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Speedy Chicken Ragu with Zucchini Noodles

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Speedy Chicken Ragu with Zucchini Noodles

By @chef1

A quick and easy Italian-inspired dish featuring ground chicken ragu served over zucchini noodles. High in protein and ready in under 30 minutes.

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Ingredients

  • ●1 pound Ground chicken
  • ●1/2 cup Diced onion
  • ●2 cloves Garlic
  • ●1/4 teaspoon Red pepper flakes
  • ●1 jar (24 ounces) Marinara sauce
  • ●1 tsp Italian seasoning
  • ●2 medium Zucchini
  • ●25g Parmesan cheese, grated
  • ●1.0g Salt
  • ●0.6g Black pepper

Instructions

  1. 1
    Brown the ground chicken in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Drain any excess fat.
  2. 2
    Add diced onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes to the skillet and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
  3. 3
    Stir in the marinara sauce and Italian herbs. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. 4
    While the sauce simmers, spiralize the zucchini into noodles.
  5. 5
    Toss the zucchini noodles with the chicken ragu in the skillet.
  6. 6
    Serve immediately, topped with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.

Recipe details

Cuisine
Italian-inspired
Category
Main course
Preparation
21 minutes

Estimated total: 45 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.

How these estimates were calculated
  • Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
  • pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
  • saute: 8 min planning allowance (saute)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • sauce heat: 3 min planning allowance (sauce_heat)
  • simple prep: 5 min planning allowance (simple_prep)
  • transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
  • garnish: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
  • Cooking overlaps preparation or other cooking; a separate cooking subtotal is omitted.
  • Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
  • Ground chicken: Recipe Studio owner-chosen estimate: count 50% of the initial meat fat for explicitly drained excess fat. This is a calculation convention, not measured absorption or a universal cooking yield. Meat protein and other non-fat nutrients are not halved.
  • Diced onion: USDA cup, chopped portion weight
  • Garlic: USDA clove portion weight
  • Red pepper flakes: USDA tsp portion weight
  • Red pepper flakes matched to red/cayenne pepper spice.
  • Marinara sauce: Stated package net weight
  • Italian seasoning: USDA FoodData Central Branded: STONEMILL, published 2019-12-06; product-label estimate, formulation and label rounding may vary (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/732476/nutrients)
  • Italian seasoning: USDA FoodData Central Branded: STONEMILL, published 2019-12-06; product-label estimate, formulation and label rounding may vary (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/732476/nutrients)
  • Stonemill pure-herb Italian seasoning label; small-serving label rounding can understate tiny nutrient contributions.
  • Zucchini: USDA medium portion weight
  • Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
  • Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
  • USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
  • Italian seasoning: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Italian herbs","amount":"1 teaspoon"}. Authored: {"item":"Italian seasoning","amount":"1 tsp"}.
  • Parmesan cheese, grated: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Parmesan cheese","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Parmesan cheese, grated","amount":"25g"}.
  • Salt: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Salt","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"1.0g"}.
  • Black pepper: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.6g"}.
  • Italian seasoning: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Italian herbs","amount":"1 teaspoon"}. Authored: {"item":"Italian seasoning","amount":"1 tsp"}.
  • Parmesan cheese, grated: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Parmesan cheese","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Parmesan cheese, grated","amount":"25g"}.
  • Salt: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Salt","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"1.0g"}.
  • Black pepper: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"Pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.6g"}.

chicken ragu · zucchini noodles · marinara

Estimated nutrition per serving

260 calories · 25.4 g protein · 19.1 g carbohydrate · 9.4 g fat · 4.5 g fiber · 1030 mg sodium

Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.

Recipe Context

This recipe was created with the following context in mind:

Friday
dinner
winter
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