Chicken pasta dish ideas please.

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DH and DS1 have requested a chicken pasta dish, I've never had one so am stumped.
Any ideas appreciated.

Arribiata....tomatoes and chilli. FRy your chicken, add some veg if u like, courgettes, peppers etc, add passata or rimmed tomatoes , bit of red wine add chillis or chilli powder serve with pasta, penne or what ever you like .

Tinned not ribbed !

Do they mean a bake perhaps? Combine cooked chicken pieces and cooked pasta shapes with some appropriate vegetables, cover in a white sauce, sprinkle with cheese and bake. Or a simple summery tagliatelle....

• Cook a sliced chicken breast & some trimmed fine beans in a saute pan with seasoning, lemon juice, crushed garlic, olive oil, butter, chopped basil and a little white wine until everything is just cooked.
• Stir in some cooked tagliatelle. Serve immediately with parmesan cheese shavings, freshly chopped basil and black pepper.

Chicken Arrabiata is nice, and easy. Finely chop onion, add some garlic if you like and soften in some butter or olive oil. Add some herbs and chopped chilli, or chilli powder if you don't have any. (You can substitute the chilli with red pepper if you don't like spicy food or just omit it altogether). Chop up chicken breasts and add to the pan, and just fry it all up until the chicken pieces are cooked through. Then add tinned tomatoes and simmer for 10-20 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding any seasoning as necessary. I can never remember how many tomatoes I add, just put in a little at a time until it looks right.

Meanwhile cook pasta (penne is "correct" but it doesn't really matter) and then when the pasta is cooked, mix with the sauce in one saucepan, and serve.

It's best made with fresh pasta or made the day before, chilled and reheated, but it's nice made fresh as well.

Or we used to make a pasta bake with chicken tonight sauces. Cook chicken, onions, peppers, mushrooms, whatever you have really, cook pasta, stick all together in a big bowl or pan, add sauce, mix, place in oven proof dish and bake. You can top with cheese or breadcrumbs if you don't like crunchy bits of pasta poking out the top.

Although I've had a better idea! Send them to google or a stack of recipe books, challenge them to find a recipe and cook it for everyone, since it was their idea.

chicken and chorizo pasta bake!

Thanks for the ideas, I like yours BertieBotts

DS1 had this dish after rugby last week, DH didn't taste it but said it looked and smelled delicious and DS1 said it was probably chicken and definately pasta so I don't have much to go on!