Twisty Sauce Pasta is an incredible pasta dish with bite size pieces of seasoned chicken breast, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms, with parmigiano and coated in a wonderful twisty bread sauce. The same sauce in fact, that is used for Dominos Twisty Bread, or at least it used to be. The only difference is instead of combining Garlic Butter & Pesto to create the twisty bread sauce. We use the Garlic butter to cook the mushrooms and chicken and add the pesto sauce very last off heat. The dish relies on the pan method of preparing pasta with pasta water and parmigiano to create the creamy base sauce.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 lb Penne Rigate Pasta - 454g to 500g
- 21 g Parmigiano Reggiano - Finely grated
- 1/2 C Pesto
- 1/2 lb Cherry Tomatoes - Sliced in half
- 1/2 lb Cremini Mushrooms - Sliced
- 1/4 C Garlic Butter
- 1 C Pasta Water - or more to adjust the consistency of the Sauce
- As Desired Aleppo for Garnishing - or Red Chili Flakes for more heat
- As Desired Parsley for Garnishing - or Fresh Basil Leaves tossed in with the Pasta
Pasta Water
- 16 C Water
- 2 Tbl Sea Salt
Seasoned Chicken
- 1-2 Chicken Breast - Filleted and chopped into bite size pieces
- 1/2 tsp Salt - or 1/4 tsp per breast
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper - or 1/8 tsp per breast
Instructions
- Prep: Bring a pot filled with 16 c of Water and 2 Tbl of Sea Salt to a boil. Meanwhile, wash and slice the Tomatoes and Mushrooms. Prepare the Garlic Butter as well.Add the Pasta to the pot, mix and cover. Set the timer to 15 minutes.
- Heat the Pan: Once the timer hits 13 minutes, give the pasta a stir and leave uncovered. Place a large skillet over medium heat and let it get hot for 3 minutes.
- Mushrooms: At the 10-minute mark, give the pasta another stir and add the Garlic Butter to the pan and immediately follow with the mushrooms and stir. Leave for about 1 minute each time, then stir again for a total of 5 minutes.
- Chicken: At the 5-minute mark, give the pasta another stir, add the Chicken Breast in with the mushrooms and again, mix and leave for a minute and repeat until the chicken is no longer pink.
- Pan Pasta: When the Timer hits 0, add all the pasta straight to the pan from the pot, any carry over water doesn't matter. Add 1 Cup of the pasta water and set the timer to 5 minutes. Mix very aggressively to rub the starches off the pasta to thicken the pasta water for about 3 minutes. Once it is creamy looking, add the Tomatoes & Parmigiano. Repeat mixing aggressively to thicken the sauce. Add more pasta water if needed. Once the sauce has thickened and is creamy, shut the heat off and add the pesto. Repeat, mixing aggressively to thicken the sauce and serve right away.
Notes
Side Dishes: Since Garlic Butter is being made, a good side is Garlic Bread, Twisty Bread or even Garlic Fingers. Other sides may include a Salad.