Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Chicken Zoodles in this sauce. THIS SAUCE. Okay. Let me back up for a sec. Sun dried tomatoes and garlic and parmesan cheese infused in a cream based sauce, enveloping crispy, golden pan fried chicken strips and zoodles for the craziest low carb comfort food.
ZOODLES
You don’t need to spend your whole entire pay check on a Zoodle maker. However, if you don’t have one..or can’t find one, you can make fettuccini style ribbons with a normal vegetable peeler.
With minimal ingredients, a beautifully rich and creamy sauce is ready in less that 10 minutes with the extra addition of extra sun-dried tomatoes, a tonne of parmesan, red chilli flakes and dried basil.
Simply add your Zoodles for a healthy take on pasta (or add pre-cooked pasta if you like), and dinner is done!
Serve this, and you’re family and friends won’t miss pasta. They won’t even be mad at you.
Creamy Sundried Tomato + Parmesan Chicken Zoodles
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 ½ lb skinless chicken thigh fillets cut into strips
- 4 oz fresh semi-dried tomato strips in oil chopped *See Notes
- 3.5 oz jarred sun dried tomatoes in oil chopped
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
- 1 ¼ cup thickened cream reduced fat or full fat (or half and half)
- 1 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Dried basil seasoning
- ½ teaspoon Red chilli flakes adjust to taste
- 2 large Zucchini made into zoodles or summer squash, use a vegetable grater if you don't have a Zoodle grater
Instructions
- Heat the butter in a pan/skillet over medium high heat. Add the chicken strips and sprinkle with salt. Pan fry until the chicken is golden browned on all sides and cooked through.
- Add both semi-dried and sun dried tomatoes with 1 tablespoon of the oil from the jar (optional but adds extra flavour), and add the garlic; sauté until fragrant. (While the chicken is browning, prepare your Zoodles with a Zoodle maker OR with a normal vegetable peeler.)
- Lower heat, add the cream and the Parmesan cheese; simmer while stirring until the cheese has melted through. Sprinkle over salt, basil and red chilli flakes to your taste.
- Stir through the Zoodles and continue to simmer until the zoodles have softened to your liking (about 5-8 minutes) and serve.
Melissa J says
I subbed in 2 bags of shirataki noodles instead. I drained and cooked the liquid out in a different pan at the same time as the chicken. This recipe was so good and I’m sure it’ll be good when zucchini is in season where I live.
Karina says
Hi Melissa,
That sounds like a great substitution. Thank you for the feedback! I love to hear how other ingredients work in my recipes!! xo
Ashley says
This was ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!! Very flavorful, you can’t even tell it’s not a dish at a fancy restaurant! I added extra red pepper to spice it up, and a tbsp of cream cheese! Definitely making this again. I already can’t wait for lunch leftovers tomorrow! Lol. Thank you so much for sharing/creating this delicious recipe!
P.s. I also bought already-spiralized zucchini sold in the coolers at target cuz 1- I was lazy, 2- it was my first time to try “zoodles” so I didn’t want to buy a spiralizer yet 3-I wanted to test out what the prepackaged ones would taste like if I’m in a rush in the future again lol.
Mamajen says
This is an amazing recipe. Second time making it tonight and tried it with sweet Italian sausage. SOOOO GOOD!!
Annette says
I started to watch my carbs and came across this recipe. It was so easy and delicious! I love that it is versatile and just about any protein can be substituted in… Shrimp or Italian sausage would be great 🙂
Lia J. says
I’ve been on the keto diet for a week now and have been DYING for some good pasta. Zoodles, and this recipe, have CHANGED MY PERCEPTION OF PASTA FOREVER.
Karina says
YAY!! That is great to hear! I am so happy for you! Way to go! Keep up the great work. Thank you for following along with me!
Shelley says
Helloo i just found recipe last night an i said to my hubby im going to make this. So tonight i made it an its one of the best things ive ever made it is sooo yummy yaahh go me lol. Thankyou so much for sharing ?
Araceli says
I had this recipe saved in Pinterest for a couple weeks, and just made it a short while ago. Absolutely delicious! My boyfriend, who doesn’t like vegetables and was a little skeptical of zoodles, LOVED it! Thank you!
Jessica says
This was amazing! I loved it. I already forwarded it to my brother. I titled my text “Winner winner chicken dinner”. Thank you for sharing
Karina says
That is so great to hear! I am so glad that you loved it and are sharing it with your family! Thanks so much for following along with me!
Kevin says
I’ve added/changed a couple of items:
2 oz of sun dried tomatoes
2 oz of sun dried tomatoes in oil
3/4 cup of heirloom cherry tomatoes pan seared in 1 TBS of olive oil
1/2 tsp of Tumeric
1 tsp Smoked Paprika
I substituted the cream with full fat coconut milk 1 can
Love this recipe!
Lindsay says
Sun-dried creamy parm chicken is good. We left out the chili flakes and added mushrooms and onion. Turned out great…..don’t really follow recipes too much but everything together was good!
Karina says
Thanks Lindsay!