Pasta With Chicken, Spinach, Pine Nuts, Bacon And

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, seperated
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 key lime, squeezeed
• 10 slices bacon, crispy and crumbled, seperated
• 1/2 lb penne pasta
• 1 medium shallot, aprox 1/2 cup, chopped
• 4 large garlic cloves, chopped
• 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato, drained and chopped, seperated
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 cup fat-free half-and-half, warmed
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 3 ounces fresh baby spinach
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts

Recipe

• 1 drizzle chicken with 1 tbls olive oil then sprinkle with salt and pepper, squeeze key lime over chicken.
• 2 flip over a few times to mix marinade with chicken -- set aside.
• 3 cook bacon -- set aside.
• 4 get water heating for pasta.
• 5 in large saute pan heat 1 tbls of the olive oil add shallots and garlic.
• 6 saute for 1-2 minutes then add 3/4 cup of the sun dried tomatoes.
• 7 add chicken and cook till done.
• 8 mix corn starch with chicken stock and slowly stir into chicken mixture then add warm half and half. add cayenne pepper.
• 9 cook for 3 minutes or untill sauce is thickened. (add water if necessary).
• 10 place pasta in boiling water and cook acording to package .
• 11 add baby spinach to sauce and stir occasionally until wilted.
• 12 place pasta in large serving dish add sauce and toss.
• 13 top with pine nuts and two strips of crumbled bacon and two tablespoons of red peppers.