Fall in Love with Our Lighter, Flavor-Packed Marry Me Chicken

This is a healthy lighter version of the social media viral Marry Me Chicken recipe. Enjoy a creamy indulgent dinner made lower calorie with lighter ingredients but still with lots of flavour. The sun-dried tomatoes are so delicious in this recipe, and if you are looking to use any left over sun-dried tomatoes check out my ‘Tuscan’ Eggs in the breakfast section!

The Recipe

Easy Healthy Marry Me Chicken

A creamy pasta with sun-dried tomatoes made healthier with lighter ingredients but still with lots of flavour.

Servings: 2 people

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 chicken breasts
• ▢ 1 red onion
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves
• ▢ 2 tbsp tomato puree
• ▢ 6 sun-dried tomatoes from jar.
• ▢ 1 stock cube
• ▢ 140 g dried pasta
• ▢ 70 g low fat cream cheese
• ▢ 4 tsp oregano
• ▢ 2 tsp paprika
• ▢ 1 tsp chilli powder
• ▢ Salt & ground pepper
• ▢ 2 cups raw spinach
• ▢ 6 pieces of fresh basil leaves
• ▢ Parmesan optional

Instructions

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  Season your chicken breasts in 2 tsp of oregano, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp paprika, salt and pepper. You can either air fry these for 18-19 minutes at 185C or panfry them in a little oil till cooked. While the chicken is cooking you can boil your pasta.
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  For the sauce, finely dice the onion and garlic clove and gently fry off in 1.5 tbsp of the oil from the jar of sun-dried tomatoes.
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  Next add in 6 pieces of finely chopped sundried tomatoes and tomato puree, 1 tsp paprika, 2 tsp oregano and cook it all down for a few minutes. Then stir in the cream cheese, and dissolve 1 stock cube in 300ml water and pour it in. Stir in the roughly chopped spinach and basil leaves, then simmer the sauce on high heat till it starts to bubble and thicken and then turn it down on low.
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  Mix in the cooked pasta till it is coated in the sauce and serve with the sliced cooked chicken and sprinkle of parmesan on top.

Notes

Add a side of steamed broccoli or greens for a veggie boost!

 

Nutrition Per Serving

Calories: 581kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 48g | Fat: 15g | Fibre: 8g

Please remember to double check all ingredients before cooking or consuming including the ingredients list labelled on packages if you have certain allergies or intolerances.

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