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Quick & Simple Pasta Dishes for Dinner

April 25, 2011 By Melanie Edwards 4 Comments

Qué Rica Vida Recetario AppLate last year, General Mills launched its first Spanish-language application for the iPad, providing more than 900 Latin-inspired recipes completely in Spanish. The app, Qué Rica Vida Recetario, is free and includes a variety of recipes, from appetizers to desserts. The Qué Rica Vida brand is General Mills’ Hispanic marketing platform, providing a Spanish-language web site and free magazine for consumers. You may remember I mentioned Qué Rica Vida last year after our introduction to the brand and highlighted them as a brand that gets it when it comes to marketing to Latinas and engaging Latina bloggers. Since their launch event in Miami, they have continued to support our digital Latina community and have been both personal sponsors to many bloggers, including myself, as well as conference and event sponsors; they sponsored both the Blogalicious 2010 conference and the ­¡Parranda! party I co-hosted during the conference.

The recipes provided in the app are all in Spanish, but you can find many of the same recipes in English on the Qué Rica Vida web site. What I like about the app is that you can search not just by category, but also by ingredient. The app also provides a conversion tool in case you need to figure out how to go from pounds to ounces or cups, etc. A fun aspect is that you can share each recipe via Facebook directly from the app, which is good for sharing with your friends and especially good for food bloggers to share with their communities. I’ve been playing around with the app for a few months now and wanted to share with you a few recipes that are quick and easy to make. This is important to me, because though I enjoy cooking, I don’t necessarily want to be in the kitchen for hours cooking just one meal. I grew up eating rice nearly every day, but I equally love pasta dishes. It helps that I find pasta dishes are just as easy and fast to cook as rice.

The following are a few pasta recipes from the Qué Rica Vida Recetario app that will give you a break from the traditional spaghetti meal. For the English versions, just click on each recipe’s name and choose to view it in English.

Espagueti con Pollo en Salsa de Chile Poblano (Spaghetti and Chicken in Poblano Sauce)

Ingredientes:

  • 8 oz de linguini pasta sin cocer
  • 2 cucharadas de aceite de olivo
  • 1 lb de pechugas de pollo sin hueso ni piel, cortadas en tiras
  • 2 cucharadas de aceite de olivo
  • 1 diente de ajo, finamente picado
  • 1/4 taza de cebolla picada
  • 6 chiles poblanos, asados, pelados, sin semillas y sin rabitos
  • 1 1/2 tazas de crema para batir (whipping cream)
  • 1/2 taza de caldo de pollo reducido en sodio
  • 1/4 taza de cilantro fresco picado
  • 1 cucharadita de caldo de pollo en polvo
  • 1 cucharadita de sal, si lo deseas
  • 1 taza de pimientos rojos asados (de un frasco de 12 oz), cortados en tiritas
  • Queso Oaxaca o Mozzarella rallado, si lo deseas

Modo de preparación:

  1. Cuece el linguini como lo indican las instrucciones de paquete.
  2. En un sartén de 12 pulgadas, calienta 2 cucharadas de aceite a fuego medio alto. Agrega el pollo, cocina 4 minutos, volteándolo o hasta que el pollo no se vea rosa. Retira del fuego; cubre para que se mantenga caliente.
  3. Mientras, en una olla de 2 cuartos de galón calienta el resto del aceite a fuego medio alto. Agrega el ajo y la cebolla. Cocina. Ponlo en la licuadora con los chiles, crema, caldo de pollo, cilantro y el caldo de pollo en polvo. Cubre y licua a velocidad alta hasta que este incorporado. Regresa a la olla. Tápala y cocínala a fuego medio de 5 a 10 minutos, revolviendo ocasionalmente hasta que este caliente.
  4. Agrega la salsa sobre la pasta escurrida; revuelve. Agrega el pollo y los pimientos y agrega el queso.

Pasta Ramen con Carne y Verduras (Ramen Stir Fry)

Ingredientes:

  • 1 cucharada de aceite vegetal
  • 1 lb de bisteces, cortados en tiras
  • 2 tazas de agua
  • 1 paquete (3 oz) de mezcla para sopa sabor carne estilo ramen
  • 1 paquete (16 oz) de verduras frescas para stir-fry: brócoli, coliflor, apio, zanahorias, vainas de chícharo orientales (snow pea pods) y pimientos (4 tazas)
  • 1/4 taza de salsa para stir-fry
  • 2 cucharaditas de salsa de soya reducida en sodio

Modo de preparación:

  1. En un sartén de 12 pulgadas con non-stick, calienta el aceite a fuego medio alto. Agrega la carne cocina hasta que no este rosa de 3 a 5 minutos. Retira y cubre tapándolo.
  2. En el mismo sartén pon el agua a hervir. Rompe y agrega los tallarines ramen y ponlos en el agua (sin el sobrecito de sazonador) hasta que estén medio cocidos. Agrega verduras y calienta a hervir. Hierve de 5 a 7 minutos; revolviendo ocasionalmente hasta que las verduras estén cocidas pero crujientes.
  3. Agrega el paquetito que trae la sopa, las salsas y la carne. Cocina 2 a 3 minutos revolviendo frecuentemente, hasta que este caliente.

Fideos con Chipotle (Vermicelli with Chipotle Sauce)

Ingredientes:

  • 1/3 taza aceite vegetal
  • 1 paquete (7 oz) de fideo o vermicelli sin cocer, en trocitos
  • 1 lata (14.5 oz) tomates orgánicos (jitomates) pelados y enteros Muir Glen
  • 1/2 taza de salsa de tomate orgánico (jitomate) Muir Glen®
  • 1 chipotle en adobo (de una lata de 7 oz)
  • 3 tazas de caldo de pollo Progresso® reducido en sodio (de un cartón de 32
  • 1/4 taza de cebolla picada
  • 2 dientes de ajo, finamente picado
  • 1 cucharadita de caldo de pollo en gránulos o polvo con tomate (jitomate)
  • 1/2 cucharadita de sal, si lo deseas
  • 2 ramitas de perejil
  • 1/2 taza de queso parmesano rallado
  • Crema agria, si lo deseas
  • Perejil picado, si lo deseas

Modo de preparación:

  1. En una olla de 6 cuartos de galón, calienta el aceite a fuego medio alto. Fríe la pasta en el aceite, revolviendo constantemente, hasta que este doradita. Retira del fuego; escurre el aceite, descártalo.
  2. En la licuadora agrega tomates, salsa de tomate, chipotle, caldo de pollo, cebolla y ajo. Cubre y licua hasta que todo este incorporado. Agrega la salsa de tomate a la pasta, agregando el caldo de pollo en polvo , sal y las ramitas de perejil. Cocina sin cubrir a fuego medio de 2 a 3 minutos o hasta que la mescla este burbujeando y un poco mas espesa, revolviendo ocasionalmente.
  3. Cubre y deja cocinar durante 20 a 25 minutos o hasta que la pasta este cocida. Retira las ramitas de perejil. Sirve con el queso parmesano y crema. Si lo deseas decora con perejil picado.

Do you have staple dishes that you often cook because they are quick to make?

Disclosure: Qué Rica Vida sponsored me to attend the Blogalicious 2010 conference.

All recipes courtesy of General Mills/Qué Rica Vida. © 2011 ®/™ General Mills

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  1. Norma823 says

    April 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm

    I am also a member

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    • modernmami says

      May 26, 2011 at 7:46 pm

      Great!

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  2. Shafeena Y says

    April 27, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    This recipe is great ! its just that you dont find a lot of these ingredients in the UAE !

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    • modernmami says

      May 26, 2011 at 7:46 pm

      Oh no! Maybe you can find the ingredients online?

      Reply

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