This is a simple one pot dinner, I love Italian kinds of tomato, garlic and basil yet you can shift the herbs in the event that you don’t care for basil attempt oregano or even blended herbs on the off chance that you like them or if that is the thing that you have in the cupboard.
I utilized chicken thighs as I favor the flavour but if you like you could use chicken breasts if you prefer them. I gauged the pasta in mugs as I have constantly done this as I generally normal one cup of pasta makes enough for two people.
Serves 4
Syn free on extra easy if using the cheese as a healthy extra
Ingredients:
8 boneless chicken thighs ( skin and fat removed) cut into bite sized pieces
1 large onion (chopped)
2 mugs dry pasta (I used penne but any shape will do)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 x 500g pack passata
2 tsp dried basil
160g low fat grated cheese
low cal spray oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
Directions:
Cook the pasta in plenty of salted boiling water until just cooked then drain and set aside.
Spray a large frying pan or wok with the spray oil and place over a medium/high heat and add the chicken and onion cook for about ten minutes until the chicken is browned and cooked through and the onion is soft.
Add the garlic, basil, tomato puree, passata and salt and pepper. Mix well and cook for another five minutes then add in the cooked pasta and mix again.
Place in a large ovenproof dish and sprinkle the cheese on top.
Bake at gas 6 /200/ 400 for about 20-30 minutes until the cheese is melted and browned.
Serves 4
Syn free on extra easy if using the cheese as a healthy extra
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