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Rockin' romesco chicken pasta
Give penne pasta a glow up with a seriously sensational sauce! A classic trio of onions, peppers and tomatoes are tossed with garlic and paprika, baked 'til golden and then finely chopped to make the iconic romesco sauce. Stirred into pasta with roasted chunks of chicken breast and courgettes, it's ready for a scattering of rocket, and ravenous diners!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
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Serving size
Ingredients
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 20g rocket
- 1 courgette
- 1 pepper
- 1 onion
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 4 tsp garlic paste (Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 200g wholewheat pasta (Wheat) (Whole Durum Wheat Flour (100%))
- 300g diced chicken breast
Nutritional Information
Calories: 582
Protein: 52g
Carbs: 82g
Fat: 4.7g
Ingredients
- 2 courgette
- 2 pepper
- 2 onion
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 8 x garlic paste (Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 400g wholewheat pasta (Wheat) (Whole Durum Wheat Flour (100%))
- 40g rocket
- 600g diced chicken breast
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 4 tbsp tomato purée
Nutritional Information
Calories: 579
Protein: 52g
Carbs: 81g
Fat: 4.6g
Rockin' romesco chicken pasta
Give penne pasta a glow up with a seriously sensational sauce! A classic trio of onions, peppers and tomatoes are tossed with garlic and paprika, baked 'til golden and then finely chopped to make the iconic romesco sauce. Stirred into pasta with roasted chunks of chicken breast and courgettes, it's ready for a scattering of rocket, and ravenous diners!
Cook time:
45 mins
Cuisine:
Italian
Food group:
Poultry
Allergens: Wheat
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1x baking tray lined with baking paper
- 1x saucepan
Get the veg & chicken going
- Heat your oven to 240ºC/fan 220ºC/gas 9.
- Dice the courgettes into 2cm chunks. Deseed the peppers and dice into 2cm squares. Peel the onions and dice into large pieces.
- Put the peppers, onions and tomatoes on a baking tray lined with baking paper, and add the courgette chunks on one side.
- Put the chicken between the courgette and the other veg.
- Spritz with cooking spray and roast for 15 mins.
Spice things up!
- Remove the tray from the oven and toss the peppers, onions and tomatoes with the garlic, paprika and tomato purée.
- Roast for 10-12 mins, until the chicken is cooked through.
Boil the pasta
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling water for 8-9 mins, then drain and return to the pan, reserving some of the cooking water.
Sauce ingredients, assemble!
- Transfer the veg, aside from the courgettes, to a large chopping board.
- Mash the veg on the board, then chop as finely as possible until you have a thick romesco sauce. Lightly season.
Bring it all together
- Add the romesco sauce, chicken and courgettes to the pasta and stir well, adding a little of the reserved cooking water to make a glossy sauce that clings to the pasta.
- Stir most of the rocket through the pasta, serve and top with the remaining rocket.