Cajun Chicken and Sausage Pasta

March 07, 2014

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Sort of a marriage of Dirty Rice and Jambalaya flavors, but with pasta instead of rice and in a creamy sauce and with lots of veggies. I kept it light by using 1% milk and reduced-fat cream cheese in the sauce as well as using turkey sausage.

1 TBS olive or canola oil
1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 4)
2 tsp. Tony Chachere's® Original Creole Seasoning, divided
fresh ground black pepper
8 oz. uncooked pasta of your choice ( I used fettuccine )
1/2 cup of cooked turkey sausage crumbles (I used Jimmy Dean's ® Fully Cooked Turkey Sausage Crumbles)
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
1 cup chopped green or red bell pepper, or a combo of the two OR substitute 2 jalapeno peppers , chopped, for a portion of the peppers for extra heat
1 cup sliced mushrooms
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 TBS all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups low sodium, fat free chicken broth
1 cup 1% milk
4 oz. 1/3 reduced-fat cream cheese, room temperature, cubed
1 large tomato, chopped
2 green onions, sliced, for garnish

Season both sides of the chicken breasts with 1 tsp. Tony Chachere's® seasoning and black pepper. Add the 1 TBS oil to a large nonstick skillet. Heat on med-high until it shimmers. Cook chicken breasts...
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Nutritions

Calories
298

Sodium
2695mg
112% DV

Fat
11g
17% DV

Protein
19g
38% DV

Carbs
30g
10% DV

Fiber
5g
21% DV