Gluten Free Hunters Chicken Pasta Bake
Gluten free pasta with chicken, smokey bacon, tomato & bbq sauce. Topped with lots of cheese :)
Servings: 2 people
Ingredients
- 2 servings of Pasta - any shape you like, but always Garofalo!
- 1 chicken breast
- 2 pieces of bacon - smoked is best if possible
- 4 tbsp BBQ sauce - I use Heinz (check yours is gf)
- 1 tin - tomatoes
- Plenty of cheese! - Everyone likes a different amount but I go for at least 50g
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp mixed herbs/oregano
- Squeeze of tomato puree
Optional
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- Half a pepper
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce - Lee Perins is coeliac safe (approved by Coeliac UK) but if you want a totally gf option, you can find it in the free from aisle
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180oC (fan).
- Boil a pan of water. Add the pasta and cook for around 10 mins, depending on your pasta shape, or until JUST soft (it'll keep cooking whilst in the oven).>Garofalo say its very very important to only add the pasta to BOILING water, never before!>Also for gluten free pasta, always use approx double the amount of water as you'd use for normal pasta - I find it stops it going a bit sticky and gloopy like that!
- Chop your chicken & bacon into small chunks.
- Add to a frying pan and cook for around 5-10mins, or until just cooked. If it starts to stick to the pan, add a dash of oil or sprinkle of water.
- Chop the pepper into small cubes. Add to the pan. Chop the tomatoes into halves and add them too!
- Add the paprika, tomato puree and mixed herbs. Leave to cook for a further 2-3mins to release all the flavours.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce & bbq sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. >I'd recommend adding small amounts of bbq sauce at a time, taste and then add more if necessary - you want to make sure you get a hint of the bbqy sauce but it can easily become overpowering!!
- Leave to simmer for 5-10 mins to reduce, or until you have a thick pasta sauce (it should roughly half in quantity when its thickened).
- Transfer to an ovenproof dish. Top with plenty of cheese!
- Stick in the oven for approx 10-15 mins, or until the cheese is all melted and delicious!