The Pantry Dish

For a while now I have been contemplating on what my little chef should cook up next.  We ARE afterall trying to make a comback from being away from our blog for such a long time anyway.

For sure a dessert was off the menu.

We're always making something sweet.  She doesn't need anymore sweets.

She's much more into helping with every step now so, nothing so simple that she would only be stirring either.  

Na.

This time around I figured why not let her make one of her favorite dishes!  Makes sense right?! 

So she did.

Ingredients we used.....

Three tbsp olive oil
One 8oz bag of pasta
One small can of tomato sauce
Five pieces of chicken breast tenderloins
Tomato bouillon (taste as you go cause we didn't measure)
Salt
Five cups of water

In a 3 quart size pot heat up the olive oil on medium heat and cook the chicken until it starts turning golden brown.  You don't have to cook it all the way because it will finish cooking in the soup as it simmers.

Grab your salt shaker and shake the salt onto the chicken vigorously like this.   

Remove the chicken from the pot when they start to brown a little and put them aside.

"Wooo that was hard"

Once you have taken the chicken out, leave the drippings and oil and pour in the bag of pasta.

Stir stir stir until it starts to turn golden brown and smells nice and toasted :)

Add the water, tomato sauce, and bouillon and stir gently to mix.

Just before it starts to boil, return all the chicken to the pot.

Cover, reduce heat to low and let it simmer until the pasta is almost done.
Turn off heat and let it rest about 10 more minutes.

Serve it up and enjoy on a cold night.