Best Spring Pea And Pasta Salad With Chicken And Asparagus Recipes
PASTA PRIMAVERA WITH CHICKEN AND ASPARAGUS
This Cooking Light recipe is a wonderful use for the pencil-thin late spring asparagus you find in farmer's markets in May and June. It tastes very fresh and all the ingredients come together beautifully. It has 10 WW points per serving as shown.
Provided by Columbus Foodie
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil in a stock pot.
- Add asparagus; cook 3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon.
- Add pasta to boiling water; cook according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain.
- Cut the chicken crosswise into 1/4 inch wide strips.
- Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken; saute 5 minutes.
- Add asparagus, peas, salt, pepper, and garlic; saute 2 minutes.
- Stir in wine, scraping pan to loosen browned bits.
- Stir in cream and juice; cook 1 minute.
- Add pasta and cheese; stir well to coat.
- Remove from heat; stir in basil, green onions, and parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 462.9, Fat 12.8, SaturatedFat 6.3, Cholesterol 82, Sodium 755, Carbohydrate 55.4, Fiber 9.6, Sugar 3.2, Protein 30.4
SPRING PASTA SALAD
"The little green peas and salty ricotta salata make a killer combo," says Jeff.
Provided by Jeff Mauro, host of Sandwich King
Time 30m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Make the pasta: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook as the label directs, adding the asparagus pieces 2 minutes before the pasta is done. Drain the pasta and asparagus; rinse under cold running water to stop the cooking. Toss the pasta and asparagus with the peas, roasted peppers, tomatoes, shallot and dill.
- Make the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, mustard, honey, garlic and lemon zest and juice. Season with salt and pepper.
- Pour the dressing over the pasta salad, tossing to coat. Let the salad hang out for a bit to soak up all of the flavor.
- When ready to serve, bowl it up. Then shave some ricotta salata over the top, drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with pepper.
ASPARAGUS-SPRING PEA PASTA
Asparagus is great with pasta. After the first review, I have updated the recipe to include some garlic, which I agree improves the flavor of this dish!
Provided by potions
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Bring large pot of water to a boil; add salt.
- Add asparagus and cook until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes.
- Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice and cold water.
- Bring water in pot back to a boil; add snow peas and cook just until tender, about 1 minute.
- Transfer with slotted spoon to bowl of ice and cold water.
- Repeat with sugar snap peas; reserve cooking liquid in pot.
- When vegetables are cool, drain in a colander, set aside.
- Bring cooking liquid in pot back to a boil; stir in pasta and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes.
- Reserve 1 cup cooking liquid, then drain pasta.
- Diagonally cut asparagus into 1/4-inch thick slices.
- Transfer half of asparagus to a food processor.
- Diagonally cut half of the snow peas and sugar snap peas in half; add cut snow and sugar snap peas to food processor with half of green peas.
- Add 6 T reserved cooking liquid, the Parmigiano-Reggiano, zest, garlic, juice and oil; season with salt and pepper.
- Process until smooth.
- Combine with remaining vegetables in a saucepan; heat over low heat until warm, for sauce.
- Transfer sauce, pasta and 1/4 cup cooking liquid to a large serving bowl; toss until coated well, adding additional cooking liquid, 2 T at a time, if too thick.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Top each serving with prosciutto, chives and a dollop of ricotta.
- Sprinkle with pepper, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 392.7, Fat 13.8, SaturatedFat 3.8, Cholesterol 12.9, Sodium 89.7, Carbohydrate 53.1, Fiber 5.8, Sugar 4.5, Protein 15.1
SPRING PASTA SALAD
Provided by Jeff Mauro, host of Sandwich King
Categories side-dish
Time 35m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- For the dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, Dijon mustard, honey, garlic, lemon zest and juice, and season with salt and pepper.
- For the pasta: Toss the pasta with the asparagus, peas, roasted peppers, tomatoes, shallots and dill. Pour the dressing over the salad, tossing to coat. Let the salad hang out for a bit to soak up all of the flavor.
- When ready to serve, bowl it up and shave some ricotta salata over the top to seal the deal.
CHICKEN ASPARAGUS PASTA SALAD
This recipe is adapted from the "Simply Down Home Cookbook' that I received from Studentchef in the Spring 2009 Cookbook Swap. It uses some of my favorite ingredients and I can not wait until late Spring when fresh, local asparagus is in season! A neighboring town, Hadley, Massachusetts is famous for its asparagus and I eat more than my fill every year!
Provided by Jociecee
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 25m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Bring 4 quarts of water to boil in a stockpot.
- Cook pasta according to package directions until al dente.
- Drain pasta and keep warm.
- Wash asparagus and remove and discard tough ends.
- Slice asparagus into one inch pieces.
- Cook asparagus in a large skillet in shallow water and steam for 1-2 minutes until crisp tender.
- Drain well and reserve.
- Chop chicken into one inch pieces.
- Cut grape tomatoes in half.
- Combine Italian dressing ingredients in a large bowl.
- Add cooked pasta and asparagus to the Italian dressing and mix together until everything is evenly coated.
- Add chicken, tomatoes, basil, olives, and cheese and stir to combine.
- Serve pasta salad warm or at room temperature.
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