Lemon Asparagus Pasta with Chicken

So I just made this and I definitely need to tweak some of the ingredient amounts--mine was overly lemony and ended up tasting sweeter than I would have liked.

Here is the modified recipe:

Ingredients:

1. half box of pasta
2. half bunch of asparagus, ends cut off, and cut into 1" pieces
3. juice from one small lemon, + zest from that lemon
4. one clove of garlic
5. two boneless skinless chicken breasts (I only ad chicken breast cutlets)
6. two tablespoons butter
7. half cup of wine, beer, or chicken stock/broth

zest the lemon. this part is less than thrilling. 

heat the oil in a pan. 

and boil your pasta. 

and roast your asparagus! I drizzled it with olive oil and sprinkled it with salt and lemon pepper. roast at 400 for 15 minutes. 

Put the minced garlic in the oil and let it heat up. 

Throw your chicken in there and let it cook til its no longer pink. 

meanwhile, juice the lemon....

by sticking a fork in it.....

and squeezing it!

Chicken is done! Take it out and cut it into chunks. 

we wanna get that brown stuff off the bottom of the pan and into a delicious reduced sauce. 

Put in the butter, lemon juice, wine/beer/broth, and lemon zest. 

wisk it around and really scrape the bottom of the pan to get the burned stuff off. cook on medium high for about 8 mns until it thickens. 

Toss it into the pasta with the chicken and asparagus. 

enjoy!