Chicken Broccoli bake
This is a really great meal that is truly effortless. You can quite easily add all sorts of things to it like extra mushrooms or bacon pieces. It is serious comfort food and being a fan of broccoli, this one is a keeper for me. (serve 4 hungry people)
What you need
300g shell pasta
3 or 4 Boneless skinless chicken breast
1 tin cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon mustard
2 cups broccoli florets (break them up quite small)
Black pepper
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 cup breadcrumbs
The process
Poach the chicken breasts in slightly salted water for about 10 minutes until cooked through and then either shred using 2 forks to pull apart or cut into smallish cubes.
Boil your pasta in salted water until al dente and drain
Boil or steam the broccoli until cooked, you don’t want them soft, there should still be some crunch in them and drain.
In a bowl add the shredded chicken, broccoli florets, cream of mushroom soup, mayonnaise and mustard and combine. Season with black pepper.
In a casserole dish, add the cooked pasta and cover with the chicken and broccoli mixture. Use 2 spoons to mix gently, much like tossing a salad.
Cover with the grated cheese and breadcrumbs and place in a 200 Celsius oven for about 20 minutes or so until the cheese toping is golden brown.
It’s easy to make for many people and served with an easy dessert like sticky toffee pudding using a bought cake couldn’t be simpler to please a whole load of people.
Hi Graham have the ingredients will cook tonight albeit 33 deg in Cape Town – what was I thinking? Tried a similar recipe by one of our doyen cooks and was not impressed.
Hi Helen, I have heard you guys are really cooking down south, hope the weekend was a marvelous one. Cheers for now G
Thanks for the recipe. It is not easy to impress everyone in my family at the same time, but this recipe did it, and is now on the regular list!
Woohoo, I just love to hear that, have a fantastic day G
You haven’t disappointed me yet G…hope it stays that way…that sounds mafia-ish hey :-). Trying it out now!
Hi Hloni, hope it turned out well, yea, home cooked by mama… Cheers for now G
Hi
Thank you for this recipe. I changed it a little – It is our turn for dinner club today – will let you know what our guests said.
Great, have a fun time G
Hi! Can you pre-cook and freeze this recipe?
Hi Sue, yes you can, it freezes pretty well. Have a lekker day G
Hi G – is there anything else I can substitute the mushroom soup with. I really can’t stomach anything to do with Mushrooms – even their smell makes me wanna projectile
Thanks Michelle
Artichoke soup, asparagus soup, something like that would be perfect. But whatever your tastebuds are telling you. Best to go to the store and check out what flavours they have… Cheers G
Hey Graham,
As a Mum of 5 (4 of which are very hungry boys) I can’t thank you enough for this gorgeous dish!! 🙂
So glad you are all enjoying.. 5 litluns thats a brave woman. Have a lekker day G
I can’t stand pasta, i think it is the worst dish you could offer me, but this is truly outstanding, and is now a dish i ask for regularly. This makes my wife very happy. 🙂
Thanks for sharing.
So glad you are enjoying Alex, come on… a pasta hater, can’t imagine it. Thanks for letting us know G
Hi Graham
This is a truly delicous dish. Now a favourite in my home, thanks sue
Thanks for letting me know susan, I’m so glad to hear that G
a really good variation from the norm – a spoon of sherry also is v lekker! but what are the red bits in your pic??
Red bits!.. That is golden browned cheese on top. Thanks for stopping by. G
Awesome Recipe Dude!
Yea, I love it as well, thanks for letting me know G