Baked chicken breasts with pasta, chopped tomatoes and cheddar cheese
A delicious family recipe featuring tender, juicy chicken breasts alongside the pasta and the creamy and delicious toppings. Baked in the oven ready to put directly on the dining table
black pepper - freshly ground from a pepper mill, to your taste
Instructions
Prepare all ingredients according to the list above and read through the recipe before starting
Preheat oven to 200 °C
Heat a sauté pan on medium heat
Add (i)
2 tablespoons olive oil
Add (i) and fry gently for 10 minutes (timer), until starting to brown, stirring now and then
2 onions
Add (i) and cook for 1 minute
4 cloves garlic, 0,25 teaspoon chili flakes
Add (i) and let it simmer for 20 minutes (timer), stirring now and then
800 g canned whole plum tomatoes, 1 teaspoon cane sugar
Season generously with (i)
salt, black pepper
Turn off the heat
Stir in (i)
125 g mascarpone cheese
At the same time start with the rest of the dish
Bring a large casserole of water to the boil
Cook (i) in salted water according to the package but still al dente
400 g penne pasta
Drain off the water
Stir in (i)
2 tablespoons olive oil
Transfer it to an ovenproof dish
At the same time
Heat a frying pan on high heat
Add (i)
2 tablespoons olive oil
Add (i) and fry and stir until cooked, about 8 minutes (timer)
4 chicken breasts
Season with (i)
salt, black pepper
Add it into the ovenproof dish and stir it together
Mix (i) together in a bowl
150 g cheddar cheese, 1 handful flat-leaf parsley
Spread it across the top of the pasta dish
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes (timer), or until done
Serve
Notes
To improve this dish buy the chicken breasts skin-on and bone-in and debone them yourself and remove the skin if not part of the dishYou can replace the cheddar cheese with a similar type of cheese
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