Grilled chicken breasts "go green" with mint, chives and sweet peas. Served atop linguine, it's a complete meal in 30 minutes.
Minty Linguine with Grilled Chicken
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Servings 4
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 1/4 lb)
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic-pepper blend
- 2/3 cup lightly packed fresh mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 8 oz uncooked linguine
- 1 box (9 oz) frozen baby sweet peas
- 1 cup small fresh mozzarella cheese balls (6 oz)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
Instructions
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Step1Heat gas or charcoal grill. Brush both sides of chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil; sprinkle with garlic-pepper blend. In blender, place remaining oil, the mint, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Cover; blend until smooth. Set aside.
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Step2Place chicken on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 to 12 minutes, turning once, until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (at least 165°F). Remove chicken from grill to cutting board. Loosely cover; let stand 3 minutes.
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Step3Meanwhile, cook and drain linguine as directed on package, adding peas during last 3 minutes of cooking time. Toss linguine and peas with reserved mint mixture and the mozzarella; cover to keep warm.
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Step4Slice chicken crosswise. Place linguine mixture on platter or individual plates; arrange chicken on top. Sprinkle with chives.
Nutrition
850
Calories
44g
Total Fat
54g
Protein
60g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 850
- Calories from Fat
- 400
- Total Fat
- 44g
- 68%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 60%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 125mg
- 42%
- Sodium
- 930mg
- 39%
- Potassium
- 510mg
- 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 60g
- 20%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 24%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 54g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 40%
- 40%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 30%
- 30%
- Iron
- 35%
- 35%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 5 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 7 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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