Recipe: Fettucine With Red Pepper Cayenne Sauce

I recently received an email from allrecipes.com that listed 5 Easy Dinners for the week.  I saw "easy" and immediately clicked on all of the recipes.  One that sounded easy and yummy to me was a pasta recipe for fettucine with a red pepper cayenne sauce.  It noted that it only takes about 15 minutes and all the ingredients were simple and inexpensive; my kind of meal!


Ingredients:

• 12 ounces dry fettuccine pasta
• 2 red bell peppers, julienned
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 cup reduced fat sour cream
• 3/4 cup chicken broth
• 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper to taste

Here are the easy steps to making this dish:

1. Start by boiling your water for the pasta, add some salt and let it boil. Once ready, add the pasta and cook uncovered for 8-10 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, cut up your peppers and get your garlic ready.  Heat a saute pan on medium heat and add cooking spray or EVOO to the bottom of the pan.  Add your garlic and peppers and saute for about 5 minutes.  

Next, add your sour cream, chicken broth, and cayenne.  Let that simmer for another 5 minutes or so.  Add the pasta. 

3. Take the pan off the heat and add the cheese.  Mix all the ingredients together.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper. 

This recipe was so easy and it was delicious!  My husband and I both liked it a lot and will definitely make it again. I love that it doesn't require a lot of ingredients either.  I had some frozen peas on hand, so I added those in to the pan as well.  You could add tons of things to this though: chicken, shrimp, mushrooms, broccoli, etc.  The cayenne definitely adds a little kick to the meal, so if you don't like spicy don't use as much cayenne.  Hope you enjoy!

~Kate