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In the same pot, brown the chicken and onion in the butter and oil. I love the creaminess and the Gruyere, but peas and chicken just don't work in pasta. I remember now why I've avoided chicken in my pasta for years. This penne pasta recipe is a simple way to bring Italian flavors to your dinner table.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook penne with chicken and southwest cheese sauce using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce:

1. Prepare 6 tbsp Butter
2. Take 1/2 cup Finely chopped onion
3. Make ready 1 clove Minced garlic
4. Make ready 1/3 cup All purpose flour
5. Get 1 cup Half and half
6. Make ready 1 cup Hot water
7. Take 1 Salt to taste
8. Get 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp Hot sauce
10. Take 1 tbsp Lemon juice
11. Take 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
12. Take 1/3 cup Velveeta cheese
13. Make ready 3/4 cup Medium salsa
14. Make ready 1/2 cup Sour cream
15. Get 5 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
16. Make ready 1 Cajun Seasoning to taste
17. Prepare 2 Green onions chopped
18. Take 1 box Penne pasta

Main ingredients for meat sauce, are tomato paste, minced chicken and italian seasoning along with cheese. I always choose whole wheat penne rigate which is better than rice made one. Tomatoes are full of vitamin and minerals, cheese is good for bone health and chicken mince provides protein. Add parmesan cheese and stir until melted.

Instructions to make Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce:

1. Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until onions are translucent
2. Add flour and stir. Cook for 5minutes stirring constantly
3. Mix half and half and water and slowly add mixture to flour mix. Stir or whisk constantly until mixture is smooth. Cook for 3minutes
4. Add salt, cayenne, lemon juice and hot sauce. Stir well and add parmesan cheese
5. Do NOT boil
6. Add Velveeta cheese
7. Once cheese is melted add salsa and stir. Add sour cream
8. Season Chicken breasts generously with Cajun Seasoning and Broil 8-10 minutes per side or until done
9. Cook pasta according to package directions
10. To serve, laddle cheese sauce over some noddles (just enough to coat it), stir well, top with sliced chicken. Garnish with green onion

Tomatoes are full of vitamin and minerals, cheese is good for bone health and chicken mince provides protein. Add parmesan cheese and stir until melted. Pour the sauce over cooked penne pasta, add the chicken and mix well. We prepared this penne pasta with chicken grillers (chicken sausages) my wife picked up at the Farmers We're eating more chicken and fish and substituting turkey for pork and beef. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.

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