How to Make Rasta Pasta

Last Updated: November 13, 2020

Want to learn how to make food from the Caribbean but think it's too hard? This recipe is beginner friendly and is sure to receive good reviews. This meal takes 45 minutes or less to make and it's easy clean up. With the help of this recipe you'll feel like you're in the Caribbean!

Ingredients

1 box of Penne noodles
4 peppers, one of each color (red, yellow, orange, green)
1 shallot/onion (if you can't find a shallot, an onion is fine)
Minced garlic
1 pint of heavy cream
Shredded parmesan cheese
4 oz. mozzarella cheese
1 stick of butter
Vegetable oil
Jerk seasoning (mild or spicy your preference)
Salt and pepper
Chicken breast
Lemon juice
3/4 cup water

Part 1

Part 1 of 3:
Preparing the Noodles

1
Clean the chicken with lemon juice. Cut chicken into strips and season chicken with jerk seasoning, salt, and pepper. Put chicken in a bowl and place seasoned chicken in the refrigerator.
2
Salt the water and bring the water to boil in a pot.
3
Pour in the penne noodles. Cover pot. Occasionally stir the pot. Test to see if the noodles are cooked by tasting it. If it's soft, it's done.
4
Drain noodles over a bowl. Return noodles to pot. Set a cup of the pasta's water aside.
5
Dice peppers and onions/shallot. Make sure peppers are separated from the shallot/onion.
6
Place frying pan on stove put on medium heat. Fill the vegetable oil cap with oil and pour in pan. Place peppers in pan.
7
Cook peppers until sautéed. Place peppers in pot with cooked noodles.

Part 2

Part 2 of 3:
Cooking the Chicken

1
Cut a half stick of butter.
2
Place frying pan on stove. Put half a stick of the butter on the pan. Let it melt. Put all the chicken into frying pan. Cook on medium heat.
3
Move the chicken around in frying pan with wooden spoon.
4
Let chicken cook for 10-15 minutes. Cut chicken open to see if its cooked on the inside.
5
Place the chicken in the pot with the noodles.

Part 3

Part 3 of 3:
Cooking the Vegetables

1
Wash frying pan. Place the frying pan on fire with medium heat.
2
Put the other half stick of butter in pan.
3
Place your onion/shallot in frying pan.
4
Put 3 tablespoons of minced garlic in pan.
5
Add 3 tablespoons of parmesan cheese in pan.
6
Pour all of the heavy cream in frying pan. This will create a white sauce.
7
Stir the ingredients together for 5 minutes.
8
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese in sauce to your liking.
9
Pour the sauce in the pot with the noodles, chicken, and peppers.
10
Pour a cup of the pasta water onto the pasta.
11
Mix ingredients together. Enjoy.

Things You’ll Need

1 wooden spoon
1 pot
Measuring cup
1 frying pan
1 drainer
2 bowls
1 knife

Warnings

Don't taste the chicken while cooking.

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Cook on only medium heat so food is cooked thoroughly.

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Wash your hands thoroughly before and after handling raw chicken. The work area, cutting boards, and any utensils you use when preparing raw chicken must be thoroughly cleaned with hot soapy water.

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