Sarah's Mediterranean Chicken Pasta Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

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Recipe: Mediterranean Chicken Pasta
How long does it take? 30 minutes
Category: Omnivore
Name: Sarah
Why is it a favorite meal? This is a fast meal with many ingredients that are already on hand.

Mediterranean Chicken Pasta

4 oz. crumbled feta
1/2 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
7 oz. marinated artichoke hearts, quartered
4 sun dried tomatoes, minced
1/2 cup kalamata olives
1/4 of a red onion, finely chopped
2 chicken breasts
Salt and Pepper
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 lb. whole wheat spaghetti (or other pasta)
Red Wine Vinaigrette (recipe below)

1. Bring a pot of salted water to boil and cook spaghetti according to package directions (about 10 minutes).
2. Add 1 tbsp olive oil to a pan and heat over medium heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
3. Add chicken to pan and brown on both sides. When browned, add chicken broth to pan. Cover and cook chicken until cooked through.
4. Set chicken aside and allow to cool. When cool enough to handle, cut the chicken into bite sized pieces.
5. When the spaghetti is done cooking, drain and add to a large bowl. Add the tomatoes, onion, artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes, olives, chicken, and feta to the bowl. Drizzle red wine vinaigrette over the dish and toss to combine.

Red Wine Vinaigrette:
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 tsp honey
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup olive oil

Add all ingredients to a small bowl. Whisk to mix together.

Thanks Sarah, and good luck! Readers, give Sarah a thumbs up if you like this recipe!

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YUMMM. We stumbled upon a Mediterranean hole in the wall in our neighborhood the other day, and it had a wonderfully similar dish to this. I was curious how to make it -- this is perfect!

Kelly
http://tearinguphouses.blogspot.com

posted by k51279 on September 24th 2009 at 9:48am
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This sounds amazing!

posted by evandaman on September 24th 2009 at 4:05pm
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This is amazing! Thanks Sarah. Keep up the good work! Num Num Num!!!

posted by robwatkins on September 25th 2009 at 1:00pm
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wow. that site sucks. i go to vote for you and it tells me i need to make an account. so i make an account, and try to vote again and its like. sign in! but doenst give me a link for it, so then i have to search for it and its all the way on the bottom of the page (awesome design) so i finally fuckin log in...and vote...AND! it tells me the voting is closed. fuckin awesome. you get a thumbs up anywyas dammit! TWO thumbs up! ...and a big toe

posted by pauldawg on September 26th 2009 at 12:04pm
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Am headed to the store to get the feta cheese- the rest of the ingredients I already have- the recipe sounds wonderful, and it isn't time-consuming!

posted by stewart73m on September 26th 2009 at 7:33pm
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Ditto - Todd

"wow. that site sucks. i go to vote for you and it tells me i need to make an account. so i make an account, and try to vote again and its like. sign in! but doenst give me a link for it, so then i have to search for it and its all the way on the bottom of the page (awesome design) so i finally fuckin log in...and vote...AND! it tells me the voting is closed. fuckin awesome. you get a thumbs up anywyas dammit! TWO thumbs up! ...and a big toe
posted by pauldawg on September 26th 2009 at 12:04pm
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