Creamy Chicken/brocolli/pepper And Farfelle Noodles

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped finely
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 cups broccoli florets
• 1/2 large red pepper, chopped
• 1 (10 ounce) can chicken broth
• 2 (6 ounce) containers cream cheese with garlic and herbs, dip
• 2 cups bow tie pasta, cooked
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 chop the chicken into bite size pieces and season lightly with salt and pepper. you may also sprinkle on season salt or garlic powder to your own personal taste, i use them on everything, you may use any skinless/boneless cut, or even left over from yesterday.
• 2 saute the chicken until lightly brown. just warm precooked chicken slightly before adding in the onion and garlic in the next step.
• 3 add the onion and garlic and continue to cook until the onion is soft and translucent.
• 4 in a microwave/oven/serving dish, heat the cream cheese dip until it is soft.
• 5 add the chicken broth to it, and stir until smooth.
• 6 now add the chicken and onion mixture to it and put it into a 350f oven,.
• 7 start the water for the pasta.
• 8 while this is coming to temperature, chop the red pepper and brocolli.
• 9 let the pasta cook for about 5 minutes, then add the vegetables to the chicken mixture in the oven. you could add the vegies when you put the pasta in, but we like ours crispy. at this point you should cover the chicken.
• 10 continue cooking all until the pasta is el dente and the vegetables are tender crisp.
• 11 drain the pasta, and either add it to the chicken mixture, or toss with a bit of olive oill and the parmesan cheese, and then serve the chicken and veg over top.
• 12 note: you may substitute 1 250 gm package of plain cream cheese for one of the dips if you don't care for the added herb and garlic flavor.