms for about 10 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 Add half and half and remaining Tony Chachere&#8217;s.\u00c2\u00a0 Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.\u00c2\u00a0 Add chicken back in and cook for another 5 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 Serve over spaghetti noodles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/cajun-chicken-pasta\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a dish that would be perfect for Mardi Gras if you don&#8217;t like Gumbo or Jambalaya&#8230;.this Cajun Chicken Pasta!\u00c2\u00a0 This is a dish my mom has been making for several years now.\u00c2\u00a0 I have no idea which magazine she got the recipe from (Mom, feel free to comment on that!), but I love it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,35,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicken","category-main-dish","category-pasta","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5787"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5794,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions\/5794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}