Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken

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Health score
23%
Easy Lemon Pasta with Chicken
35 min.
5
534kcal

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Ingredients

  •  chicken cutlets cut into fingers
  • tablespoons parsley fresh roughly chopped for garnish
  • cloves garlic sliced
  •  juice of lemon juiced
  • tablespoons olive oil 
  • 0.5 cup parmesan grated
  • pound penne pasta dried
  • 0.3 teaspoon pepper flakes red
  • servings salt and pepper black freshly ground

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • pot
  • grill
  • grill pan

Directions

  1. Watch how to make this recipe.
  2. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, until al dente.
  3. Drain well.
  4. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
  5. Heat a large grill pan over medium high and add chicken. Grill until golden and completely cooked.
  6. Remove to a plate and slice.
  7. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes to a saute pan with 3 tablespoons of olive oil and saute until fragrant.
  8. Add the cooked pasta and turn heat off.
  9. Mix all together.
  10. Remove pasta to a large bowl.
  11. Add chicken to the warm pasta and season with salt and pepper.
  12. Sprinkle in chopped parsley.
  13. Add the juice of 2 lemons and mix. Before serving top with Parmesan.

Nutrition Facts

Calories534kcal
Protein22.84%
Fat24.23%
Carbs52.93%

Properties

Glycemic Index
32.6
Glycemic Load
27.52
Inflammation Score
-6
Nutrition Score
20.650869558687%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
0.59mg
Hesperetin
1.74mg
Naringenin
0.17mg
Apigenin
5.18mg
Luteolin
0.04mg
Kaempferol
0.04mg
Myricetin
0.39mg
Quercetin
0.08mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:534.26kcal
26.71%
Fat:14.19g
21.83%
Saturated Fat:3.45g
21.57%
Carbohydrates:69.75g
23.25%
Net Carbohydrates:66.63g
24.23%
Sugar:2.85g
3.17%
Cholesterol:50.32mg
16.77%
Sodium:248.12mg
10.79%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:30.09g
60.19%
Selenium:81.64µg
116.63%
Manganese:0.89mg
44.7%
Vitamin B3:8.73mg
43.65%
Vitamin K:45.11µg
42.97%
Phosphorus:389.22mg
38.92%
Vitamin B6:0.68mg
33.98%
Magnesium:72.85mg
18.21%
Calcium:149mg
14.9%
Copper:0.3mg
14.85%
Vitamin B5:1.44mg
14.44%
Potassium:499.34mg
14.27%
Zinc:2.01mg
13.38%
Fiber:3.12g
12.46%
Vitamin C:9.21mg
11.17%
Vitamin E:1.54mg
10.25%
Iron:1.78mg
9.87%
Vitamin B2:0.16mg
9.58%
Vitamin B1:0.14mg
9.2%
Vitamin A:331.76IU
6.64%
Folate:25.9µg
6.47%
Vitamin B12:0.26µg
4.27%