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This creamy chicken mushroom pasta from Julie Goodwin will become a new favourite in your midweek dinner rotation. The chicken thigh fillets are cut into strips and coated in a flour mixture flavoured with smoked paprika and dried oregano. The mushrooms get nicely golden-brown in the frying pan, and the creamy sauce brings everything together.
And did we mention this chicken mushroom pasta only takes 30 minutes to get on the table?
Ingredients
Method
In a large pan of rapidly boiling salted water, cook pasta shells according to directions on the packet. Drain, reserving about ½ cup of the cooking water.
Combine the flour, salt, pepper, paprika and oregano in a medium bowl. Toss the chicken strips in the flour mixture.
Heat one tablespoon of oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken strips to the pan (reserving 1 tablespoon flour mixture) and cook until golden on all sides. Remove from the pan to a plate. Add the remaining oil in the pan and sauté the mushrooms for about 5 minutes. They will become very soft and release a lot of liquid, then the liquid will evaporate and they will become golden brown. Make sure you allow the time for them to get to this stage for best flavour.
Add the chicken back to the pan along with the garlic and reserved flour mixture; stir to combine. Add the tomato paste and stir for one minute; add the wine and Worcestershire sauce, and then add the sour cream and reserved cooking water. Remove from the heat.
Add pasta shells to the pan and stir to combine. Top with the chopped shallots and parsley to serve. Not suitable to freeze or microwave
This recipe was first published in The Australian Women’s Weekly in May 2018, and published online in 2024.
Julie’s quick weeknight dinners
Looking for a quick weeknight dinner option? Julie Goodwin has plenty of meals that you can have on the table in 30 minutes or less, like this honey prawn stir fry or these Lebanese-style pizzas.
If you’re after more pasta dishes like this chicken mushroom pasta, Julie’s pesto pasta salad is ready in 20 minutes, same with her quick orecchiette pasta with walnut burnt butter sauce.
More chicken mushroom recipes
Chicken and mushroom is a classic combination, and not only in pasta dishes! Try Julie Goodwin’s chicken stroganoff for another wonderful example of how these ingredients work together to make a tasty meal the whole family will love.
