This five ingredient recipe is cooked in one pot and is a family favourite. I chose bone in, skin on chicken thighs because it offers a rich and quick “chicken broth” to cook the pasta in. You could use boneless, skinless thighs but know that they won’t offer as much flavour, but will cook much quicker, in about half the time. Of course you could use store bought stock in lieu of water but that would make this a 6 ingredient recipe, but you do you. Boursin packs a lot of flavour and if black pepper isn’t your favourite you can absolutely use the herb and garlic.
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Thanks, sounds great
Very good. I used spinach (hubby is not a big fan of kale). Plan to make again.
It was good! I did use spinach instead of the kale. We liked the pepper flavor! Served with a nice piece of garlic bread. TY for sharing.
Made this tonight. Came out delicious. The only thing is I don’t see how it can be for 4 people. We are 3 and it was just enough for us. I didn’t find the exact cheese so I used the garlic and herb. I will be making this again.
Fair, I guess it depends on appetite sizes and if you serve with something else. I’ll adjust it. Thanks for the input.
I cut the recipe in half for me and my husband. It was more than enough. I had Rigatoni pasta which was a little large. I used my kitchen shears to cut it in half, once it was tender. It worked. The lemon juice and zest added so much to the dish. We loved it and will make it again. Thank you. I believe I’m going to Love following you.
Sounds fantastic. Tailoring it to what you have in the kitchen is perfections.
Just made this and it was delicious, I used macaroni as that’s what I had in store cupboard. I also couldn’t find Boursin with pepper so used garlic and herb, husband loved it, thank you.
I hate kale, but holy moly this is so dang good! I used a curly pasta because I didn’t have the ditalini, but it didn’t matter. So easy to throw together! Packed with all sorts of yum! I made it today to have for dinner and I don’t think it’ll make it that long.
Just made it and tried it! It was delicious!!! I used the garlic and herb Boursin because my store didn’t have the black pepper version. I have never cooked chicken thighs before but these came out great, moist and done. Getting the chicken off the bone was for me, messy and a little tedious but definitely worth the effort. I will be making it again.
Delish! I also used spinach because that’s what I had on hand. Great recipe!
Easy and comforting! I think you could get by with a lot less olive oil in the pan just bc the chicken renders so much. Also it would be helpful if the pasta quantity was given by weight rather than volume so it’s easier to swap out a different type of noodle depending on what you have.