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Pasta with chicken, feta and spicy tomato sauce

Name: Pasta with chicken, feta and spicy tomato sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: /italian
Ingredients: 300g penne pasta; 100ml olive oil, plus extra to toss; 1 onion, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 small red chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon harissa paste*; 750ml bottle tomato passata*; 3 cups shredded cooked chicken (takeaway barbecue chicken would be ideal); 100g feta cheese, diced; 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted; 1/2 cup freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley

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Pasta with chicken, feta and spicy tomato sauce

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Pick up a barbecued chicken on your way home and turn it into this fabulous, fast pasta dish.

300g penne pasta
100ml olive oil, plus extra to toss
1 onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 small red chillies, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 teaspoon harissa paste*
750ml bottle tomato passata*
3 cups shredded cooked chicken (takeaway barbecue chicken would be ideal)
100g feta cheese, diced
1 cup kalamata olives, pitted
1/2 cup freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method

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Cook pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain and toss in a little oil. Heat oil in a pan over medium heat and cook onion until it starts to soften. Add garlic and chilli, and cook for a further 1 minute. Add harissa and passata, and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in chicken, feta, olives and parsley, then toss through pasta.

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