Harissa Chicken Pasta - Midweek Banger

harissa paste

🥗Healthier: sriracha

💰Cheaper: red pepper flakes

Sriracha offers a similar heat level with fewer calories.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated cheese blend

Nutritional yeast is a lower-calorie cheese substitute.

Prepare the onion by finely dicing it.

Put water on to boil in a large pot.

In a frying pan, heat some olive oil and add the chicken thighs, cut into strips.

Add harissa paste directly on top of the chicken and mix after it warms up.

Once the chicken is cooking, add the diced onion and sauté until translucent.

Grate in the garlic and cook for a couple of minutes until the onion is nicely cooked.

Cook the pasta according to package instructions, which is about 9 to 10 minutes.

A minute or two before the pasta is ready, remove the chicken from the pan and slice it into pieces for presentation.

Add crushed tomatoes to the pan with the chicken and mix well, keeping the chicken in the sauce.

Add chickpeas and any other desired vegetables to the sauce.

Add a teaspoon of honey and a squeeze of lemon juice to the sauce.

Stir in a tablespoon of cream cheese and chopped parsley into the sauce.

Mix everything well before adding the cooked pasta directly into the sauce.

If the sauce is too thick, add a few tablespoons of pasta water to loosen it up.

Mix everything thoroughly to ensure the pasta is well coated with the sauce.

Dish up the pasta and finish with grated parmesan cheese.

Cooking Techniques

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