Quinoa Pasta with Chicken Sambal sauce

Sunday's Experiment~~Quinoa Pasta with Chicken Sambal (crushed chili paste) Sauce

I love using Sambal, crushed chili paste.  It gives a unique sweet/spiciness that goes well with just about anything.

I also love quinoa, so when I saw quinoa pasta at my favorite store, Health Plus in Sandusky I had to try it.  And I was not disappointed.  It is delicious.  Closest thing to durum pasta I have found, and believe, I have been looking.  If you don't know or have not used quinoa, do it.  It is wonderful.

I marinated thinly sliced chicken breasts for about an hour in:
2 tablespoons each olive oil and rice wine vinegar, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon Sambal or other chili paste.  Blot off marinated and brown in pan and small amount of oil olive. (I used my grill cast iron pan)


Cook the quinoa according to package~~about 6-9 minutes in rapidly boiling water.  While that is working, make your sauce.

Chicken Sambal sauce

2 cloves sliced garlic
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons sundried tomatoes (I used my own that I made from my tomato harvest, so easy to make and so much better than commercial brands)
2 tablespoons Sambal or other chili paste
cook until boil
Add cooked chicken, cubed
Right before putting in pasta, add 2 tablespoons of heavy cream or half and half

Add pasta to pan and cook for another minutes, until pasta is coated with sauce.  Add some pasta water if it gets too thick.

THIS IS A DELICIOUS DISH!!! TRY IT AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!!!