Time for a new recipe from me! WOOHOO! This Chicken & Asparagus Skillet is the perfect dish for eating straight from the pan or reheating for lunch! Packed full of protein and veggies with a little carb on the side for fun!
Prior to the Christmas season, I embarked on another round of the 21 Day Fix. The more times that I follow through with the 21 days, the more adventurous and creative I get with my cooking. While I tend to combine chicken and broccoli, I LOVE asparagus just as much, so I decided to come up with a new dish for my lunches! When I think about cooking something, I often think about the re-heatability of a dish so I can use it for my lunches at work!
Executing My Vision
In my mind I worked through how I wanted this dish to come together and my favorite way to eat asparagus is sauteed, so I knew I wanted to incorporate that. I also knew that it would deepen the flavor of the dish a great deal, instead of just steaming it. To me, there are very few things as beautiful as sauteed asparagus!
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced/diced
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 4 slices turkey bacon, chopped
- Olive Oil
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 cups cooked pasta
- Begin by heating a large pan with 1-2T olive oil in it
- Trim the asparagus and put in hot pan.
- Sprinkle the asparagus with onion powder, garlic powder, and pepper.
- Remove the asparagus from the pan when thoroughly cooked and transfer to paper towels to drain the excess oil off.
- In the same hot pan, place the sliced/diced chicken and thoroughly cook, also transferring to a paper towel to drain when done.
- Mix together the sesame oil, rice vinegar, and lemon juice and pour into the pan, allowing it to deglaze the pan and absorb the char of the asparagus and chicken, once that is done, place the asparagus, turkey bacon, and chicken in the pan stirring it all together very well.
- Add the pasta, season with pepper, allow to heat through and serve.
I love the way the flavors of this dish meld together to make a mellow flavor without a heavy cream sauce and not one flavor dominating! This dish is also flexible enough that you could play with a variety of vegetables! With no-added salt, it’s also heart healthy! I hope you enjoy this dish! Let me know what you think!
This looks delicious! I love how sweet asparagus tastes when you get that perfect caramelization on it!
You are absolutely right! It totally changes the flavor!!