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One Pot cooking: Chik’n Pasta

November 9, 2015 //  by Di Hickman//  36 Comments

So I’m going to admit that I’m a lazy cook. I don’t really measure anything, I see ingredient lists as suggestions, and I hate anything that takes longer than 30 minutes to prepare AND cook! So I’m making it a mission to become the queen of 30 minute meals, and if that 30 minutes is actually 5 minutes prep with 25 minutes cooking in a rice cooker where I don’t have to ‘baby’ it, then Yay!

Chikn Pasta recipe. One pot cooking. Cooking pasta dish in a rice cooker? Yep! Quick and easy, just the way I like it!
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One Pot Cooking: Chik’n Pasta

This dish was born last Friday. I’d been at Gold’s Gym and just spent an hour kicking butt in spin class and as always came home sweaty and starving. A lethal combination, because you know you need a shower… but you also want to fill your belly. So, I head straight to the kitchen (because Pixel doesn’t mind if I’m sweaty) and decided that I’d get lunch cooking while I showered. After scouring the refrigerator I decided on one pot cooking or ‘one pot concoction’ as I like to call it. Which is basically just throw random items in a pot and see if it turns out good. It did!

 ONE POT COOKING CHIKN PASTA

Ingredients:

  • Pasta
  • Marinara Sauce
  • Frozen sweetcorn, green beans, mixed bell peppers
  • Trader Joe’s Chickn strips
  • water

Directions:

Throw everything in a rice cooker, add enough water to cover and cook. Mine took around 25 minutes to be cooked piping hot, mostly because I threw in two portions of pasta because… I’d been spinning and needed to eat ALL the carbs.

Serve.

ONE POT COOKING CHIKN PASTA
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Seriously that’s it! One pot cooking is the bomb! So easy and it tasted great. If you’ve never cooked pasta in a rice cooker before you’ll wonder why you haven’t, because it’s so freakin easy! Plus why cook things separately when you can get all the flavor throughout the dish by combining the food while cooking [keep telling yourself this is the reason for one pot cooking: extra flavor!!! Not because you’re a lazy ass that doesn’t like washing up!]

ONE POT COOKING CHIKN PASTA
You could use any veggies really! I had peppers, corn and beans on hand, but broccoli, and peas would work too!

I’m definitely doing this again! Plus I may branch out and see what other things I can throw together in a one pot concoction. Like could I use one pot cooking for my indian style quinoa recipe? This will be my easy meal on the weekly menu I think as it literally took 5 minutes to throw together and 20 minutes ‘wait’. But as it was in the rice cooker I didn’t have to watch it, and could go do other things, like shower, walk the dog, or prepare blog posts… You know, using the time wisely *cough.listening.to.Disturbed.while.showering.cough*

What’s your go-to quick and easy meal?

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Comments

  1. amytreasure0

    November 16, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    I think this looks amazing, it’s simple and doesn’t make a mess and tastes divine I expect

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:18 pm

      You had me at doesn’t make a mess 😉

      Reply
  2. Kirsten Maxwell (@kidsareatrip)

    November 10, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    I love one pot meals. Great idea to just throw together some pasta and veggies. I bet it’s delicious!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      it was delicious!

      Reply
  3. CourtneyLynne

    November 10, 2015 at 7:46 pm

    Omg this pasta sounds delicious!!!! Pasta is always a hit in this household so I will have to give this a try 🙂

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      definitely! I’ve tried it a couple of times now and it’s great!

      Reply
  4. Jaime

    November 10, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    I am obsessed with one pot recipes. This sounds and looks amazing!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      thanks!

      Reply
  5. Erin (@SugarCrumbs)

    November 10, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    One pot??? Thats awesome and my kind of recipe! I love anything that saves me from having to clean a bunch of cookware!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm

      yup! Just throw it in a rice cooker and BOOM!

      Reply
  6. livingoffloveandcoffee

    November 10, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    That looks so delicious! I love one pot meals, so much easier for me to clean up.

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm

      well that’s MY reason for it lol!

      Reply
  7. Primp and Prime Beauty

    November 10, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    Anything that has pasta or chicken is a home run! Delicious 🙂

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm

      pasta is my spirit food I think!

      Reply
  8. ohnikkashae

    November 10, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    I like this one pot meal!! Great idea!!!!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm

      I need a blog: one pot chef 😉

      Reply
  9. Bonnie @ Living a Fit and Full Life

    November 10, 2015 at 1:15 pm

    This looks yummy! I need new pasta dishes!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:15 pm

      Definitely yummy!

      Reply
  10. Shelly's Cabaret

    November 10, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    That looks really good! And simple enough to make too 🙂

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:15 pm

      heheheh well I made it so it has to be lol!

      Reply
  11. Susannah

    November 10, 2015 at 11:25 am

    Yummy!!! I’m a TOTAL pasta fan!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:15 pm

      me too!

      Reply
  12. beccadorr

    November 10, 2015 at 8:08 am

    Looks good! I need more ways to use our rice cooker.

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:15 pm

      Oh girl I use ours a lot! Definitely a throw it in and forget it chef 😉

      Reply
  13. April Golightly (@april_golightly)

    November 10, 2015 at 5:27 am

    I love one pot recipes. Super easy.

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      heck yes!

      Reply
  14. cuteheads

    November 10, 2015 at 4:34 am

    Looks so good and so easy! I almost never make pasta for dinner and I have no idea why… Need to get back on that bandwagon.

    Esther
    The Cuteness

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      My either! Mostly because only me likes it. That’s why I like using the one pot method!

      Reply
  15. Mykidsguide

    November 10, 2015 at 1:02 am

    I love one pot meals because they are so easy to make. This looks so tasty!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      Yup simple, quick and easy!

      Reply
  16. Debra

    November 9, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    This sounds amazing! I love one pot meals!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:13 pm

      they rock!!!

      Reply
  17. logancan

    November 9, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    This looks delicious and very easy to make! I am always looking for simple dinner recipes!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:13 pm

      Oh super simple is my go-to! Rarely do I make anything that requires real skill lol!

      Reply
  18. laura londergan

    November 9, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    this is my kind of meal – in one pot! And chicken anything sounds good to me!

    Reply
    • Di Hickman

      November 17, 2015 at 3:12 pm

      One pot is definitely appealing!

      Reply

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