A throw-it-all-in-the-pan weeknight meal, this One Pot Chicken and Broccoli Pasta is quick and tasty!
I’m starting to struggle without my full kitchen!
The back wall of the house came down this week, opening up the kitchen into the new extension. The space looks great, but dust is everywhere. I have to wash everything before I use it – even the stacked up plates in the cupboards.
So I’ve moved most of my cooking and photographing to the living room. A little table in the middle of the living room floor with my portable induction hob – it almost feels like camping.
So one-pot meals like this are perfect right now!!
I’m anticipating another week or so before they rip out my kitchen entirely, and at that point I might have to go and borrow a kitchen for a month or two, but for now we’re just about managing.
The lighting in the living room is totally different, and there’s nowhere else in the house with the room to photograph, so I’m not 100% happy with my pictures right now (come to think of it, I can ALWAYS pick holes in my pictures!), but I’m hoping you get the idea on the look of this simple little dish.
About 25-30 minutes from start to finish and you’ve got a tasty dinner with a few veggies in there too for good measure.  I use broccoli, kale and mushrooms, but really you can throw in whatever you have at hand  – peas, asparagus, mangetout – anything like that will work great.
A good sprinkling of parmesan to finish and you’re done.
If only my kitchen was done too! I’ll post some photos of the mess next week 🙂
The One Pot Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Recipe:
One Pot Chicken and Broccoli Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion peeled and chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic peeled and crushed
- 3 chicken breasts chopped into bite-size chunks
- pinch of salt and pepper
- 16 baby chestnut mushrooms chopped in half
- 60 ml white wine (optional – you can replace with water or stock)
- 600 ml homemade or good quality chicken stock
- 105 ml whole milk
- 200 g dried pasta shapes
- Small head of broccoli stalk removed, chopped into small florets
- 70 g kale roughly chopped
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- 50 g parmesan, grated
- Pinch of salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan (skillet) on a medium heat.
- Add the chopped onions and fry gently for a couple of minutes until the onions start to go translucent. Add in the garlic, stir and cook for 30 seconds. Then add in the chicken, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes, moving around the pan a couple of times until sealed. Add the mushrooms and cook for two more minutes. Add the wine and bring to the boil. Smmer for two minutes, then add the stock and milk. Bring to the boil, then stir in the pasta. Bring back to a gentle bubble and place a lid on the pan. Turn down the heat and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add in broccoli and kale, stir, place the lid back on and cook for another 5 minutes, until the broccoli is tender and the pasta is cooked.
- Remove the list, stir in the lemon juice andsprinkle with the parmesan and a little salt and pepper, then serve.
Lauren says
August 20, 2019 at 9:32 pmAbsolutely delicious. Cooking late after decorating the living room, had chicken defrosted and broccoli in the fridge a quick google search came up with this recipe and 20mins later we were eating a dinner that I imagine we will crave again and again, very tasty!
Zoe says
July 25, 2019 at 7:48 pmTried this recipe this evening as its one of the few i have found which doesn’t have a white sauce, and being dairy intolerant this was fab! I swapped what little milk it called for with soya, and used vegetable stock instead of chicken, and it was lush. Definitely using this recipe again 🙂
Debbie says
February 14, 2019 at 5:59 pmTasty and simple meal for those who can’t or have little time to cook. Will definitely be making again.
TC says
May 10, 2018 at 5:26 pmI could eat pasta for every meal and never get bored. This is one of my favourites and usually eat it at least once every two weeks.
Charlie @ The Kitchen Shed says
October 24, 2016 at 6:52 pmInduction hobs are an amazing invention when the kitchen is out of use. We just had our kitchen walls stripped down to the brick and re-plastered so I definitely feel your pain! Before you know it, it will all be over and you will LOVE your new space! This is definitely my kind of meal though, kitchen or no kitchen. Chicken, broccoli and pasta… in one pan? Perfect!
Caroline says
October 15, 2016 at 7:40 amThis looks delish! I sympathise with you on the dust, we knocked through from our kitchen to our dining room last year and I had to wash everything before and after every meal. It will be so worth it though.