This beautiful Banting-friendly “pasta” dish adds more flavour and texture. You’ll wonder why you ever bothered with traditional pasta recipes after you try this.

YIELDS 4 Servings PREP TIME 20 mins COOK TIME 40 mins TOTAL TIME1 hr

• 12 deboned chicken thighs, cut into 3 and seasoned well with salt and pepper
• 4 tbsp butter
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 leek, finely chopped
• 1 stalk of celery, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 cup cream
• 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
• 1 tbsp dijon mustard

for the pasta

1. 600 g courgettes, sliced into ribbons with a potato peeler
2. 3 tbsp butter

• Melt the butter in a large pan and brown the chicken until it is golden. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Turn the heat down to medium and add the onion, leek, celery and garlic to the pan and gently fry until they are soft.
• Add the white wine and let it simmer and reduce by half.
• Add the chicken stock and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
• Finally add the cream, dried herbs and mustard and let the sauce simmer for a few minutes.
• Add the chicken to the sauce and cook for 5 minutes.
• To make the noodles: Melt the butter in a large frying pan and toss the courgette through. Keep frying until the courgettes are warmed through. This should be quite quick.
• Serve the chicken poured over the courgettes.

Source: Real Meal Revolution