Contributed By: jjspat
jjspat
A really quick dish that makes a tasty meal when served with a nice green salad ..... kids love it and can help you prep....
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Total Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes
Ingredients: Chicken & Turkey
Actual Cooking Time: Less than 15 minutes
Number of Servings: 2
Special Features: Quick to Prepare (under 30 minutes)
Kids can help make it
Kids can help make it
Nutrition Content: Good Source of Calcium
High Fiber
Meal Type: Entree
Ingredients
2 tablespoons Olive oil
2 Medium cloves garlic, finely crushed
2 Medium shallots, chopped fine
1 Medium red bell pepper, cut into very thin slices
1 Medium green bell pepper, cut into very thin slices
1/2 pound Boneless chicken cut into very thin slices
1/2 pound Capellini (angel hair) pasta broken to 2" lengths
1 teaspoon Crushed red-pepper flakes
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
8 ounces Florida's Natural (R) orange juice
8 ounces Water
Juice of half a lemon or lime
Freshly grated Parmesan
Finely diced fresh basil or chives make a nice garnish.
Preparation
Prep everything before starting dish .... this is real quick, .....but real tasty...
Heat the olive in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic, and cook until bigins to color, about 2 minutes.
Add chicken cooking quickly for 90 seconds
Stir in shallots, bell peppers, and pepper flakes, and season with salt and pepper; cook for only 60 seconds, stirring.
Turn heat to high...Add capellini for 30 seconds.
Add pepper flakes
Add Orange Juice... as orange juice is almost absorbed
..add water when necessary until capellini is "el dente".... about 90 seconds.
Move skillet of heat....Squeeze in the Lemon Juice, stir.
serve immediately with Freshly grated Parmesan and
finely diced fresh basil or chives as garnish.
Cook's Notes
Nutrition Information
Calories: 856
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Total Fat: 19 g
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Saturated Fat: 3 g
;
Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g
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Carbohydrates: 126 g
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Protein: 47 g
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Vitamin A: 512 RE
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Vitamin C: 265 mg
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Calcium: 171 mg
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Sodium: 465 mg
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Iron: 6 mg
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Fiber: 6 g