{"id":15736,"date":"2017-03-29T09:10:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T13:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=15736"},"modified":"2023-12-31T06:46:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T11:46:58","slug":"creamy-chicken-and-mushroom-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/creamy-chicken-and-mushroom-pasta","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta - Tender pieces of chicken breast with mushrooms and pasta all in a lighter creamy sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You know how it is, you really crave a bowl of creamy flavoursome pasta, but tend to avoid it on Slimming Eats because anything with the word creamy in the title, tends to be high in caloriess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However with a couple of Slimming Eats friendly ingredients it is really easy to create you favourite creamy style dishes and one of my favourites in this Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have to admit I love chicken and I love mushrooms. I already have this amazing dairy free Creamy Chicken and Mushroom<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>which is delicious with this Roasted Cauliflower Rice<\/a><\/span><\/strong> and some greens of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for those of you that are not dairy free and want the pasta, then this is the dish for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you know you can saute mushrooms and pack them with flavour without having to add lots of oil or butter which is high in caloriess. A neat little trick I have been using for years now, is to gradually brown the mushrooms with some stock. As it reduces down you can keep on adding more, and the result is beautiful golden mushrooms that taste like they have been saut\u00e9ed in butter. I use this method for saute many vegetables now, from onions, to green beans, even the a onion, carrot and celery mix which is the base for many of sauces and dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To get the creaminess into the dish I use low fat cream cheese, adding this in with some stock until it reduces down into a lovely velvety creamy sauce is perfect. I use a similar method in this Steak with Creamy Peppercorn Sauce<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. So I figured it would be perfect for pasta. If you want to make this low calorie, swap out the cream cheese for something like laughing cow light triangles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reserving some of the liquid from the cooked pasta and adding it into the sauce, is another great trick for pasta type dishes, the starch from the pasta water, really helps the sauce, not appear thin and watery. I do this even with tomato based sauces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For this Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta,  I find chicken breast works best rather than thigh meat. Hey this even tastes amazing with no chicken and all and just served as a mushroom pasta dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My kids love this, and devour a bowl with no complaints. A little grated parmesan added to the top takes it to a whole other level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For some speed foods, serve with a mixed green salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also make this  Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta gluten free, but using a gluten free pasta and stock of choice, my preference is brown rice pasta, as I find it to be the closest in taste and texture to regular pasta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All in all and delicious pasta dish for the whole family, and one that is super easy to make too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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