This chicken pasta with olives is easy and flavorful. The pasta is tossed with chicken, black olives, green olives, and sun dried tomatoes in an herb garlic sauce.
This chicken and olive pasta recipe is a budget friendly meal that any olive lover will devour. Whip a pan of it up with whole grain spaghetti, for dinner tonight!
If you want more chicken pasta dish options, try out my Cajun Chicken Pasta recipe with sausage, Crock Pot Chicken Alfredo Recipe or Chicken Fajita Pasta, All are satisfying easy dinner options.
Chicken Olive Pasta
Easy chicken pasta with black and green olives in garlic sauce with sun dried tomatoes.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 383kcal
Ingredients
- ½ pound pasta dry, cooked al dente
- ⅔ lb chicken breast
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 4-5 sprigs of fresh thyme
- ¼ cup black olives
- ¼ cup green olives
- ½ cup chicken stock
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes dry packed*
Instructions
- Slice chicken into bit sized pieces, and mince the garlic.
- Put oil in non-stick skillet over med-high heat, once hot add garlic, red pepper and thyme.
- Once garlic is soft, add the chicken. Saute until cooked through.
- Chop and add the olives. Mix, then remove to bowl and set aside.
- Chop the sun-dried tomatoes and put in pan and add stock. Boil rapidly, while stirring until stock is reduced by half.
- Add pasta, toss, then add rest of ingredients back to pan and toss again.
- Serve with plenty of grated Parmesan cheese.
Notes
*you can use use oil packed sun-dried tomatoes, I , rather than with stock would add them with the olives though
Nutrition
Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 421mg | Potassium: 683mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 295IU | Vitamin C: 3.9mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1.8mg
Robin says
It's funny because I've just recently acquired a taste for black olives and this sounds delish!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
Oh girl. That looks unreal. Yum
Nichol says
It look yummy minu the olives lol
Penelope says
I love olives in everything, and this sounds awesome