Name: Creamy Chicken and Leek Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 10 oz chicken strips or chunks; 1 tablespoon chicken spices; ½ leek; 1 capsicum; 4 oz sour cream or creme fraiche; ½ cup water (reserved from draining the cooked pasta); 1 cup fusilli pasta; 1 pinch salt; 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan (optional)

This simple creamy chicken and leek pasta is a family favorite at my house. It is packed with veges, full of flavor, and ready in only 20 minutes!

This recipe is so simple to make, and is so delicious you would never know it has only six ingredients!

All you have to do is cook the chicken, leek and capsicum together in a large fry pan, add the cooked pasta and stir through the sour cream. I like to add a bit of Parmesan to serve, but that is optional.

Creamy Chicken and Leek Pasta Ingredients

I usually serve this pasta with a quick green salad on the side, something fresh with a little crunch to balance out the cream pasta sauce.

Creamy Chicken and Leek Pasta

5 from 5 votes

This quick creamy chicken and leek pasta comes together in minutes but tastes like you fussed all day! Sautéed chicken, with leeks and capsicum smothered in a luscious sour cream sauce, served over the pasta of your choice makes this an instant favorite.

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Ingredients

Chicken

10 oz / 280 g chicken strips or chunks
1 tablespoon chicken spices

Pasta Sauce

½ leek
1 capsicum
4 oz sour cream or creme fraiche
½ cup water (reserved from draining the cooked pasta)

Pasta

1 cup fusilli pasta
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan (optional)

Directions

Prepare

Put a medium pot of water on the heat (this is to cook the pasta later).
Prepare the vegetables by thinly slicing the leek, and dicing the capsicum.
Place chicken in a bowl, drizzle with oil, add the chicken spices, season with salt and pepper. Turn the chicken to coat it well in the spice mix.

Cook the pasta

When the pasta water has come to the boil, add the pasta and cook according to the pack instructions (approx. 12 mins).
Drain when cooked, reserving approximately ½ cup of the cooking water. Stir a drizzle of olive oil through the pasta to prevent it sticking together.
Cook the chicken and vegetables while the pasta is cooking

While the pasta is cooking, cook the sauce

Heat a drizzle of oil in a pan. Cook the leeks until starting to soften (approximately 3 minutes).
Add the chicken and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Add the capsicum and cook for approximately 1 minute until starting to soften.
Add the reserved pasta water to the pan, and cook for approximately 5 minutes until the chicken has cooked through.