Lentil Spaghetti with Chicken & Creamy Avocado Sauce
9
Points® value
Total Time
15 min
Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Dinner hits the table in a flash when you can blend up the sauce in the time it takes to cook the pasta and use rotisserie chicken as the protein. Ripe avocados form the base of the creamy sauce with lemon and herbs to keep the flavors bright and fresh.
Ingredients
Uncooked yellow lentil pasta
8¾ oz
Avocado
1 medium, pitted, and peeled
Fresh parsley
1 cup(s), loosely packed, plus more, chopped, for garnish
Scallions
2 medium, cut into pieces
Lemon zest
½ tsp(s), plus more for garnish
Fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp(s)
Olive oil
2 tbsp(s)
Kosher salt
¼ tsp(s)
Black pepper
⅛ tsp(s)
Grilled skinless boneless chicken breast
5 oz, 1 cup shredded cooked skinless chicken breast
Tomato
1 large, chopped (about 250 ml [1 cup])