Chicken and Chorizo Pasta Bake Recipe
This delicious cheesy pasta bake recipe is loaded with Spanish chorizo sausage, tender chicken thighs and is topped with a crispy Parmesan and breadcrumb topping.
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 1025kcal
Ingredients
- 250 g Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs 9oz
- 100 g Spanish Chorizo Sausages 3½oz
- 1 Small-Medium Echalion or Banana Shallot 35g
- 3 Garlic Cloves
- 1 tablespoon Cooking Oil
- 225 g Tin Chopped Tomatoes 8oz
- 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
- ¼ teaspoon Dried Chilli Flakes
- ⅛ teaspoon Sugar
- ¼ teaspoon Salt + Extra for Boiling Pasta
- ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 175 g Short Dried Pasta 6oz
- 125 g Buffalo Mozzarella 4oz
- 35 g Grated Parmesan Cheese ⅓ Cup
- 25 g Dried Breadcrumbs 3-4 Tbsp
Instructions
- Cut the chicken into a 1.5cm (just over ½") dice.
- Cut the chorizo sausage into 3-4mm (⅛") thick rings.
- Cut the shallot in half, peel it and dice it as finely as you can.
- Peel and chop the garlic as finely as you can.
- Heat a 30cm or 12" frying pan over a medium-low heat, add the cooking oil and chorizo sausage and gently cook it for 5-7 minutes to get the oils flowing.
- Turn the heat up to medium, throw in the diced chicken and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the garlic and shallots and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Pour in the tinned tomatoes and add the oregano, chilli flakes, sugar, black pepper and salt, give everything a stir, reduce the heat to low and add a lid, then cook for as long as it takes to cook the pasta.
- Cook the pasta in a 20cm or 8" saucepan of boiling salted water (I use 1½ teaspoons of salt in a pan this size) until al dente.
- Tear the buffalo mozzarella into strips.
- When the pasta has boiled drain it, reserving 3-4 tablespoons of the cooking liquid, and stir the pasta through the sauce add as much of the cooking liquid as needed to form a nice coating.
- Stir through the torn-up mozzarella cheese.
- Transfer to a 25x15cm (10x6") baking dish.
- Mix the breadcrumbs with the grated Parmesan cheese and sprinkle it over the Parmesan and breadcrumb mix and bake at 200°C or 400°F for 25 minutes.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 1025kcal | Carbohydrates: 92g | Protein: 59g | Fat: 45g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 282mg | Sodium: 1477mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 6g
