Ingredients

  • 6 oz dried fettuccine or linguine
  • 2 cup fresh pea pods
  • 1 cup cooked turkey or chicken strips
  • 1 cup fresh pineapple cut into bite size pieces or 1 8-ounce can pineapple chunks, drained
  • 2 tbsp creamy peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp lime or lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce

Method

  • Cook pasta according to package directions.
  • Meanwhile, halve the fresh pea pods diagonally.
  • Place turkey and pea pods in a large colander.
  • Pour hot cooking liquid from pasta over pea pods and turkey; drain well.
  • Return pasta, pea pods and turkey to hot pan.
  • Add pineapple.
  • For sauce, in a small sauce pan stir Chechen broth into peanut butter.
  • Heat and stir with whisk until peanut butter melts.
  • Stir in soy sauce, lime juice, red pepper and garlic; heat through.
  • Add sauce to the pasta mixture.
  • Gently stir to coat pasta with sauce.