Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, spinach pasta with baked chicken nuggets. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Spinach Pasta Bake Haiku: "My favorite combo. For things in a pasta bake, no surprise, it's good!" I've made many variations of pasta bakes, but my tastebuds always fall back on wanting my classic chicken/spinach, so I was happy to try out this recipe, only Oops! This creamy chicken and spinach pasta dish takes no time at all and is absolutely delicious!
Spinach Pasta with Baked Chicken Nuggets is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Spinach Pasta with Baked Chicken Nuggets is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach pasta with baked chicken nuggets using 29 ingredients and 31 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach Pasta with Baked Chicken Nuggets:
- Take For pasta-
- Prepare 1.5 cup pasta (any type of pasta can be used)
- Get 1.5 cup chopped vegetables of own choice (I used carrot, broccoli, onion & peas. Peas aren't needed to be chopped)
- Get 2 cups spinach
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp chopped garlic
- Prepare 2 tbsp garlic butter
- Prepare 1/2 tsp vegetable oil
- Make ready 2.5 tbsp flour
- Get 2 cups milk
- Prepare 2 cubes processed cheese
- Make ready 2.5 tsp black pepper powder
- Get 2 tsp dried oregano
- Get as per taste salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp sugar
- Get some fresh springs of coriander leaves for garnishing (optional)
- Prepare For Nuggets-
- Prepare 2 cups small boneless chicken cubes
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp ginger paste
- Prepare 1 tbsp garlic paste
- Take 2 tsp piri piri spice powder
- Take 1.5 tsp black pepper powder
- Make ready as per taste salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp + 1 tsp vegetable oil (for marination)
- Prepare 1.5 tsp vegetable oil (for brushing the chicken during baking)
- Make ready 1 tsp garlic butter
- Take 2 eggs
- Get 1/3 cup flour
- Get 1/3 cup cornflour
- Prepare 1.5 cup breadcrumbs
Pour the sauce over top and mix. Sprinkle the top with the remaining Parmesan cheese. A no fuss recipe for chicken, spinach and mushroom pasta bake just oozing with cheese. They're easy to make, they last longer and give me more time to enjoy the dwindling hours of daylight.
Instructions to make Spinach Pasta with Baked Chicken Nuggets:
- Heat a good amount of water with good amount of salt & vegetable oil in a heavy bottomed pan until the pasta is al dente.
- Then drain the water & rinse the pasta with cold water. Keep it aside
- For making nuggets take the chicken pieces into a large bowl and add the ginger paste, garlic paste, piri piri spice powder, black pepper powder, salt & oil into it
- Mix everything very well & let the chicken be marinated for 10 minutes
- In the mean time preheat the microwave in convection mode at 200°C for 10 minutes
- Now let's move on to the preparation of pasta. Put the spinach in boiling water just for few seconds & then drain the water from the spinach and make a paste out of it. Spinach paste should be very smooth. Keep it aside
- Again move on to the nuggets now. Mix the flour and cornflour into a large plate & add some salt into the mixture
- Break the eggs into a bowl & mix a very little amount of salt into it
- Spread the breadcrumbs into a large plate
- Now take one chicken piece at a time, dredge it into the flour mixture, then dip into the egg & finally coat it with breadcrumbs
- Repeat the same for all the chicken pieces
- For pan searing the chicken pieces heat the butter and oil into a pan & add the chicken pieces into it
- Saute them for 4-5 minutes until they are light golden brown
- Now arrange the chicken pieces onto a baking tray
- Put the tray into the preheated microwave & bake the chicken in convection mode at 180°C for 18 minutes
- Remove the tray once in between & brush each of the chicken pieces with oil
- While chicken is cooking let's move on to the pasta now. For that boil the broccoli & peas in hot water for a couple of minutes and then drain the water. Then rinse the broccoli and peas with cold water
- Heat the butter and oil into a pan & add the chopped garlic into it
- Saute for few seconds & then add all the vegetables
- Saute for few minutes & then add the spinach paste
- Cook until the mixture in the pan becomes little dry
- Now sprinkle the flour & cook for about 1.5 minutes on medium flame
- Now increase the flame & add the milk
- Stir vigorously to prevent any lump formation as soon the mixture starts to thicken add the salt, sugar & black pepper powder
- Mix well & now grate the cheese cubes into the pan
- Mix everything well and now add the pasta
- Mix the pasta very gently with all the other ingredients into the pan
- Lastly mix the oregano & turn off the flame
- In the mean chicken should be thoroughly baked & ready to be served with the pasta
- For serving the pasta take few serving bowls and divide the pasta in equal amount in each bowl
- Put few chicken nuggets on top of the pasta in each bowl & finally garnish it with a fresh spring of coriander leaves
Cheesy baked pasta made with Italian chicken sausage, mozzarella, ricotta, Pecorino Romano and spinach (but don't worry, no one will care about the Italian turkey or chicken sausage works great, use whichever is available near you. For a meatless version, try this Baked Ziti with Spinach recipe. In this easy recipe, grilled chicken is combined with pasta and spinach. Use pasta shells, macaroni, or similar pasta in this yummy chicken dish. This tasty chicken and pasta dish is made with the addition of spinach, garlic, and Parmesan cheese.
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