“This post for Easy Mediterranean Chicken Pasta is sponsored by Cooked Perfect®. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
When you need a healthy, kid friendly, 30-minute meal try my Easy Mediterranean Chicken Pasta. Premium Fire Grilled Chicken and veggies in a light cream sauce.
Like all families, we are getting back into the normal routine after the holidays. I love the holidays but I am glad when they are over and life gets back to normal. So with that in mind, I am striving to bring you more family friendly weeknight meals that can be on the table in about 30 minutes.
I am always looking for new ways to speed up dinner and make life easier using quality products. I found these new Classic Style Fire Grilled Tenders from Cooked Perfect® in my local Kroger’s freezer. Typically, I am not a big fan of pre-cooked chicken, but these come in a variety of unique flavors with no breading.
The fully cooked chicken is marinated, fire grilled and flash frozen. They can be heated in the microwave but I like mine heated in the oven. I use the Cooked Perfect Classic Style Fire Grilled Tenders to make my Easy Mediterranean Chicken Pasta, but the Lemon Herb Tenders or Classic Boneless Thighs would work well for this recipe too.
This quick and healthy recipe combines the flavor of fire grilled chicken with artichoke hearts, olives and tomatoes in a light cream sauce. Serve over some fresh hot pasta with a side salad and you have a complete and healthy meal on the table in about 30 minutes.
Method to make Easy Mediterranean Chicken Pasta:
Heat Cooked Perfect® Classic Style Fire Grilled Tenders according to package directions. Takes about 18-20 minutes in the oven. Drain artichoke hearts, reserving 1/3 cup marinade; set aside. While chicken heats, heat oil in a large skillet, over medium-high heat; add the onion and garlic. Cook and stir until onions are translucent then add the reserved artichoke marinade, broth, wine, lemon juice and dried oregano.
Bring this to a boil then reduce heat. Stir in heavy cream. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes until thickened, stirring often. Stir in chopped artichokes, tomatoes and olives. Add chicken and remove from heat. Add mozzarella and stir until cheese melts. To serve, spoon chicken mixture over pasta and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
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- 1 (20 oz) package Cooked Perfect® Classic Style Fire Grilled Tenders, heated according to package directions then chopped
- 1 6 oz jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 dry white wine
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup black olives, sliced
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, crumbled (Optional Feta cheese)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 cups hot cooked linguine
- Heat Cooked Perfect® Classic Style Fire Grilled Tenders according to package directions.
- Drain artichoke hearts, reserving 1/3 cup marinade; set aside.
- While chicken cooks heat oil in a large skillet, over medium-high heat; add onion and garlic.
- Cook and stir until onions are translucent.
- Add the reserved artichoke marinade, broth, wine, lemon juice and dried oregano.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Stir in heavy cream.
- Simmer, covered, 10 minutes until thickened, stirring often.
- Stir in chopped artichokes, tomatoes and olives.
- Add chicken and remove from heat.
- Add mozzarella and stir until cheese melts
- To serve, spoon chicken mixture over pasta. If desired, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
First published by Quinn Caudill for DadWhats4Dinner.com ©2017
For a limited time Cooked Perfect® is giving you a coupon to give their Premium Fire Grilled Chicken a try. Click here to get your $2.00 off coupon through 2/23/17.
I will be bringing my Easy Mediterranean Chicken Pasta recipe to Freedom Fridays, Friday Favorites, Fiesta Friday, Weekend Potluck, What’s Cooking Wednesdays. Checkout my Link Parties page for other great places to find new recipes.
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Jill Allen says
While my college freshman son is home for holiday break, I’ve been making some of his favorite meals and trying a couple new ones. Because I had purchased Cooked Perfect chicken before and liked its flavor and your recipe can be made in about 30 minutes, I thought I’d give it a try tonight by halving the chicken since our college freshman & high school freshman son are out for the evening. OMG!! The dish was fantastic! I usually prefer red sauces but the cream sauce with artichokes, black olives & tomatoes was to die for (I added roast red peppers as well,) and the chicken was excellent. My husband raved about it and had seconds. I had about a cup of the chicken with sauce left over, which I promptly hid in the back of the fridge so I can eat it for lunch tomorrow. Just means I’ll have to make it the next time my college kid is home from school. I don’t know how to post a picture of the dish on your blog or I would. BTW I just saw the link to get a coupon for the Cooked Perfect chicken, which I requested. As luck would have it, there were several $2 off coupons in the Kroger freezer case with the chicken!
Tianna says
YUM! This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing this – I love Mediterranean 😀
Quinn Caudill says
It is and the flavors of the chicken and the med veggies are awesome. Thanks for stopping by!
To Give And Get says
This looks so yummy and I am so jelly you have a Kroger near by. We moved to North Carolina 2 years ago and the closest Kroger we have is 45 min to an hour away! In Kentucky we had them everywhere! For sure might go out of my way just to try those bomb looking chicken strips up there!
Quinn Caudill says
Thats a bummer! I love my Kroger. Do you have a Harris Teeter store near you? I believe they are owned by Kroger. Where did you live in KY? Check out the blog tomorrow I am featuring Cooked Perfect wings. Have a great week!
Leah says
This sounds great, and all those flavors together are just perfect! What an easy way to make a dinner, too!
Quinn Caudill says
The chicken makes the dinner come together so easy. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the dish.
fashionforyang says
I am not a big fan of pasta because I am a rice person, but this one looks super yummy and for the husband it’s definitely a must try. Thanks!
Quinn Caudill says
It would go great on rice also. Thanks for stopping by.
Rachel @ Kitchen Cents says
This looks really simple and delicious. Using pre cooked chicken is a fantastic idea. The meat is usually half the time in a meal. Thanks for sharing.
Quinn Caudill says
Yes it is. This chicken from Cooked Perfect adds a ton of flavor and can be microwaved.
Bobbi Burleson says
This sounds amazing, and so simple to make 🙂
Quinn Caudill says
Thanks Bobbi! It is a wonderful weeknight meal. Thanks for stopping by.