The most popular chicken spaghetti with white sauce is charmingly easy and a pure pleasure to cook at home!
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But without any further delay, let me take you to this pasta dish which I had made for our Friday dinner. This is usual pasta made delightfully tasty with the addition of the creamy white sauce. I added broccoli along with chicken because we love that combination. You can do your bit of experiment and create your own signature dish!
If you want to go for a all-veggie pasta and cut down on the calorie, then my Pasta Peperonata recipe would be ideal for you.
- Spaghetti – 200 gms
- Boneless chicken cubes – 200 gms
- Broccoli – 18 to 20 florets
- Olive oil – 6 tbsp
- Parmesan cheese – 4 tbsp, grated
- Salt to taste
- Butter – 2 tbsp
- Refined flour (maida) – 2 tbsp
- Milk – 2 cups
- White pepper powder – ¼ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add the butter.
- When the butter melts, add the refined flour and cook for 4-5 minutes and low heat otherwise the flour will burn. Keep stirring continuously so that no lump is created.
- Now add the milk and bring to boil on medium heat while stirring continuously. As soon as it starts to boil, lower the heat to minimum and keep stirring.
- Add the pepper powder and salt.
- Do remember to keep stirring the sauce; otherwise lumps will be created spoiling the whole sauce.
- When it thickens, remove from heat and keep aside. Do keep in mind that the sauce will thicken more as it cools downs.
- Boil a lot of water in a deep pan. Add a teaspoon of salt. Add the spaghetti and cook them for exactly the same time as mentioned in the pasta pack.
- When done, take out the spaghetti from water and drain in a colander. Reserve the pasta water as it will be needed later.
- Cut the boneless chicken cubes into strips and smear with salt. Mix well.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a deep pan. Tip in the chicken strips fry till brown. Tip out and keep aside.
- Add another tablespoon of oil and sauté the broccoli florets. Sprinkle some salt. Keep aside when done.
- If there is no oil left in the pan, add two more tablespoon of oil. Add the drained spaghetti.
- Spaghetti would have become dry and sticky. Add the pasta water little by little as required. This will moisten the spaghetti again and will be easier to stir.
- Add the fried chicken and broccoli. Mix well.
- Now spread the white sauce spoon by spoon and mix well till everything is coated with the sauce. [You may NOT need all of the white sauce. You can preserve any left-over sauce in the fridge for 1 or 2 days.]
- Remove the pan from heat.
- Serve on a plate and sprinkle the grated Parmesan cheese on top.
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