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Lemon Puttanesca Pasta

January 22, 2016

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Puttanesca like you’ve never had it before…   

Lemon Puttanesca @createdbydiane

Lemon Puttanesca

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This dish is full of fabulous flavor, tangy salty and oh so delicious.

This is such a fun twist on a classic puttanesca.

This is full of lemon!

You know how much I love lemon don’t you, and I know many are right there with me on my lemon “CRAZE” I link to other lemon recipes at the bottom of this post.

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garlic and olive oil

 

It all starts with garlic, onions and olive oil.

The aroma of these cooking in the kitchen always has everyone running to the kitchen wanting to know what’s cooking.

cooking lemon puttanesca

 

What else is in this dish?

Let me tell you,

there is chicken and tomatoes and olives and capers and anchovy paste along with lemon juice.

And of course pasta!

You can make this dish as spicy as you like, just add more crushed red pepper.

The sauce for this is increased with some pasta water, it’s starchy enough to add to the lemon juice and juice form olives and capers to balance the flavor.

 

 

Lemon Puttanesca Pasta
 
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Ingredients
  • 1 lb spaghetti (cooked according to package directions)
  • 1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 1 1/2 cups grape tomatoes sliced in half
  • 2 T capers in juice
  • 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup green olives (I used Lemon Stuffed Olives from Star Foods)
  • 4 garlic cloves sliced
  • 1/2 cup onion diced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (I used Star Foods Olive Oil)
  • 1/2-1 cup of pasta water
  • 1 teaspoon anchovy paste
  • pinch, crushed red pepper
  • 4 basil leaves sliced
  • 1/4 cup Romao Cheese
Instructions
  1. Cook spaghetti and reserve 1 cup pasta water for the sauce.
  2. Cut chicken into bite size pieces.
  3. Heat skillet on high and add a tablespoon olive oil and garlic and onion and stir.
  4. Place chicken in the skillet with tomatoes, lemon juice and anchovy paste scoop out a cup of pasta water stir and cook until chicken is fully cooked.
  5. Add olives and capers and cook 2 minutes.
  6. Mix with spaghetti.
  7. Mix well, serve with grated Romano Cheese.
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Lemon Puttanesca from @createdbydiane

 

Lemon Puttanesca recipe from @createdbydiane

 

More of my LEMON recipes:

Lemon Waffle Cookies

Shrimp Roll with Lemon Basil Aioli

Triple Lemon Cake

Lemon Poppy Cookies

Lemon Saffron Salad Dressing

Lemon Scones

 

 

 

I was not compensated for this post although I was provided items from Star Fine Foods and enjoy them and like including ingredients in my recipes and share them with you.

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Comments

  1. sue|theviewfromgreatisland says

    January 22, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    You’ve combined my favorite pasta with my favorite flavor, and come up with a winner! Gotta love those huge chunks of garlic 🙂

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  2. Tricia @ Saving room for dessert says

    January 22, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    I could eat this almost everyday – love pasta with lemon and olives, oh how I love olives! Beautiful colors too. Sharing!

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  3. Kathy Vannoy says

    January 22, 2016 at 4:32 pm

    Ingredient question: 1/2 cup lemon olives (Is this supposed to be lemon juice and olives–how much each?)

    This recipe sounds wonderful. We ate at an Italian restaurant a couple days ago. I ordered a stuffed Tuscan chicken breast that was served on a bed of spaghetti. I”m not sure about all the ingredients but the pasta had butter with lemon juice, basil and at least one other ingredient. Do you have any recipes like that? This one looks close.

    Thanks!

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    • Diane says

      January 23, 2016 at 10:55 am

      Sorry about the error, it’s 12 cup lemon juice and 1/2 cup green olives (I used lemon stuffed olives). I would think the sauce you are referring to might have had wine in it and maybe garlic. The only recipe I have posted that is similar is Chicken Francaise https://www.createdby-diane.com/2012/07/chicken-francaise.html

    • Kathy Vannoy says

      January 23, 2016 at 11:31 am

      Thanks! 1/2 cup each for lemon juice and olives sounds better 🙂

  4. Chris Scheuer says

    January 23, 2016 at 5:25 am

    What a wonderful combination of flavors. I love the idea of the salty, olives, tart lemons, juicy tomatoes, all combined with delicious pasta and chicken. Sounds like a perfect dinner to me!

    Reply

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