My Favourite Homemade Tomato Pasta
Easy to make with just a few simple ingredients, this homemade tomato pasta is fulfilling, heartwarming, and flavourful. With a comforting medley of chicken breast, sausage, ham, and al dente pasta, I’m sure you’ll love this homemade recipe as much as I do!
Equipment
- Wok/pot
Ingredients
- 160 g pasta of your choice
- 1 chicken breast diced
- 1 tomato chopped
- 3-4 garlic cloves minced
- 1/3 onion minced
- 1 hot chilli pepper sliced (optional)
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup water
For the chicken breast marinade
- ½ tsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp grounded black pepper
- About 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Marinate the diced chicken breasts for 10 minutes.
- In a wok or pot, cook the pasta for 2 minutes less than the package instructions recommend.
- While cooking the pasta, heat some oil in another wok and pan-fry the chicken breasts over medium heat until golden brown. When they are half-cooked, add in some water to the wok, then cover with a lid to half-steam the chicken breasts. Remove the lid, stir fry a few times to let the water evaporates, then set aside.
- Prepare the tomato sauce. Using the same wok, heat some oil over medium-high heat, then add in garlic, onions and hot chilli peppers. Stir-fry until fragrant and golden brown.
- Add in chopped tomatoes and sugar. Stir occasionally.
- When the tomatoes begin to soften, add in tomato paste and ketchup. Stir to combine.
- When the pasta is cooked, drain it over a strainer and let it cool briefly. Reserve ½ to 1 cup of pasta liquid.
- Add about ½ cup of pasta liquid to the tomato sauce and let it simmer until it thickens.
- Transfer the cooked pasta and chicken breasts to the tomato sauce, toss and stir to combine.