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Ingredients:

  2- 4 servings  

  • 2 Cups Shishito peppers (1 cup thinly sliced)

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken thighs

  • 1 fistful of uncooked pasta

  • 1 cup heavy cream

  • 1/2 cup grated gruyere cheese, Parmesan or Emmentaler fine

  • 3 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 tbsp minced shallots

  • 2 tbsp minced garlic 

  • salt and pepper to taste

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Method:

For Planning:

 1. Prep the pasta water and begin       to heat water

2.  Season the chicken with salt             and pepper

3.  Cook the chicken

4. Make shishito cream sauce and       if pasta finishes cooking while        making the sauce set it aside as        described further below:

5. Put it altogether and enjoy

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Pasta Prep:

  • Fill a large pot with 4 quarts water

  • Add 1/2 tbsp of salt to the water

  • Medium high heat water to boiling

  • When boiling add pasta and cook per package directions

  • Stir occasionally to keep pasta from sticking together

  • When pasta cooked reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water, set aside

  • Drain pasta, return to pot add 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water and mix well

  • Set aside until final prep

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Chicken Prep:

  • Heat a skillet to medium high heat

  • Add 1/2 tbsp of olive oil

  • Lay the chicken away from you into skillet

  • Cook approximately 6 minutes per side, until browned and internal temp approximately 160F

  • Set aside until final prep

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Creamed Shisito Sauce:

  • Remove the stem and discard

  • Thinly slice the peppers and add 1 cup of the sliced shishitos to a bowl or ramekin. 

  • Drain the fat from the skillet used to cook chicken. leave remaining cooked bits in the pan

  • Add 1/2 tbsp olive oil while heating skillet to medium high heat

  • when a small piece of onion sizzles, pan is right temp

  • Add the shallots

  • Add the garlic

  • Add the sliced shishito peppers

  • Simmer and cook till peppers are very soft and fragrant. About 10 minutes. You will need to add more olive oil as you cook down the peppers. You don't want the peppers to brown, just softened and fragrant

  • Taste and season with salt and pepper

  • Add the cream

  • Add the cheese

  • Blend all together still simmering

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Final Prep:

  • Chop the chicken into bite size pieces

  • Add 1/4 cup of pasta water again to the pasta and mix well

  • Add the creamed shishitos and mix well

  • Add the chopped chicken and mix well

  • Top with fresh grated cheese

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