One Pot Spicy Thai Fusion Chicken Parmesan With Whole Grain Pasta

One Pot Fusion Spicy Thai Fusion Chicken Parmesan With Whole Grain Pasta will feed your family all week.  I combined the best elements of Italy and Thailand and I think they substitute well.  There is a Thai version of basil and the red sriracha and sambal chili garlic sauce are perfect compliments with the savory cheeses.  It kind of reminds me of how Mexican food often combines spices with cheeses for a perfect compliment.

I found a really good one-pot chicken parmesan pasta with a Googling mistake.  I use voice to text a lot and voice googling ended up finding it.  The recipe ranked first for the word recipe that day so we have to try it, right?  We just happened to get a dutch oven for Christmas from a Secret Santa gift exchange so what better way to christen it for its maiden voyage than the number 1 ranking recipe on Google.   The spice level I came out with is just enough to taste it but you can add more.  I have been eating on this dish for the whole week.  It's a great way to stretch your food budget that way.

Here are the ingredients I used including the substitutions.  I think they are really perfect and you can always adjust to the heat level you prefer.  I also used whole wheat pasta and as usual, go for a healthier oil when possible.  If you can find a lower fat cheese you can save yourself some calories if you are watching that for weight loss.   There are also differences in the sugar contents of marinara sauces.   Here is a guide for the best-premade marinara sauces to buy.  I also nixed the salt because there's salt in everything.  We used a short noodle like that in the original recipe we gained inspiration from.  If you want it to have a lower glycemic and more Asian feel you can use something like vermicelli, made from green or mung beans.  They are available at most Asian food markets.

One Pot Fusion Spicy Thai Fusion Chicken Pasta Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 2-3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced into bite-sized pieces
• 1-2 tablespoon canola or olive oil or whatever monounsaturated fat you have
• 3-4 tablespoon Sambal Garlic Chili Sauce 
• 1 medium white onion, minced
• ½ cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes, halved at the equator.  Sundried tomatoes also go well here.
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 16 oz dried short-cut whole grain pasta
• 25 oz jar of a low glycemic marinara sauce
• 10 oz water
• 1 cup lower fat mozzarella cheese 
• ½ cup parmesan cheese
• pepper and sriracha to taste
• Minced Thai basil for garnish

Instructions:

1.  Place the oil in the dutch oven or skillet and heat to medium-high.
   

   Oil in Dutch Oven

2.   Add the chicken to the pot and cook for 5 minutes until cooked through, stirring as needed, you can throw some Sriracha in here too.
   

   One Pot Fusion Spicy Thai Fusion Sriracha Chicken adding chicken and Sriracha

3.   Move the chicken to a bowl or plate.
   

   Remove chicken

4.   Add the onion and sambal to the pot and cook until the onion is transparent.
   

   Cook Onions Until Transparent

5.   Add the marinara and water and bring to a boil.
   

   Add Marinara and Bring to Boil

6.   Reduce to a simmer.
7.   Add the chicken back in and then the pasta and stir them together.
8.   Cover and cook for another 10-15 minutes or the consistency you prefer for pasta.
9.   Stir in the parmesan cheese and ¼ cup of the lower calorie mozzarella.
10.   Taste and adjust the spicy garlic taste by adding sriracha and sambal to your liking.
11.   Cover the top with the remaining cheese and add pepper and basil and let cook and melt together.
    

    Cover with Cheeses

12.   If desired you can add a swirl of Sriracha for more spice and a pleasing aesthetic.
13.   Serve it hot and gooey with a bottle of sambal and sriracha on the side for spice the spice hounds!

ONE-POT SPICY THAI-FUSION CHICKEN PASTA PINTEREST IMAGE, PIN ME PLEASE!!!

Printable recipe below

Disclaimer-

If you have ideas about how to make our healthy Thai recipes healthier, please share in the comments section below.  We try to make our Thai recipes and Thai fusion recipes as healthy as possible but there is always room for improvement.  Everyone's health situation is different and fact-dependent so I like the mantra "when in doubt, check it out!". If you have concerns, always bring them up with an appropriate doctor or nutritionist to be safe.

Also, a student recently died after eating old pasta.  See this article.  Part of being healthy is cooking everything thoroughly and knowing when to throw it out.  A similar mantra to the one above that I also like is, "when in doubt, throw it out!"  I ate this for several days and it actually stretched my budget well but at some point, it's just not worth the risk and has to be thrown out my friends.  🙂

If you like Italian Thai-fusion recipes you might dig some of these I also came up with.

Tomato Soup with Thai Basil and Garlic Chili Sauce

Thai fusion creamy garlic butter Tuscan fish

Sriracha Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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