Recipe: chicken, bacon and veg pasta

This is what I made for the taster evening yesterday.  Bog standard really but I thought it was very tasty.

If I'd been at home, I'd have topped a portion with some grated cheese (30g/one healthy extra A) and popped it under the grill.

Chicken, bacon and vegetable pasta

Ingredients (amounts to own taste)

fry light spray

onion, peeled and chopped

pepper, deseeded and chopped

baby corn, chunked

mushrooms, quartered

frozen peas

chicken breast chunked

bacon medallions, sliced

garlic puree

chopped tomato or passata (or both)

tomato puree

chicken stock or stock powder

seasonings, herbs and spices to own taste.  I used a bit of chilli puree, some bay leaves, some thyme, some salt and black pepper

pasta, cooked

Method

Sauté the onion, pepper, baby corn and mushroom in fry light.  Add the bacon and chicken and continue sautéing until coloured.

Add the garlic and sauté for one more minute.

Add the peas, tomato, tomato puree, stock powder and water and various seasonings, bring to a gently simmer and cook for about 45 minutes, stirring now and again.

If there’s too much liquid, either boil it away or spoon it off and use it in another recipe at some point.

Just before serving, bring back to a simmer, add the pasta, stir well and reheat until piping hot.

SW free