Oven Chicken and Linguini

Description

Easy and delicious. Add more pepper flakes if you like it spicy.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons dried basil
  • 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 3 pounds chicken thighs
  • 1 pound linguine pasta
  • 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Place butter into a 9×13-inch baking dish and set in oven while it preheats until butter is melted
  3. about 5 minutes.
  4. Stir onion
  5. basil
  6. red pepper flakes
  7. salt
  8. and black pepper into melted butter. Add chicken
  9. turning to coat with onion mixture and ending skin-side up.
  10. Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear
  11. about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove chicken from dish.
  12. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite
  13. about 11 minutes; drain.
  14. Mix spinach into onion-butter sauce until thoroughly mixed; add linguine and Parmesan cheese
  15. tossing to combine. Place chicken on top of pasta.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 9

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