Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce
Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, penne with chicken and southwest cheese sauce. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Stir in cheese and sour cream; then add the chicken and crumbled bacon to the sauce. Serve over cooked penne pasta and sprinkle with chopped green onions before serving. In the same pot, brown the chicken and onion in the butter and oil.

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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook penne with chicken and southwest cheese sauce using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce:
  1. Make ready 6 tbsp Butter
  2. Take 1/2 cup Finely chopped onion
  3. Take 1 clove Minced garlic
  4. Make ready 1/3 cup All purpose flour
  5. Prepare 1 cup Half and half
  6. Prepare 1 cup Hot water
  7. Prepare 1 Salt to taste
  8. Make ready 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
  9. Take 1/2 tsp Hot sauce
  10. Take 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  11. Prepare 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
  12. Prepare 1/3 cup Velveeta cheese
  13. Get 3/4 cup Medium salsa
  14. Get 1/2 cup Sour cream
  15. Take 5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
  16. Take 1 Cajun Seasoning to taste
  17. Take 2 Green onions chopped
  18. Take 1 box Penne pasta

Main ingredients for meat sauce, are tomato paste, minced chicken and italian seasoning along with cheese. I always choose whole wheat penne rigate which is better than rice made one. Tomatoes are full of vitamin and minerals, cheese is good for bone health and chicken mince provides protein. Also, I prepared extra sauce to pour over the pasta when served.

Steps to make Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce:
  1. Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until onions are translucent
  2. Add flour and stir. Cook for 5minutes stirring constantly
  3. Mix half and half and water and slowly add mixture to flour mix. Stir or whisk constantly until mixture is smooth. Cook for 3minutes
  4. Add salt, cayenne, lemon juice and hot sauce. Stir well and add parmesan cheese
  5. Do NOT boil
  6. Add Velveeta cheese
  7. Once cheese is melted add salsa and stir. Add sour cream
  8. Season Chicken breasts generously with Cajun Seasoning and Broil 8-10 minutes per side or until done
  9. Cook pasta according to package directions
  10. To serve, laddle cheese sauce over some noddles (just enough to coat it), stir well, top with sliced chicken. Garnish with green onion

I think the sauce is best made THE NIGHT BEFORE so the flavors can blend through(it's also easier that way if you're potlucking at work as we often do). It is rich and creamy and very easy to The recipe uses Mozzarella, provolone and Parmesan cheeses combined with a penne pasta in a rich Alfredo sauce. Penne with a creamy chicken sauce close up — Video by StockFoodGmbH. My ex-girlfriend's allergic to big doses of tomato so when I cooked for her, I did a lot of cream and cheese-based sauces. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat.

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