Angel Hair with Fresh Mozzarella, Tomatoes, Garlic & Olive Oil

What You'll Need:

- Angel Hair pasta

- Thin Sliced Chicken Cutlets

- Vine Tomatoes or Cherry Tomatoes

- Fresh Mozzarella 

- Garlic

- Olive Oil

- Paprika

- Onion Powder

- Garlic Powder

- Salt & Pepper

- Crushed Red Peppers

How Long It'll Take:

- Prep will take about 10-15 minutes.

- Cook time is about 20, mostly because you have to boil water.

Let's Get Started: 

1. Drizzle some oil on your grill pan. Just enough to coat the pan, as usual. Turn the burner to medium-high heat.

2. Clean and prep, and season your chicken. 

• I like to put the chicken in a ziplock bag, but you can also just put the clean cutlets in a bowl.
• Pour in some paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and crushed red peppers. You want enough of these spices so that it coats the chicken.
• Either seal the ziplock and mix around, or mix the chicken and spices in a bowl until it seems evenly distributed.

3. Fill a pot with water and set it to high on the stove. Add some salt to the water. This is for the pasta. 

• DO NOT put the pasta in the boiling water until the very specific step where I mention it. There may be a point that the water is boiling with nothing in it. That's perfectly ok, just let it go.

4. Clean and cut your tomatoes into small pieces. Set them in a bowl to the side.

5. Cut your mozzarella into small pieces. Set in a bowl to the side.

6. Crush a ton of garlic, set to the side for later. (About 6 cloves.)

7. Place your seasoned chicken cutlets in the pan and begin grilling. If they're really thin, they should only take a few minutes on each side to cook.

8.  Once the chicken is completely cooked, take it out of the grill pan and set it on a plate to the side. Cover with aluminum foil to keep it warm.

9. The water should be boiling in your pot. NOOOWWW you can put the pasta in the boiling water. Angel hair only takes about 4 minutes to cook, depending on the brand. So these next few minutes will be crucial.

10. In a new pan, add some oil. This time you're gonna want more than just a thin coating. Add a good amount; add enough that you think would be good for coating your pasta. Set the burner to low/medium - like, 3 or 4.

11. Add in the garlic and let it brown for a minute or so. You do NOT want to burn the garlic. This is why we are using a lower burner setting.

12. Add in the tomatoes. Mix everything around in the oil.

13. When your 4 minutes are up, move the pot with the pasta closer to your garlic & olive oil, and begin scooping the pasta out of the water and into the pan with the olive oil.

• When all the pasta has been moved to the new pan, pour in a little of the pasta water to add to the juice. Gently mix the pasta around to get a nice coating.

14. When plating the pasta, add the fresh mozzarella pieces. These will melt as they are on the pasta. You don't want to put these pieces directly into the pan with the garlic and olive oil because they'll get really melty and stick to your pan.

15. Enjoy!