📋 Low Fat Chicken Pasta In White Sauce
Low fat chicken pasta in white sauce is delicious! An amazingly easy white sauce chicken pasta recipe made without any actual cream!
Servings 4
Calories 446kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 300 g chicken breast cubed
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 100 g button mushrooms
- 2 tbsp. flour
- 50 ml white wine
- 250 ml skimmed milk
- 4 tbsp. low fat cream cheese
- Salt and Freshly Grated Black Pepper
- 225 g whole wheat penne pasta
- 1 tbsp. freshly chopped parsley
Instructions
- Gently heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot. Add the chicken and cook stirring until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Remove chicken from pot using a slotted spoon.
- In the same pot gently heat the other tablespoon of olive oil, sauté the garlic and mushrooms together.
- Once garlic and mushrooms are cooked, add the flour. Stir until a smooth paste is formed.
- Stir in the wine, milk, and cream cheese. Season to taste and keep stirring until sauce thickens and when it begins to bubble add the chicken back in. Turn down to simmer until chicken cooked through fully.
- Whilst chicken is simmering cook the pasta according to packet instructions.
- Once pasta cooked, drain fully, and stir into the chicken in white sauce.
- Serve garnished with the parsley.
Nutrition
Calories: 446kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 174mg | Potassium: 524mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 479IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 111mg | Iron: 1mg