Smoky Chorizo & Chicken Pasta Bake
Smoky Chorizo & Chicken Pasta Bake

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, smoky chorizo & chicken pasta bake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have smoky chorizo & chicken pasta bake using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Smoky Chorizo & Chicken Pasta Bake:
  1. Get 2 Chicken breasts - skinned and diced
  2. Make ready 1 Chorizo sausage - chopped into small pieces
  3. Get 1 Large onion - diced
  4. Get 1 Large capsicum - diced
  5. Get 1 Eggplant - diced
  6. Get White or brown mushrooms
  7. Take 1 Bag baby spinach leaves
  8. Take 4-5 cloves garlic
  9. Get 3/4 Bag penne pasta
  10. Prepare 1 Bottle Leggos Pasta Bake Sauce Creamy Tomato & Mozarella
  11. Get Tasty cheddar cheese
  12. Prepare Parmesan cheese
  13. Get Paprika
  14. Get Smoked paprika
  15. Make ready Chilli flakes
  16. Get Salt
  17. Take Pepper
  18. Prepare Olive oil
Steps to make Smoky Chorizo & Chicken Pasta Bake:
  1. Heat oven to 200 degrees celcius on bake.
  2. In a large pan add olive oil and brown chicken on high heat. DO NOT OVER COOK. Once chicken is browned, add salt, pepper and paprika. Mix well then transfer chicken into a separate dish.
  3. In the same pan, lower the heat to medium-high and add more olive oil. Add onions and chorizo and cook until onions are transparent and chorizo is browned. Add in all other veggies, salt, pepper, paprika, chilli flakes and smoky paprika. Once the veggies have stared to soften, add the garlic (either grate in or chop finely beforehand). Cook veggies for 10-15 minutes until nicely browned and soft.
  4. In a separate pot, cook penne pasta in boiling, salted water until al dente. Reserve one cup pasta water and drain remainder, then set pasta aside.
  5. Once the veggies are cooked, add the Leggos pasta sauce, rinsing the bottle out with a small amount of water. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat and add spinach. Add in the cooked pasta and chicken and mix well. Cook all together for a few minutes to allow flavours to come together. Add pasta water as needed to get the sauce to the right consistency. Taste and adjust salt, pepper, paprika, smokey paprika and chilli.
  6. Transfer to an oven proof dish. Top with a generous amount of grated cheddar and parmesan cheese then sprinkle lightly with paprika. Place on a high rack in the oven and cook for 15 minutes or until the cheese has browned. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

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