SRC: Grilled Chicken & Pasta with Basil-Cream Sauce

My assignment for this month was Melanie of Fabulously Fun Food. I was really excited to discover she was living in Tennessee - yay! Tennessee! And I can't help but love that she is also a biologist :) The nerd is me just swoons! I also adore that she has a favorites section for herself and her husband - my husband can never remember which foods he loved a lot by just the titles, so maybe I need to do that for him!

Anyways... typically I choose an opposite course with what I chose last month. Last month I did burgers, so I really should've gone with a sweet or breakfast dish. But when I saw Grilled Chicken & Pasta with Basil-Cream Sauce, it was an instantaneous decision. I am a pasta-holic. I love anything and everything pasta. I knew my husband would be game as long as it had a meat in the dish.

I went in thinking this dish would be great and man alive, it blew me away. Blew me away! This is definitely one of the very best recipes I have ever made and will be made a lot more. My husband, like I said up there, is game when there is meat involved. He kind of gets annoyed when I make meatless dishes - he actually went back just for the pasta and sauce (didn't even get more grilled chicken!). So needless to say, this was a huge hit in my house! I also noticed this was on Melanie's husband's favorites list.

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What you need:

• 8 oz. orecchiette pasta [I used the short penne, couldn't find orecchiette]
• 1 lb. chicken fingers
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• Salt and pepper
• Garlic powder
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
• 4 medium tomatoes, diced
• 4 tbsp. fresh basil, chopped
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Cook pasta according to directions; drain. Set aside.
2. Season chicken with dried basil, salt, pepper, and garlic. Grill. Set aside.
3. Melt butter in a skillet. Add green onions and Italian seasoning. Saute for 5 minutes.
4. Add garlic and saute for 1 more minute. Stir in tomatoes, 3 tbsp. fresh basil, cream, milk, and hot pepper flakes. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Whisk in Parmesan until melted.
6. Serve pasta topped with chicken, then sauce, then a little more fresh basil.

Recipe from Fabulously Fun Food

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