Blackened Chicken Strips On Pasta With Cajun Sauce

Directions

1. To make Cajun spice, mix paprika, garlic pwdr, onion pwdr, pepper, and fines herbes. Set aside. Put the chicken breasts between 2 pcs of wax paper and lb. to flatten. Moisten breasts with water and rub with Cajun spice (reserve 1/4 tsp. for the sauce). Spray a very warm cast-iron pan with vegetable spray and then quickly fry breasts for 4 to 6 min, or possibly till done. Remove breasts and slice into thin strips. Set aside. Saute/fry garlic and onion in a small pan which has been sprayed with vegetable spray, till onion is soft. Add in broth, tomato, wine, fresh herbs and 1/4 tsp. of the Cajun spice. Simmer for 8 min. Season with salt to taste.
2. Meanwhile cook pasta, drain, and place on a platter. Lay chicken on pasta and then drizzle with sauce.
3. NOTES : I made this recipe a couple of nights ago. For the first time in 20 years, my darling husband actually went bonkers over something I cooked!
4. The only thing I did different was which I cooked the sauce in the same pan I cooked the chicken in, using the sauce to deglaze the pan. It was not too spicy and didn't smoke up the house. I also used homemade pasta!