Pasta w/Chicken + Sun-dried Tomatoes

This is a recipe I came up with just randomly one night. It turned out really delicious and I have already made it quite a few times! My friends Ashlee and Lauren came over one night and they loved it!  I hope you try it out and enjoy!

Chop the shallot!

Minced garlic + shallot.

A fun new bow tie  pasta that I wanted to use with a white sauce so you could see the colors.

Ash- What did you call this wine at Benvenuti's on NYE??

Chop up the sun-dried tomatoes.

Saute the diced chicken (this version obviously was not breaded).  When I bread the chicken, I bread and brown full chicken breasts, preferably thinly sliced breasts.

Remove the chicken from the pan and saute the garlic, shallot and sun-dried tomatoes in butter.

Add the cream and Italian seasoning.

Aren't they fun?!

Add the cooked pasta.

Yum yum!

Recipe:
[serves 2 people]

- 1 shallot, minced
- 3 or 4 garlic cloves, minced
- about 1 tsp dried thyme
- about 1 tsp dried oregano
- 5-8 jarred in oil sun dried tomatoes, chopped
- linguine or bow tie pasta
- 2 chicken breasts, seasoned with S&P
- about 2 TBSP reserved pasta cooking water
- cream, 3 turns of the pan
- 1 TBSP unsalted butter
- olive oil

Heat a saute pan with olive oil, about 2 turns of the pan on medium to high heat.  Add the chicken and brown on both sides for about 6-8 minutes.  Remove the chicken and set on a plate for later.
Add the butter to the pan and melt.  Add the shallot and garlic and saute until the shallot is translucent, then add the sun-dried tomatoes.  Stir and saute for a couple of minutes.
Next, add the cream and herbs.  Add S&P to taste.  Simmer the cream until thick.  If it gets too thick, add the reserved pasta water.
Next, add the chicken and pasta to the pan and serve!