Chicken & Chorizo Bake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- More effort
- Serves 4
A nice, hot, pasta bake that my whole family enjoy
Ingredients
- 250g diced chicken or 3 chicken breasts diced
- 1 whole chorizo sausage
- 150g dry pasta
- 40g red Leicester
- 40g mild cheddar cheese
Sauce
- 250g diced chicken or 3 chicken breasts diced
- 1 whole chorizo sausage
- 150g dry pasta
- 40g red Leicester
- 40g mild cheddar cheese
- 400ml boiled water
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 1tsp garlic granules
- 1tsp onion powder
- 2tsps Cajun spice
- 2tbsps tomato purèe
- 2 red chillies (2 chilli hotness)
- 3 green finger chillies (3 chilli hotness)
Method
- STEP 1Cut up the chorizo sausage, dice the chicken if using chicken breasts. Once diced and chopped fry the meat.
- STEP 2While the chicken and chorizo is frying, cut up the chillies, finely grate the red leicester and mild cheddar cheese, boil the water for the sauce and cook the pasta.
- STEP 3Once the chicken & chorizo are fried, add the chillies and fry for 2 minutes.
- STEP 4Once everything is fried add the boiled water, stock cubes, tomato purèe and spices.
- STEP 5Once the sauce and meat is cooked add the pasta. Place everything into a ovenproof dish, sprinkle the cheese on top and place in the oven for 20-25 minutes
