Chicken pasta bake
This is such a great winter dish which you will keep as a quick hearty dinner recipe for any day. Use left over chicken and remember when you make the Alfredo sauce to keep enough aside for this dish.(4 people)
What you need
1 1/2 cups cooked pasta (spirals or penne)
300g chicken mince or chopped chicken breast
1 tin drained corn Kernels
300g Alfredo sauce (see bottom of page)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup grated cheddar
The process
Add a little oil to a pan, add the chicken and fry until beginning to brown.
Add the corn and combine.
Add the milk and Alfredo sauce and allow to heat through, giving it a good stir to evenly combine the chicken and corn.
Add the cooked pasta, mix together well and turn the mixture into a casserole dish.
Sprinkle the grated cheese over the top and place in a 200 Celsius oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
Serve with warm crusty garlic bread and a simple side salad.
Alfredo sauce
150g butter
1/2 cup grated parmesan
175ml cup cream
pinch of salt and black pepper
Melt butter over a low heat, add cream and warm through, add parmesan, season and you are done.
Here ia a famtastic 3 cheese bolognese pasta for you to try.
Hi Graham
Just to let you know this was a great hit at our ladies’ function and the guests wanted seconds and wanted the recipe!
I made it with low-fat evaporated milk instead of cream for a lower fat version (as suggested in my low GI recipe books)and it still tasted great.
Fantastic Anne-marie, always good to have a low fat substitute, in fact I was paging through a weight watchers recipe book last night and will be trying out a few… Summer is coming and the beach is calling… Thanks for letting me know G
Sounds great! I need to make something like this for a function. How many servings will one get from these quantities, please?
Hi Ann-marie, Finally back in beautiful Cape Town… This serves 4 people, but very simple to multiply out for many. Cheers for now G
Hi Graham
Can you substitute the kernel with something else?
Sure you can, try peas for a change. Have a great weekend. G
Can you substitute the cream with something else, like milk or yoghurt? I’m not a big fan of cream…
Hi Chanelle, you can use this recipe to substitute 1 cup
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
Combine and whisk well.
Thanks Chantell.. I’ll post a new one later today.
This is such great recipes…Thanks so much, a life saver I would say!!
Keep them rolling in…
Agreed, but winter is nearly over… only 5 weeks left
Thats a great idea as my husband does shift work and there is nothing worse than coming home and having to cook just for one, when thats the case I would rather just have a snack but in winter its not that great one would rather have a hot meal.
Haha, I have been doing a bit of that lately!!
If you have some small casserole dishes, make a few and freeze them.
Once a again great recipe, they sounds easy enough to make even for one.