One Pot Weeknight Chicken Dinner
One Pot Weeknight Chicken Dinner will be real good on the weeknight that you make it and also the leftovers will be great as a lunch at work or as a “weeknight nuke it no brainer” on one of those nights when you just don’t feel like cooking.
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths – Steven Wright.
A lot of my readers are working moms and/or dads so I’ll bet, this recipe helps.
It’s quick, easy, and delish!
First get out your dishwasher safe cutting board and cut up the chicken. In the pursuit of quick and easy I just thawed out some tenders in the microwave and cut them into pieces.
Put a large skillet or sauté pan on at medium high and swirl in enough olive oil to coat the bottom. Put in the chicken pieces and stir them around a few times as they cook.
When they have browned add the carrots, salt, pepper and dried basil.
Mix it up a few times until the carrots just begin to get a little soft. I test them with a table fork.
Add the broth and let it come up to a fast simmer. Then…
…..put in the gnocchi. Stir a few more times until the gnocchi starts to float, 2-3 minutes. You could use cut up potatoes or some small piece pasta like penne or rigatoni instead of gnocchi. They would take a little bit longer to cook then the gnocchi so put them in at the same time as the carrots .
Then add the peas.
Mix the peas in and when the broth starts to simmer again throw in the grated parmesan.
Stir in the parmesan and it’s ready to enjoy! Top it off with a little more grated parmesan when you serve it.
Here’s a bunch more quick and easy one pan dinners.
One Pot Weeknight Chicken Dinner
Ingredients
- 4 chicken tenders or 1 chicken breast
- olive oil
- 1/2 of a 1 lb. bag baby carrots or 3 fresh carrots peeled and sliced
- salt and black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups gnocchi
- 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese plus a little for serving
Instructions
- First get out your dishwasher safe cutting board and cut up the chicken. Put a large skillet or sauté pan on at medium high and swirl in enough olive oil in to coat the bottom. Put in the chicken pieces and stir them around a few times as they cook. When they have browned add the carrots and the salt, pepper and dried basil. Mix it up a few times until the carrots just begin to get a little soft. I test them with a table fork.
- Add the broth and let it come up to a fast simmer. Then put in the gnocchi. Stir a few more times until the gnocchi starts to float.
- Then add the peas. Mix the peas in and when broth starts to simmer again throw in the grated parmesan. Stir in the parmesan and it's ready to enjoy! Top it off with a little more grated parmesan.
