Dinner · Beginner · 22 min

Chicken & pea pasta

A yogurt coating keeps this simple pasta dinner creamy.

HobIncludes meat5 ingredients

Original draft · Kitchen testing and human review pending.

CHUTTERSNAP / Unsplash · Ingredient photograph

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What you need

Amounts for 1 serving. Weigh the prepared ingredient described below.

80 g Dried wheat pasta, egg-free, unenriched
100 g Plain fully cooked chicken breastReady-to-eat roasted chicken, not raw chicken. Check the packaging.
100 g Frozen peas
60 g Plain nonfat Greek yogurt
5 g Olive oil

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Diet and ingredient checks

Diet: Includes meat. Tags assume the specified products, including vegetarian cheese and vegan bread where listed.

Contains: Cereals containing gluten, Milk

Product labels need checking for: Eggs, Soy, Celery, Mustard.

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Let’s make it

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Cook pasta following its packet. Add frozen peas in time for their full packet cooking time, then drain, reserving a little cooking water.
Tear the fully cooked chicken into pieces. Return it to the pan with pasta, peas, oil and a splash of reserved water; heat until steaming hot throughout.
Remove from heat and stir in yogurt. Serve immediately.

A look at the nutrients

Estimated from ingredient amounts. Cooking losses and product differences are not adjusted. Total sugars include naturally occurring sugars; added sugars are not separately calculated.

Dietary fibre7.06 g

Total sugars9.08 g

Total fat10.41 g

Carbohydrate (by difference)75.52 g

Energy618.4 kcal

Protein52.74 g

Vitamins, minerals and other values

EPA0.01 g

DHA0.02 g

Retinol6.6 µg

Total monounsaturated fatty acids5.09 g

Total polyunsaturated fatty acids1.93 g

Total saturated fatty acids2.06 g

Beta-carotene1,220 µgKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Vitamin C18 mg

Thiamin0.41 mg

Riboflavin0.43 mg

Vitamin K (phylloquinone)31.29 µg

Copper0.41 mg

Iron3.68 mg

Magnesium104 mg

Phosphorus542.2 mg

Starch54.09 gKnown subtotal · 3 ingredient values missing

Fructose0.34 gKnown subtotal · 2 ingredient values missing

Niacin16.9 mg

Pantothenic acid2.06 mg

Vitamin B-60.83 mg

Potassium672.05 mg

Zinc3.26 mg

Selenium85.88 µg

Alpha-tocopherol1.1 mg

Glucose0.18 gKnown subtotal · 2 ingredient values missing

Water204.28 g

Calcium119.85 mg

Choline, total121.38 mgKnown subtotal · 1 ingredient value missing

Sodium208.5 mg

Manganese1.09 mg

Vitamin A (RAE)109.6 µg

Folate, total75.6 µg

Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0.1 µg

Vitamin B-120.79 µg

FluorideNot reported

Total trans fatty acids<0.01 gKnown subtotal · 2 ingredient values missing

Linoleic acid<0.01 gKnown subtotal · 4 ingredient values missing

ALA0.02 gKnown subtotal · 3 ingredient values missing

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Food records, image rights & review status

Original Nutrition Atlas recipe draft, 6 September 2026. Kitchen testing and human editorial review are pending. Photography illustrates ingredients or serving ideas, not the exact prepared recipe.

USDA SR Legacy, April 2018, public-domain food data. Values retain their source definitions; a historical generic record cannot describe every brand. Nutrient links explain the measured substance and do not claim this meal covers your needs.

Dried wheat pasta, egg-free, unenriched — FDC 168927Pasta, dry, unenriched
Plain fully cooked chicken breast — FDC 171477Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted
Frozen peas — FDC 170016Peas, green, frozen, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
Plain nonfat Greek yogurt — FDC 170894Yogurt, Greek, plain, nonfat (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
Olive oil — FDC 171413Oil, olive, salad or cooking

USDA documentation · Unsplash image licence · Unit conversions: NIST · Food handling: FSA

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