Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 400g lean chicken breast, diced or 400g cooked chicken meat, diced
- 400g canned Italian-style diced tomatoes
- ½ tablespoon dried basil leaves
- ¾ teaspoon white sugar
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ cup reduced fat or light cooking cream
- 1-2 cups baby spinach
- 300g pasta
Method
- In a saucepan add oil and saute onion for two minutes, add garlic, stir regularly, making sure it doesn’t burn
- Add chicken and sauté until nearly cooked. If using precooked chicken meat skip step 2 and add chicken at step 4
- Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, oregano and pepper. Simmer for 3 minutes or until most of the liquid evaporates
- Remove from heat, stir in cream, reduce heat and simmer 2 minutes, add spinach, simmer for 1 minute
- Cook pasta as per directions, spoon sauce over pasta
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition information panel
| Nutrient | Per Serve | Per 100g |
| Energy | 1193.3kJ | 531.9kJ |
| Protin | 17.7g | 7.9g |
| Total fat | 9.2g | 4.1g |
| Saturated fat | 3.1g | 1.4g |
| Carbohydrate | 30.9g | 13.8g |
| Sugars | 4.3g | 1.9g |
| Dietary Fibre | 3.4g | 1.5g |
| Sodium | 115.4mg | 51.4mg |
