Chicken pasta bake
Serving suggestions: Serve with side salad.
Best served with an ice-cold Coca Cola Zero Sugar!
Prep: Cook: |
25 minutes 20 minutes |
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Serves: | 2 portions |
Ingredients |
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extra grated cheese |
plain flour |
1 tbsp olive oil |
cayenne pepper |
250g penne pasta |
2 chicken fillets |
1 small tin drained sweetcorn (198g) |
200g broccoli florets |
1 chicken stock cube |
1/2 medium onion peeled and diced |
250ml cream |
75g mature cheddar cheese grated |
directions
- Bring 2 pots of salted water to the boil (one for the pasta; one for the broccoli).
- In one pot, add the chicken stock cubes and pasta, and boil until cooked. Once the pasta is cooked remove from the pot, place in a sieve under cold running water. Strain and leave to the side.
- In the second pot, drop in the broccoli florets and cook without a lid until tender. Once the broccoli is cooked, remove from the pot, place in a sieve under cold running water. Strain and leave to the side.
- Dice the chicken fillets into small pieces and dust with plain flour.
- Add the onion and chicken pieces to a frying pan that has been lightly coated with olive oil. Cook until the onion is soft and the chicken is thoroughly cooked through. Once cooked, add sweetcorn to the pan.
- Place the pasta, broccoli, chicken, onion and sweetcorn in a casserole dish. Add the cream, grated cheese and 2 pinches of cayenne pepper. Place in the over at Gas Mark 5 / 180 degrees for 10 minutes.
- Once cooked, grate some fresh cheese on top and place back in the over until golden brown.