Salsa verde chicken pasta: Easy and delicious

To the uninitiated, salsa verde pasta sounds like something extremely fancy and perhaps not quite the easiest meal to prepare. Yet Kevin and Amanda's expertly crafted recipe proves the dish is as simple to make as it is delicious. Where most recipes call for boiling pasta separately while you prepare the sauce, this one allows you to throw nearly all of your ingredients into the same pot simultaneously – you're essentially cooking the pasta and making the sauce at the same time, in the same utensil.

As the title implies, the main ingredient is salsa verde, a pre-made combination of tomatoes, jalapeños, garlic and onion that provides a flavorful, yet mild, kick to any dish. The bloggers chose to spice things up a bit by adding pepper jack cheese. The result is a creamy, cheesy pasta dish that packs a wonderfully spicy aftertaste. Here's a full list of ingredients:

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 cup salsa verde
1 cup heavy whipping cream
3 cups uncooked penne pasta
Salt and pepper, to taste (recommended: about 1/2 tsp each)
1 and 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
Handful of parsley or cilantro (optional)

Because pepper jack cheese can be a bit overwhelming for kids, you can choose to swap it for another type of cheese if you're making this meal for the whole family. For extra convenience, the recipe only calls for a single skillet, which you can subsequently use to cook the chicken, then boil the pasta and make the sauce.

Kevin and Amanda are a happily married couple of bloggers who love both travel and food, and their passion for photography makes their posts for both categories that much more enticing for their readers. Their salsa verde chicken pasta recipe is one of their most popular, and it's no wonder why. For the full step-by-step recipe, make sure to check out their blog post. Don't forget to SHARE this article on Facebook so everyone you know can enjoy it!