Pattypan Squash! A low Fodmap find. I had not heard of it and was shocked to see it in the grocery store one day after I learned about it. I loved butternut pasta sauce and wanted to make a pasta sauce from a squash that was more friendly to my stomach and that I could add chicken and something green.
Pattypan squash doesn’t have a bold flavor so consider a pattypan squash pasta sauce a delivery system for flavors you love that do not upset your stomach! I went for something simple with fresh herbs, a bit of cheese and red pepper flakes for pop.
I’ve also used herbs de Provence instead of fresh oregano and parsley in a pinch and it was just as good.
Low Fodmap Pattypan Squash Pasta with Chicken & Arugula
Fabulous pattypan squash turned into a pasta sauce and tossed with chicken and arugula
Ingredients
Sauce
- 15 oz pattypan squash 1" pieces (peeled & seeds removed, roughly 2-3 squashes)
- 1 tbsp butter, room temperature
- 2 tbsp Fody Shallot Olive Oil
- 2 tsp Fody Garlic Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp good quality olive oil
- Juice 1 lemon
- 1/8 cup unsweetended almond milk
- 2 tbsp fresh oregano leaves
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley leaves
- Salt & pepper to taste
The rest
- 4 oz brown rice pasta (uncooked)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded chicken (or rotisserie works)
- 1 1/2 cups arugula, roughly chopped
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp fresh chives, chopped
- 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉ and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or non-stick foil.
- Peel the pattypan squash and remove the seeds and stems. Cut the squash into pieces roughly 1-2" in size. Depending on the size of the squash, it typically takes 2 or 3 pattypan squash to get 15 ounces of just the fleshy part of the squash.
- Scatter squash pieces on the cookie sheet and roast until easily pierced with a fork, roughly 20 minutes depending on squash pieces size and ripeness of squash.
- While squash cooks, cook pasta on the stove top, tear off oregano and parsley leaves from the stems, and chop arugula.
- When squash is finished and still hot, place it in a food processor with the rest of the sauce ingredients and blend until smooth.
- Warm up chicken in the microwave.
- Place the arugula in a large bowl and cover with the hot pasta, parmesan cheese, warmed chicken and pasta sauce. Toss to mix and cover bowl with foil to trap heat so arugula softens and cheese melts. Let ingredients rest in the bowl covered for a few minutes.
- Chop the chives.
- Split the mixture between two bowls and top each with 1 tbsp of chopped chives and 1/8 tsp of red pepper flakes.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Really tasty! Creamy and the chili pepper takes it up a notch.