Chicken Beans Pasta Casserole

RECIPE

Chicken Beans Pasta Casserole

Rec and pic cred: Ruhana Ebrahim

Ingredients:
250g penne pasta
Grated gouda cheese
Dried oregano

Mash-
3 large potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
Butter

Beans-
1 tin baked beans
2 tomatoes (liquidized)
1 onion sliced
1 piece cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon chilli powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dhana Jeeru (Cumin) powder
Pinch turmeric
Pinch pepper
Pinch ground green chillies
½ green pepper diced

Chicken-
500g chicken fillet cubed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dhana Jeeru (Cumin) powder
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon crushed garlic
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground green chillies
1 onion sliced
2 tablespoon oil
1 ½ cups frozen mixed veg

Sauce-
2 cups milk
2 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon flour
Salt and pepper to taste

Method:
Beans-
Saute onion in oil with taj till golden. Add beans, tomatoes and pepper and cook till tomato thickens.
Spoon into an oven proof dish.

Mash-
Boil or bake potato. Mash with salt, pepper and butter to taste.
Make a flat layer over beans.

Chicken-
Saute onion in oil till golden, add chicken, chillies, lemon, garlic and spices and cook till sealed.
Add veg and cook till chicken is done.
Spoon over mash.

Pasta-
Boil in salted water till aldente and drain.

Sauce-
Cook this whilst pasta is boiling.
Melt butter, add milk and water and heat through.
Add flour and whisk till smooth.
Bring to boil and allow to thicken.
Season and then toss in cooked pasta.
Pour pasta over chicken.

Sprinkle over cheese and oregano and bake in preheated oven at 180degC till cheese melts and heated through.
Serve hot.

Note: in pic sprinkled more chicken over white sauce and pasta because hubby likes more chicken, then sprinkled cheese over.

POSTED ON

12 Sep 2017

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