Hook & Ladder Linguini
This pasta dish is perfect after a particularly hard day. It has ingredients from all four food groups and is wonderful with chewy Italian bread.
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Servings: 4
Cost: $$
Ingredients
- 8 ounces linguini uncooked
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/3 cup dry white wine
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon thyme
- few dashes hot red pepper sauce
- 1/2 cup grated Mozzarella cheese
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken cut into strips
- 4 ounces fresh spinach chopped
- fresh-grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook the linguini according to package instructions (omitting the salt).
- Drain and keep warm.
- In a large frying pan, melt the butter over medium heat.
- Add the mushrooms and celery, sauté until tender.
- Stir in the cornstarch and mix well.
- Stir in the chicken broth, white wine, lemon juice, thyme and red pepper sauce.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbly.
- Reduce heat and add the Mozzarella, stirring constantly just until the cheese melts.
- Stir in the chicken and spinach.
- Simmer, covered, for 1 minute or until mixture is hot.
- Serve immediately over the hot cooked linguini.
- Sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.