Spaghetti with Chicken and Mushroom Sauce, Veggie Salad

Hi friends! Todays I am going to share a scrumptious and flavorful pasta and sauce recipe with you. In general, I love pasta, and this particular recipe is on the top of my favorite pasta recipe list. The sauce itself is very delicious, flavorful and creamy and it can be used not only with different kinds of pasta but also with rice, buckwheat, couscous, etc. The veggie salad is very simple and easy to prepare but it complements the spaghetti very well and adds crispiness and freshness to the main dish! This is how the main dish and the veggie salad turned out!!! Don't they look super and appetizing?! And they tasted delicious too :) :) :) If the whole idea of the meal interested you just keep on reading the recipe below!!!

Now let's talk about the recipe. You will need the following ingredients:

• spaghetti (400 gram)
• salt (1 full tablespoon, dissolved in water for cooking the spaghetti )
• vegetable oil (2 tablespoon, use olive oil if you like)

For the sauce:

• chicken breast (400 gram)
• mushroom (I am using champignons) (400 gram)
• sour-cream (100 gram)
• onion (1 small size)
• garlic (2 cloves)
• ketchup (1 full tablespoon)
• vegetable oil (1-2 tablespoon)
• salt (to your taste)
• black pepper and chili (to your taste)
• paprika (1 teaspoon)
• cumin (1 teaspoon)

For the veggie salad:

• young seasonal cabbage (1 cup shredded)
• cucumber (1 medium size)
• carrot (1 medium size)
• reddish (5 medium size)
• onion (1 small size)
• herbs (I am using dill, coriander, tarragon, you can also use parsley, basil or any kind of herbs you like)
•  vegetable oil (1 tablespoon)
• apple vinegar (1 tablespoon)
• salt (to your taste)
• black and red peppers (to your taste)

Now the instructions:

• First of all you should make the sauce because it takes a little while to be cooked. While you make the sauce put a big pot full of water and put it on a heat and bring to boil. 
• Wash and slice the chicken breasts into thin pieces. 
• Though I know that I shouldn't wash the mushrooms but I wash them anyways and peel the skin from the champignon hats - but this is optional, you can totally skip this part. Cut the champignions into slices too. 
• Chop the onion and the garlic cloves and the herbs into small pieces. 
• Then take a pan, add the vegetable oil, heat it. Then add the chopped onion and the garlic cloves and salute (roast) them for a few minutes. Then add the cut chicken breasts, stir them and cook for about 15 minutes under the lid. 

• When the chicken breasts are halfway cooked add the sliced champignons, stir them together, add the ketchup, season with salt, black and red peppers, paprika, cumin, a little bit of herbs and let them cook for another 15-20 minutes or until everything is perfectly cooked. Before you take the sauce away from the heat, add the sour-cream and the rest of the herbs, bring it to boil and turn off the heat.  

• Meanwhile the water for spaghetti will definitely be boiling. Add 1 full tablespoon of salt to the water, mix it throughly and add the spaghetti. Cook the spaghetti "al dente" taking into consideration the instruction of the package. It will take about 10-12 minutes to get it done.

• As spaghetti is being cooked, make the veggie salad. Shred the vegetables into thin and long pieces. Then drizzle them with the following dressing. Add the vegetable oil, the apple vinegar, salt and peppers into a small jar, cover it with the lid and shake it thoroughly. Voilà the dressing is ready. Drizzle it on top of the vegetables and give it a good stir. The salad is ready.

• As you have cooked all the comprising parts of the meal, now you can assemble them together. This is how my plate turned out!  I decided to serve the salad in a separate dish because I didn't want to ruin the way my spaghetti looked! :) :) :)

I truly hope you like the recipe! Wish you all have a fabulous day! Bye! :) :) :)