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Chicken and Courgette Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan

Make chicken and courgette pasta with lemon and parmesan, from the first ingredient to the finished dish.

1 serving · 10 ingredients · 4 steps

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Chicken and Courgette Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Chicken and Courgette Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan

Ingredients 1 to 6 for chicken and courgette pasta with lemon and parmesan arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. 160 g Chicken breast (Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.). 70 g Pasta (Seventy grams dry is about 170 g cooked and 245 kcal, which is most of the carbohydrate on the plate. Dry weight. Cooked, it is about 2.2 times heavier.). 150 g Courgette (Peeled into ribbons with a vegetable peeler so it cooks in the time the pasta drains.). 15 g Parmesan. 8 g Olive oil. 1 clove, about 3 g Garlic

Ingredients 7 to 10 for chicken and courgette pasta with lemon and parmesan arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 7 to 10. Of half a lemon Lemon zest. A squeeze Lemon juice. A pinch Chilli flakes. Plenty Black pepper

Chicken and Courgette Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan, preparation step 1: Put the pasta on in well-salted water and cook it a minute short of the packet time. — Step 1. Put the pasta on in well-salted water and cook it a minute short of the packet time.

Chicken and Courgette Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan, preparation step 2: Slice the chicken thinly, season it and fry in the oil over a high heat for four minutes until browned at the edges, then add the garlic and chilli flakes for thirty seconds. — Step 2. Slice the chicken thinly, season it and fry in the oil over a high heat for four minutes until browned at the edges, then add the garlic and chilli flakes for thirty seconds.

Chicken and Courgette Pasta with Lemon and Parmesan, preparation step 3: Add the courgette ribbons with a ladle of pasta water and cook for two minutes until they slump. — Step 3. Add the courgette ribbons with a ladle of pasta water and cook for two minutes until they slump.

The finished chicken and courgette pasta with lemon and parmesan. — Step 4. Drain the pasta, toss it through the pan with the zest, juice and parmesan, and loosen with more pasta water until it coats rather than clumps.

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