Grilled Chicken Linguine

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 lb linguine (half package, cooked and drained)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 6 ounces precooked grilled chicken breasts, strips in the package (can be found in lunch meat section of the grocery store)
• 2 cups milk (add a little extra if needed)
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch (or flour if you don't have cornstarch but i find cornstarch is much better to work with in this case)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons basil (crushed works best but regular dried is ok)
• 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1/2 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese (you can now get it in kraft's canister form, just make sure it's the shreds, not the powder)

Recipe

• 1 cook the linguine and set aside.
• 2 put 3 tablespoons of olive oil into a large skillet on medium-high heat.
• 3 sweat the garlic in the olive oil for a couple minutes.
• 4 add the chicken breast strips, cook until warm throughout.
• 5 mix 3 tablespoons of cornstarch into the milk until blended.
• 6 add the mixture to the skillet and cook for just a minute.
• 7 put the the linguine into the skillet, over the sauce and chicken.
• 8 sprinkle the basil, red pepper, sugar, salt, and pepper onto the linguine in the skillet.
• 9 mix well, toss with grated parmesan and serve.