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Chicken pasta bake
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This cheesy chicken pasta bake will serve 6 kids and is ready in just 40 mins. It's a great way of getting veg into their diet and you can replace the veg in the recipe with their favourites.
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Serves: 4
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Prep time: 25 mins
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Cooking time: 15 mins
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Total time: 40 mins
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Skill level: Bit of effort
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Costs: Mid-price
Ingredients
You can use shop-bought chicken stock in this recipe but homemade tastes better, so here's our homemade chicken stock recipe for you.
- 2 x 150g (5 z) cooked skinless chicken breasts
- 200g (7oz) broccoli, chopped into florets
- 200g (7oz) short pasta, such as penne or fusilli
- Knob of unsalted butter
- 100g (3½oz) mushrooms, finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1-2tsp dried mixed herbs
- 25g (1oz) plain flour
- 360ml (12 fl.oz) chicken stock with no added salt
- 120ml (4 fl.oz) whole milk
- 60g (2 oz) Gruyère cheese, grated
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 40g (1½oz) fresh breadcrumbs (1 slice of brown bread)
- 2tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Method
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas mark 7.
- Dice the cooked chicken breasts and set aside.
- Cook the broccoli in boiling water for 5 mins, then remove the broccoli using a slotted spoon and set aside. Return the water to the boil and cook the pasta for 10-12 mins or according to the directions on the packet. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the mushrooms, garlic and herbs and sauté for 4 mins. Add the flour before gradually adding in the chicken stock and milk, then give it a good stir with a whisk. Bring to the boil and cook for 5 mins, until thick, stirring from time to time. Add the Gruyère, a pinch of pepper and stir well. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the cooked diced chicken.
- Grease a casserole dish and put a layer of pasta on the bottom, roughly half. Put half the broccoli on top, followed by half the chicken mixture, then repeat with a second layer of each. Sprinkle the top with the breadcrumbs and grated Parmesan and bake for 15 mins, until bubbling and golden brown.
Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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