Creamy Blue Cheese Habanero Penne
This is one of the spiciest things that I thoroughly enjoyed this much. This pasta is loaded with habaneros, but the cream sauce makes it bearable.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 1221kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound pasta
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/2 cup blue cheese crumbled from a block
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound chicken chopped into bite sized pieces
- 21 Habaneros minced, 11 with seeds, 10 without
Instructions
- Bring heavily salted water to a boil. This might be a good time to drop that pasta.
- Cook the chicken on high heat in the frying pan to brown and cook through. Remove from pan to a bowl. In the same pan, lightly brown the onions, about 10 minutes.
- Add in the habaneros, garlic, and butter, and cook about 3 minutes.
- Whisk in the flour and stir well to eliminate any lumps. Cook for about 2 minutes stirring the whole time.
- Whisk in the cream and bring to a simmer.
- Drop the pasta into the boiling water
- Stir the chicken into the cream sauce and reduce to low.
- When the pasta is ready reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking liquid. Toss the strained pasta into the sauce and add as much of the reserved pasta cooking liquid as needed to form the right consistency for the sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 1221kcal | Carbohydrates: 98g | Protein: 45g | Fat: 73g | Saturated Fat: 39g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 21g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 247mg | Sodium: 364mg | Potassium: 845mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 2712IU | Vitamin C: 81mg | Calcium: 224mg | Iron: 3mg