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Pasta with peppered chicken

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Ingredients:
1 1/2 lbsBone-in chicken breast
2 tspBlack peppercorns, cracked
2 Garlic cloves, minced
3 tbspOlive oil
1 1/2 cupChicken broth
1 tbspLemon juice, or to taste
Salt, to taste
2 Or 3 sprigs savory or
2 Or 3 sprigs parsley
12 ozDry ribbon noodles
-- such as linguine
GARNISH
1/2 cupFresh grated Parmesan cheese
Procedures:
1Skin and bone chicken breasts and cut them on the diagonal into strips about 3/8" wide.
2Toss chicken with cracked pepper, garlic, and 1 tb. of the olive oil.
3Marinate, covered and refrigerated, for an hour or as long as overnight.
4when ready to serve, bring ample water to boil to cook the pasta.
5heat remaining olive oil in a saute pan over medium-high heat.
6Add chicken and lightly brown it all over, about 3 minutes.
7Add chicken broth and lemon juice; reduce heat to a simmer.
8Simmer the sauce for about 8 minutes.
9cook pasta until it is just done.
10While pasta is cooking, chop savory or parsley leaves and add them to the chicken.
11Adjust sauce with lemon juice and/or salt to taste.
12drain pasta and toss with the chicken.
13Serve the dish hot, passing the parmesan separately.
14yield: 4 to 6 servings.
15belsinger and dille write: "pepper"s pungency plays off the flavors of starches and mild meats especially well.
16For a vegetarian version of pasta with pepper, toss hot pasta with the spicy butter with four peppercorns, some lemon juice, and chopped savory or parsley; serve with parmesan."
17from susan belsinger and carolyn dille"s "peppercorns around the world" article in "the herb companion." dec.
181992/jan.
191993, vol.
205, no.
21Pg.
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