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summer vegetable pasta with chicken

Get:
  • linguine or fettuccini
  • 1 tomato per person (2 roma)
  • 1 zuccini per person + 1 extra
  • mushrooms, 5 per person
  • 1 yellow onion per two people
  • 3 cloves garlic per person
  • 0.5 lb chicken per person
  • butter
  • white wine
Log:
  • 6:15: start water boiling
  • chop chicken into 1" cubes (ish)
  • toss chicken with wine, olive oil, rosemary, salt, and pepper. let stand to marinate
  • 6:15: coarsely chop onion
  • 6:18: soften onion in skllet with butter
  • chop mushroom, add to onion with salt and pepper and wine
  • 6:22: chop garlic, add to onions and saute
  • 6:26: chop zuccini, chop tomato
  • 6:30: set aside onion and mushroom pan, medium heat
  • brown zuccini in large pan with butter, salt, pepper, rosemary, medium high heat
  • 6:36: add noodle to boiling water when ready
  • transfer zuccini to mushroom pan
  • sear chicken on medium high heat in the large pan: flip after 2 minutes.
  • was still raw bit in the middle after 4 mins. added all veggies on top of chicken and let go one more minute

Analysis:
  • 5 minutes was just right for chicken. tender but browned.
  • a little under salted. can salt to taste on the plates
  • since the pasta and the chicken both have a hard stop, it gets dicey at plate time.
  • can't just plop some chicken into a mixture and expect it to cook over or under. I think it's probably best to sear everything separately, and just combine at the end when everything is basically cooked.