Chicken & broccoli pasta bake

Chicken & broccoli pasta bake

This dish can be assembled ready for baking a good few hours ahead - and it's all cooked in one pan

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in about 40 mins

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5/fan170C. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Throw in the pasta, stir well and return to the boil. Cook for 6 minutes, then add the broccoli and cook for 5-6 minutes more until the pasta is just cooked. Drain well, then return to the pan.
  2. Heat the oil in a wide pan, add the chicken pieces and fry until lightly browned. Tip in the mushrooms and stir fry for 1 minute, then stir in the tomato paste, cheese and cream. Gently simmer, stirring, until the cheese has melted to thicken the sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Pour the sauce over the pasta, stirring gently until coated, then tip into a shallow ovenproof dish (about 1.7 litre capacity) and level the top.
  4. Mix the spring onions, cheddar, garlic and almonds for the topping and sprinkle over the pasta. Bake for 20 minutes until golden.
Try

Making it different

Instead of chicken and broccoli, try using cubed ham and green beans.

665 kcalories, protein 37.0g, carbohydrate 71.0g, fat 27.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 4.0g, salt 0.42 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002.

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  • 22 July 2008

    Food Glorious Food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very nice. used tomatoes and not mushrooms - worked well.

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  • 24 July 2008

    Food Glorious Food commented on this recipe

    was nice - flavourful. used tomatoes instead of mushrooms - worked well

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  • 27 July 2008

    kandjsykes rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great for using up those oddments you have left in the fridge at the end of the week - done this several times and never had the same combination twice. Always goes down well though.

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  • 12 August 2008

    Philippa rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The only reason I cooked this was because I'd had it booked marked for ages and felt bad about deleting it without trying it. I had thirds, it was amazing! I used low fat creme fraiche and lower fat cheese and it was fine. I don't know if my almonds were a bit old but they weren't amazing. Next time I'd use toasted pine nuts. The next day it was dissapointing though. Dry and the broccoli had gone soggy.

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  • 25 August 2008

    Jaime George commented on this recipe

    Yummy pasta bake, and simple enough for my 2.5 year old daughter to help make it with me. I added more almonds and cheese on top !

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  • 22 September 2008

    Linda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Loved it!!!!!!!

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  • 06 October 2008

    hmunro commented on this recipe

    This is becoming a favourite with my husband and teenage son! I just double the quantity of liquid required and it solves any question over the pasta absorbing too much! very tasty - thank you!

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  • 31 December 2008

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this twice recently, the second time without the chicken for my son's vegetarian girlfriend, it tasted just as good. Also changed the flaked almonds to pine nuts.

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  • 31 December 2008

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  • 04 January 2009

    lynkot rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy to make and delicious. the sauce with the boursin cheese is just awesome.

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  • 05 January 2009

    hanny rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for my boyfriend and he adored it. He gave it a nine out of ten (high praise indeed!) I used lots of almonds and creme fresh. And wow, the Boursin cheese is amazing. Thanks so much!

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  • 07 January 2009

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  • 17 February 2009

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  • 18 March 2009

    Ulla rated this recipe

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  • 18 March 2009

    mother*ship rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This went down well in my house too, with my 2 kids and 2 visiting kids, a couple of them picked out the mushrooms, but otherwise cleared their plates. The OH liked it as well. Result!

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  • 26 March 2009

    Ahmad Mahran commented on this recipe

    Used fresh chivs instea of spring onions, added shreded Mutzerella to the chedder topping, finally sprinkled some bread crumbs on the top to give ita reddish finish looks. looked fabilous out of the oven, tasted great to all the family.

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  • 26 March 2009

    ruth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Loved this recipe. As i am only one of me and this serves four i divided all the ingredients by four and rounded the numbers up. it was delicious but my goodness what a big portion just for me. will definitely make it again though.

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  • 07 April 2009

    Girl Flower rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Cooked it once and it's a firm favourite already! Tasted great even though I left out the mushrooms. Really easy to do as well so perfect for a mid-week meal! Well done again Goodfood.com!

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  • 21 April 2009

    Tony rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Have done this twice now. Like others thought that the left overs became a bit dry, so doubled up on the Boursin, and add 300mls of half fat Creme Fraiche. I found the result much better. Also boned out and skinned some chicken thighs, I thought tastier and much, much, ceaper than skinned breast fillets. 10 out of 10 in our house now.

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  • 21 April 2009

    Tony commented on this recipe

    Forgot to say used toasted Pine nuts as part of the topping, much better to my taste than the almonds.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in about 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 350g pasta shells or quills
  • 200g broccoli , cut into very small florets and the stems thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 350g boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced
  • 175g chestnut mushrooms , quartered
  • 4 tbsp sundried tomato paste
  • 80g pkt soft cheese with garlic and herbs (such as Boursin)
  • 284ml carton single cream

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665 kcalories, protein 37.0g, carbohydrate 71.0g, fat 27.0 g, saturated fat 10.0g, fibre 4.0g, salt 0.42 g

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