Sesame Chicken And Asparagus Pasta

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces linguine
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons chunky peanut butter
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 6 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon hot chili oil (optional)
• 2 cooked boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 5 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 lb thin asparagus, trimmed
• 3 scallions, bulb and inches green cut up
• 1 small cucumber, halved and seeded cut into 1/4 inch dice

Recipe

• 1 bring a large pot of water to boil. add the linguine and cook until just tender. drain and rinse under cold water. drain again, and set aside in a large mixing bowl.
• 2 place the garlic, vinegar, brown sugar, peanut butter and soy sauce in a food processor. process for one minute. with motor running, slowly add the sesame and chile oils through the feed tube, and process until well blended.
• 3 shred the chicken into 2 inc julienne and toss with linguine. add the sauce and 4 t of the sesame seeds and toss to coat well.
• 4 cut the asaragus on a diagonal into 1 inch lengths. blanch in a saucepan of boiling water for 1 minutes. drain, rinse under cold water and pat dry.
• 5 place the linguine and chicken in a large flat serving bowl and arrange the asaragus on top. sprinkle with scallions, cucumber and remaining sesame seeds.
• 6 serve at room temperature.