Not Really Chicken Scampi

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Chicken breasts and portobello mushrooms are tossed with linguine, tomatoes, and lemon for this quick and delicious not really chicken scampi recipe.

Ingredients

1 (16 ounce) package linguine
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
2 portobello mushrooms, chopped, or to taste
1 onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon olive oil, or as needed
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - thinly sliced and cut into cubes
1/2 cup white wine
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 lemon, halved

Directions

1 Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain.
2 Heat butter and 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
3 Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a separate skillet. Add chicken; cook and stir until no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes. Add chicken to mushroom mixture.
4 Stir white wine into chicken-mushroom mixture; bring to a simmer. Add tomatoes, parsley, pepper flakes, and linguine; stir well. Simmer until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes. Squeeze lemon into mixture; toss.