A creamy chickpea pasta that is great for meal prepping through the week.
Yield: 10
Equipment
- 1 Oven
- 1 Baking tray Need to be able to use this to cook on the stove top, and has a lid
- 1 Stockpot Cooking the pasta
- 1 Colander
- 1 Slotted Spoon
Materials
Sauce Base
- 500 grams Mushrooms sliced
- 3 tbsp Salted Butter
- 1.5 cup Cream
- 1.5 cup Milk
- 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 3 tbsp Corn Flour
- 6 cloves Garlic crushed
- 1.5 cups Sour Cream
Base
- 800 grams Chickpea pasta
- 750 grams Chicken breast
- 500 grams Broccoli
- 2 tbsp Table salt
- 2 L Water
Topping
- 1.5 cups Mozzarella Cheese
- 0.5 cup Chives
Instructions
Preparation
- Pre-heat oven to 180℃
- Prepare pot for cooking pasta with water and salt and put on the heat.2 tbsp Table salt, 2 L Water
- Slice the mushrooms into slices approx. 5mm thick.500 grams Mushrooms sliced
- Cut the broccoli into small pieces.500 grams Broccoli
- Dice the chicken in small cubes.750 grams Chicken breast
Sauce
- Mix together the milk and corn flour/corn starch.1.5 cup Milk, 3 tbsp Corn Flour
- Melt the butter in a large, oven-proof pan then cook the mushrooms until golden brown.3 tbsp Salted Butter, 500 grams Mushrooms sliced
- Add garlic and stir in well.6 cloves Garlic crushed
- Pour the pasta into the boiling water, and cook as per the instructions on packet.800 grams Chickpea pasta
- To the sauce, add the cream and milk mixture to the mushrooms and allow to cook until thickened.1.5 cup Cream
- One the sauce starts to thicken, add the chicken and cook until the chicken is done.750 grams Chicken breast
- Once the chicken is cooked, to the sauce, add lemon juice, and chives.3 tbsp Lemon Juice, 0.5 cup Chives
- Drain the pasta well, and add to the sauce, stir well.
- Mix in the sour cream, and the broccoli.1.5 cups Sour Cream, 500 grams Broccoli
Baking
- Cover the top with Mozzarella cheese.1.5 cups Mozzarella Cheese
- Place the lid over the top of the cooking pot, and place in the oven for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, remove the lid from the pot, and if required, add additional cheese to cover the top. Cook for a further 8 minutes.
- Increase the oven temperature to 220℃ and cook for a further 5 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.