Chicken Dijon With Angel Hair Pasta And Fresh Zucchini

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 medium onion
• 10 mushrooms
• 6 ounces marinated artichoke hearts
• 4 medium zucchini
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• 3/4 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce (i prefer tamari)
• 1/3 cup wine or 1/3 cup zinfandel wine
• 1/2 cup light sour cream
• 3/4 lb angel hair pasta
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• salt, to taste
• freshly ground coarse black pepper, to taste
• 2 red pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 green onions, sliced on a diagonal (both & green parts)

Recipe

• 1 fill a large pot with water and begin to heat for pasta.
• 2 cut chicken breasts into thin slices, then into 1 inch pieces.
• 3 peel and quarter onion, then slice thinly.
• 4 trim stems off of mushrooms and slice thinly.
• 5 drain artichoke hearts and cut into small pieces.
• 6 trim zucchini and cut into 1/4 inch pieces.
• 7 place in a microwaveable dish and set aside.
• 8 place 1 tablespoon butter & 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a wide frying pan or wok over medium high heat.
• 9 press garlic and add; add red pepper flakes, too.
• 10 then add chicken pieces and cook for 1-2 minutes.
• 11 microwave zucchini on high for 6 minutes.
• 12 to pan with chicken, add onion slices and cook 1 minute more.
• 13 add mushroom slices and artichoke pieces.
• 14 continue cooking until chicken pieces are no longer pink (approximately 4 minutes) and remove pan from heat.
• 15 reduce burner temperature to low.
• 16 put pasta in boiling water and cook 1-2 minutes or until done.
• 17 add dijon mustard, wine, & tamari to chicken mixture and stir carefully.
• 18 place pan back on burner and add light sour cream.
• 19 stir gently until sauce forms.
• 20 remove from heat.
• 21 remove zucchini from microwave.
• 22 season lightly with small amount of butter or margarine, salt, if using, black pepper, if using,
• 23 drain pasta in a large colander.
• 24 serve chicken dijon over pasta accompanied by fresh zucchini and green onions.
• 25 serve with bread sticks, a salad of european greens with raspberry vinagrette, and zinfandel wine.