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Green chicken enchilada pasta

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  • 1 tbsp chicken bouillon
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 lb rigatoni
  • water
  • salt
Fill a pot halfway with water, add salt, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
Add three pieces of chicken breast, reduce to medium and return to a boil.
  • 3 pieces chicken breast
Skim off the impurities and foam from the broth, cover and cook 25 minutes.
For the salsa, heat about two tablespoons of oil in a pan over medium-high.
Cooking the salsa vegetables
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 12 whole tomatillos
  • ½ whole onion
  • 4 cloves garlic cloves
Add 12 halved tomatillos, half an onion broken apart, four garlic cloves and jalapeno or serrano to taste; move around a couple of minutes.
  • jalapeno or serrano
Cover and cook; said as eight minutes, then 'after six minutes our tomatillos and chilies should be just about done'.
  • cilantro
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • ½ tsp black pepper
Transfer to the blender cup with cilantro, chicken bouillon, salt, 1 tsp oregano, 1/2 tsp ground cumin and 1/2 tsp black pepper; blend until smooth and set aside.
After 25 minutes remove the chicken; cook the rigatoni in the broth 10 minutes, stirring so it does not stick.
Reserve a quarter cup of the water, then drain the pasta.
  • ¼ cup pasta water
Shred the chicken.
  • oil
Heat a little oil in a pan over medium-high; add 7 oz fire roasted corn and mix for a minute.
  • 7 oz fire roasted corn
Add the shredded chicken and cook a couple of minutes; add the salsa with the reserved water, then the pasta, and mix until coated.
  • salt
Taste for salt and adjust; reduce the heat to medium-low.
  • Monterey Jack
Top with Monterey Jack, cover and cook 2 minutes.
  • crema mexicana
  • queso fresco
  • purple onion
  • 2 whole radishes
  • cilantro
Top with crema mexicana, queso fresco, purple onion, a couple of radishes and cilantro.
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