Lemon Pepper Chicken with Broccoli Parmesan Pasta

Easy meal and a great way for anyone to use leftovers... I had cooked too much chicken the night before for "Pennes from Heaven" so I had to find a way to use up the chicken. However, since the chicken was already cooked, I didn't want to put it in the oven or in the microwave and dry out the chicken. So... here we go.

Ingredients: (Serves two)
2 chicken breasts

2 heads broccoli

1 tsp. minced garlic

1/2 cup olive oil

2 tbl butter

1/2 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

8 oz linguine

2 slices of Pepper jack cheese

1 tbl lemon pepper

1 tbl Mrs. Dash

¾ cup Italian bread crumbs

1 ½ cup parmesan cheese

Prep:

~Mix ¼ cup parmesan cheese and bread crumbs, cover chicken with both. Sprinkle with lemon pepper and Mrs. Dash. Bake chicken at 350 degrees for ½ hour. (Or if you are using precooked chicken as leftovers, put two tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet and continue coating chicken with spices and cook in covered skillet till heated thoroughly, being sure to rotate to brown both sides but careful not to burn) 

~Boil water to cook linguine.

~In separate small saucepan, heat olive oil, butter and garlic, and spices and stir. Add florets of broccoli. 

~Drain pasta when done and add parmesan to linguine to pasta and stir, then add oil/broccoli mixture to pasta and stir well. 

~Whether in oven or in skillet put a slice of cheese on chicken and allow to melt, then put breast on top of bed of pasta. 

Cheese melting and pasta cooking

Chicken was done before pasta, so I removed from heat so it didn't burn and covered in on a plate to stay warm

Add mixture to pasta and stir well

Shown served with shredded parmesan as a garnish * optional