Lemon Chicken Pasta

Lemon Chicken Pasta is a high-protein pasta recipe ready in 3 h 30 min. It makes 4 servings, each 940 kcal with 57 g protein. Intermediate level, 18 ingredients.

Recipe by @bitesofberi, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 3 h 30 min25 min hands-on
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 940kcal a serving
  • 57 gprotein
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Lemon Chicken Pasta

What is Lemon Chicken Pasta

Fettuccine in a creamy, dairy-free lemon cashew sauce with spinach, served with crispy parmesan-crusted chicken cutlets.

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How to make Lemon Chicken Pasta

Tips from the cook

  • Taste the sauce and adjust with more garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest or nutritional yeast.
  • The sauce thickens as it heats: loosen it with water or unsweetened almond or cashew milk.
  • Heavy cream and parmesan, with some onion and garlic, can replace the cashew sauce.
  • Add asparagus, zucchini or broccolini, or serve with a rocket salad.
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Parmesan Crusted Chicken20 min · 340 kcal

Meal prep and storage

Store the sauce, pasta and chicken separately; they keep 3–4 days in the fridge.

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Lemon Chicken Pasta substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Fettuccine1 option
  • Gluten-free fettuccine or tagliatelle (corn/rice) 1:1 by weight

    Cook 1 min less; egg-free.

Cashews2 options
  • Sunflower seeds 1:1 by weight

    Stir-fry crunch differs; check cross-contact.

  • Roasted peanuts 1:1

    Peanut allergy.

    Still contains peanuts.

Flour1 option
  • Gluten-free plain flour blend (rice/potato/tapioca) 1:1 by weight

    Pizza dough needs extra water and binder.

Eggs1 option
  • Flax egg or aquafaba (baking only) per egg (flax: 1 tbsp + 3 tbsp water; aquafaba 3 tbsp)

    Not in shakshuka, omelette, Caesar.

Panko breadcrumbs1 option
  • Gluten-free panko or gluten-free breadcrumbs 1:1 by weight

    Browns faster.

Parmesan2 options
  • Vegetarian hard Italian-style cheese (made with microbial rennet) 1:1 by weight

    Grana Padano contains egg lysozyme.

    Still contains dairy.

  • Nutritional yeast (fortified flakes) 1:1 by volume, add a pinch of salt

    No melt; less sharp.

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