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Chicken, Cauliflower, Broccoli Pasta Bake

Chicken, Cauliflower, Broccoli Pasta Bake

For the “Q” in our Ingredients Alphabet we used Quark as the base for the Cheese sauce.

Ingredients:-

2 cooked Chicken breasts, cubed
Cauliflower and Broccoli, cut into florets
Mature Cheddar Cheese, grated
200ml Quark
Milk
Pasta ( Gluten free in our case )
2 cloves of Garlic, grated
½ a large Onion, chopped
Mixed Herbs
Black Pepper
Salt & Vinegar crisps crushed
Oil and Margarine

Method:-

(1) Gentle Blanch the Cauliflower and Broccoli and drain.
(2) Boil the Pasta until it has a little bite and drain.
(3) Fry the Onions and Garlic in the Oil and Margarine and season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the Chicken and heat through.
(5) Add ½ Quark and ½ Milk as the foundation of your sauce.
(6) Add ¾ of your grated Cheese.
(7) Add mixed herbs and Pepper to season.
(8) Add the Onions and Garlic and stir in.
(9) Add the Broccoli and Cauliflower and stir in.
(10) Stir in the Pasta.
(11) Transfer to an oven proof casserole.
(12) Sprinkle with the crushed Crisps and the remaining grated Cheese.
(13) Bake at 180c for 20 minutes or so until the Cheese has melted and slightly browned.

We made some Gluten free Galic bread and cobbled together a salad. It was very tasty.

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Magical Rice Noodles

As part of the filming we did last week we took up the challenge to produce a three course meal for around our usual daily budget. We normally just have one large main course each and pick at leftovers.

So although nobody will be interested in me typing up yet another stir-fry recipe. I thought it might be fun to let you into a little secret we discovered. There are quite a few starch based dry goods with will behave like Popadums if you throw them into your deep fat fryer. One of our favourites are Glass Rice Noodles from the local Asian Supermarket. They added a bit of visual interest and crunch, but also bulked the dish out for a few pence.

Method:-

(1) Pre-heat the fryer to 170c.
(2) Once the Oil is hot test your noddles by throwing a short length in. If it puffs and pops up dramatically all is good.
(3) Fry small batches and drain over kitchen paper.
(4) Use to dress the top of Asian dishes and sprinkle with a little Paprika for colour.

 

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