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Title: Blackened Chicken Strips On Pasta W/Cajun Sauce
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

    1/4 c  paprika
      1 ts garlic powder
      1 ts onion powder
    1/8 ts pepper
      1 ts dried fines herbes
      4    chicken breast halves
           -without skin,; boneless
      1    clove garlic; minced
      2 tb onion; minced
  1 1/2 c  chicken broth; defatted
      1    tomato; peeled, seeded and
           -minced
    1/4 c  dry white wine
      1 tb fresh herbs; chopped (like:
           -oregano, b
      1    salt; to taste
      8 oz penne pasta

Instructions

To make Cajun spice, mix paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and
fines herbes. Set aside. Put the chicken breasts between 2 pieces of wax
paper and pound to flatten. Moisten breasts with water and rub with Cajun
spice (reserve 1/4 teaspoon for the sauce). Spray a very hot cast-iron pan
with vegetable spray and then quickly fry breasts for 4 to 6 minutes, or
until done. Remove breasts and slice into thin strips. Set aside. Saute
garlic and onion in a small pan that has been sprayed with vegetable spray,
until onion is soft. Add broth, tomato, wine, fresh herbs and 1/4 teaspoon
of the Cajun spice. Simmer for 8 minutes. Season with salt to taste.
Meanwhile cook pasta, drain, and place on a platter. Lay chicken on pasta
and then drizzle with sauce.

NOTES : I made this recipe a couple of nights ago. For the first time in
20 years, my darling husband actually went bonkers over something I cooked!
The only thing I did different was that I cooked the sauce in the same pan
I cooked the chicken in, using the sauce to deglaze the pan. It was not too
spicy and didn't smoke up the house. I also used homemade pasta!
Recipe by: Good-For-You Pasta Cookbook Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #670
by Creedenite@aol.com on Jul 13, 1997

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