Hot Honey Chicken Pasta
Transform your weeknight meals with this irresistible Hot Honey Chicken Pasta! Picture velvety pasta enveloped in a rich, cheesy sauce, paired with succulent chicken drizzled in a sweet and spicy honey glaze. Quick to whip up and bursting with flavor, this dish is sure to become a family favorite!
Prep
15
min
Cook
30
min
Serves
2
people
Level
intermediate
📝 Ingredients
Serves 2🥬Fresh Produce(6)
- 2 tsp chopped garlic (10 ml)
- 2 sprigs of fresh parsley chopped
- ½ tsp garlic granules (2.5 ml)
- 1 small white onion finely chopped
- ½ tsp onion granules (2.5 ml)
- 2½ tbsp tomato purée (37.5 ml)
🥩Meat & Seafood(1)
- 250g chicken breast, diced (0.55 lbs)
🥛Dairy & Eggs(2)
- 80ml single cream (2.7 fl oz)
- 20g parmesan, finely grated (0.71 oz)
🫙Pantry Staples(3)
- 150g dried rigatoni (5.29 oz)
- 20g honey (0.71 oz)
- 100ml pasta water (3.38 fl oz)
🧂Spices & Seasonings(3)
- Black pepper
- Salt
- 1 tsp smoked paprika (5 ml)
🍯Sauces & Condiments(1)
- 1 tsp hot sauce (5 ml)
📦Other(2)
- ½ tsp chilli flakes (2.5 ml)
- Pinch of mild chili flakes
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1
Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Reserve a mug of pasta water.
- 2
Mix together the honey, hot sauce and chilli flakes in a small bowl.
- 3
Season the chicken with smoked paprika, garlic granules, onion granules, salt and black pepper.
- 4
Add the chicken to a frying pan and leave undisturbed for 2-3 minutes to develop some colour before frying until cooked through.
- 5
Pour over most of the hot honey mixture, reserving around ½ tsp for the sauce.
- 6
Toss until the chicken is sticky. Remove & keep warm.
- 7
Add the onion and garlic to the same pan and cook until soft.
- 8
Add the tomato purée and cook for 1-2 minutes until deepened in colour. Add in the reserved hot honey and stir then add the cream.
- 9
Pour the pasta water into the empty cream jug, swirl to pick up any remaining cream & add to the pan.
- 10
Stir through the parmesan, chilli flakes, salt and black pepper.
- 11
Simmer for a couple of mins until the sauce has thickened.
- 12
Add the cooked pasta and toss.
- 13
Serve the pasta topped with the chicken. Garnish with fresh parsley.
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Prep
15
min
Cook
30
min
Serves
2
people
Level
intermediate
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Hot Honey Chicken Pasta
Transform your weeknight meals with this irresistible Hot Honey Chicken Pasta! Picture velvety pasta enveloped in a rich, cheesy sauce, paired with succulent chicken drizzled in a sweet and spicy honey glaze. Quick to whip up and bursting with flavor, this dish is sure to become a family favorite!
📝 Ingredients
Serves 2🥬Fresh Produce(6)
- 2 tsp chopped garlic (10 ml)
- 2 sprigs of fresh parsley chopped
- ½ tsp garlic granules (2.5 ml)
- 1 small white onion finely chopped
- ½ tsp onion granules (2.5 ml)
- 2½ tbsp tomato purée (37.5 ml)
🥩Meat & Seafood(1)
- 250g chicken breast, diced (0.55 lbs)
🥛Dairy & Eggs(2)
- 80ml single cream (2.7 fl oz)
- 20g parmesan, finely grated (0.71 oz)
🫙Pantry Staples(3)
- 150g dried rigatoni (5.29 oz)
- 20g honey (0.71 oz)
- 100ml pasta water (3.38 fl oz)
🧂Spices & Seasonings(3)
- Black pepper
- Salt
- 1 tsp smoked paprika (5 ml)
🍯Sauces & Condiments(1)
- 1 tsp hot sauce (5 ml)
📦Other(2)
- ½ tsp chilli flakes (2.5 ml)
- Pinch of mild chili flakes
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1
Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Reserve a mug of pasta water.
- 2
Mix together the honey, hot sauce and chilli flakes in a small bowl.
- 3
Season the chicken with smoked paprika, garlic granules, onion granules, salt and black pepper.
- 4
Add the chicken to a frying pan and leave undisturbed for 2-3 minutes to develop some colour before frying until cooked through.
- 5
Pour over most of the hot honey mixture, reserving around ½ tsp for the sauce.
- 6
Toss until the chicken is sticky. Remove & keep warm.
- 7
Add the onion and garlic to the same pan and cook until soft.
- 8
Add the tomato purée and cook for 1-2 minutes until deepened in colour. Add in the reserved hot honey and stir then add the cream.
- 9
Pour the pasta water into the empty cream jug, swirl to pick up any remaining cream & add to the pan.
- 10
Stir through the parmesan, chilli flakes, salt and black pepper.
- 11
Simmer for a couple of mins until the sauce has thickened.
- 12
Add the cooked pasta and toss.
- 13
Serve the pasta topped with the chicken. Garnish with fresh parsley.