{"id":457,"date":"2014-12-17T03:46:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T03:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=457"},"modified":"2016-12-23T04:39:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T04:39:22","slug":"cajun-chicken-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=457","title":{"rendered":"Cajun Chicken &#038; Pasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our favorites for lunch!<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 chicken breasts, cut into bite sized cubes<\/li>\n<li>3 tsp <a title=\"Cajun Seasoning\" href=\"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/?p=455\">cajun seasoning<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1lb spaghetti or fettuccine<\/li>\n<li>2tb olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2tb butter<\/li>\n<li>2 sweet bell peppers, any color of choice<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 large red onion<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cups white Zinfandel wine<\/li>\n<li>1c heavy cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cook pasta, drain, and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle 1-1\/2 tsp cajun seasoning over the chicken, tossing to coat. \u00a0Heat 1 tablespoon oil and 1 table spoon butter in a medium skillet over high heat. \u00a0Add half of the chicken in a single layer (if you add it all, it will lower the heat of the skillet too much). \u00a0Don&#8217;t stir for about one minute, allowing the chicken to brown. \u00a0Flip to the other side and cook another minute. \u00a0Remove and set aside. \u00a0Repeat with remaining chicken. Remove chicken and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In the same skillet, still over high heat, add remaining tablespoon of oil and butter. \u00a0Add peppers, onion and garlic. \u00a0Sprinkle remaining cajun seasoning over the vegetables. \u00a0Stir the vegetables slowly, but the goal here is to brown them to bring out their flavor. Remove all vegetables and set side.<\/li>\n<li>With the skillet still over high heat, add the wine. \u00a0It will sizzle and steam. \u00a0Use a whisk to stir all the browned bits off the bottom of the skillet, then add the chicken broth and cook about 3 minutes on high. \u00a0Then, lower the heat to medium and let the liquids reduce from a boil. \u00a0Add the cream, stirring as you add it, and cook until the sauce has thickened.<\/li>\n<li>Add chicken and vegetables to the sauce, mix well and toss with pasta. Season with salt and pepper if you desire.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our favorites for lunch!<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p> 3 chicken breasts, cut into bite sized cubes 3 tsp cajun seasoning 1lb spaghetti or fettuccine 2tb olive oil 2tb butter 2 sweet bell peppers, any color of choice 1\/2 large red onion 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups chicken broth 1\/2 cups white Zinfandel wine 1c heavy [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.k7farm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}