The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love, and death … Check This Amazing Recipe: Easy chicken and chorizo pasta bake
How to Make Easy chicken and chorizo pasta bake
Preparation time:
less than 30 mins
Cooking time:
1 to 2 hours
Serves:
Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 large chicken breasts
- 340g/11¾oz fusilli
- 1 large brown onion
- 100g/3½oz chorizo
- 2 large garlic
- ¼ tsp dried chilli
- ¼ tsp sweet smoked paprika
- 600g/1lb 5oz tinned chopped tomatoes
- splash white wine
- 2 tbsp double cream
- 250g/9oz mozzarella
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
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Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil and add the chicken. Reduce the heat to medium–low and gently poach the chicken for 10–15 minutes, or until just cooked through. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool.
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Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil once more and add the pasta. Cook for just 10 minutes, or until the shapes are just softened but still have a lot of bite. Drain thoroughly.
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Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Add the onion and chorizo to a large casserole set over a medium–high heat and fry for 7–8 minutes, or until the onion has softened. Add the garlic, followed by the chilli flakes and paprika. Cook until the garlic is aromatic.
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Add the tomatoes, washing out the residual tomato juices from each tin with the wine (or water if not using wine). Stir the tomatoes into the sauce and leave to simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the cream. Season with salt and pepper.
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Chop the chicken breasts into bite-sized chunks and stir into the sauce along with the pasta. Tear the mozzarella and scatter over the top of the pasta. Finish with more black pepper and bake in the oven for 40 minutes, covering the dish with foil about halfway through, once the cheese is brown and bubbling.
