Tahini chicken and broccoli rotini pasta

Name: Tahini chicken and broccoli rotini pasta
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 oz chicken breast cooked; 12 oz rotini pasta; 1 lb broccoli; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/3 cup tahini sauce; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 tsp cumin; salt; black pepper; 3 1/3 cup water, divided; 1 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

elroy.galbraith @cook_3291682

Kingston, Jamaica

My fiance is the best! She wanted to go grocery shopping for some healthy ingredients for cooking. She sees a deal on six pack of pasta. No intention to buy pasta btw, she went without any list "I'm gonna go online and find a bunch of recipes. This is pasta WEEK." Lol. So here we are.

This one was surprising. The tahini adds a lovely aroma and creamy texture reminiscent of cheese. But this is a really hearty meal. I'm glad I'll be having some for lunch.

elroy.galbraith @cook_3291682

Kingston, Jamaica

This one was surprising. The tahini adds a lovely aroma and creamy texture reminiscent of cheese. But this is a really hearty meal. I'm glad I'll be having some for lunch.

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Ingredients

35 minutes

4 servings

4 ozchicken breast cooked
12 ozrotini pasta
1 lbbroccoli
2 clovesgarlic
2 tbspolive oil
1/3 cuptahini sauce
2 tbsplemon juice
1 tspcumin
salt
black pepper
3 1/3 cupwater, divided
1 tspred pepper flakes (optional)

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Steps

35 minutes

1

Heat a large skillet and add olive oil.
2

Saute broccoli until a deeper green. Remove from pan
3

Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken and cook until golden brown. Remove from pan and let cool, then dice.
4

Add uncooked pasta to the skillet, add 3 cups of water and bring to a boil on high heat. Remove pasta once the pasta is cooked.
5

While pasta is cooking, combine tahini sauce, lemon juice, garlic and cumin in a blender, slowly adding 1/3 cup water until a creamy consistency is achieved. Add pinches of salt to taste.
6

Add pasta, chicken and broccoli to skillet drizzling sauce over the contents while it cooks. You can add the ingredients in batches if you skillet is small.
7

Stir in red pepper flakes while sauce reduces. Serve warm.