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Chicken Baked Feta Pasta
Feta, cherry tomatoes and chicken roasted together, mashed into a creamy sauce and tossed through pasta with torn basil on top.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 10min
- Cook
- 35min
- Total
- 45min
Programs: Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Lean Bulk and Recomp, Maintenance, Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure
Per serving
- Calories
- 658kcal
- Protein
- 49.5g
- Carbs
- 72g
- Fat
- 20.6g
- Fibre
- 5.8g
Ingredients
For 4 servings · MetricUS
- 200greduced-fat feta
- 400gcherry tomatoes
- 500gchicken breastcut into chunks
- 4 clovesgarlic, whole and peeled
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 350gdried pastapenne or rigatoni
- 1 tspdried oregano
- ½ tspchilli flakesoptional
- 1 handfulfresh basiltorn, to serve
- salt and black pepperto taste
- 7 ozreduced-fat feta
- 14 ozcherry tomatoestwo pints
- 1 lbchicken breastcut into chunks
- 4 clovesgarlic, whole and peeled
- 2 tbspolive oil
- 12 ozdried pastapenne or rigatoni
- 1 tspdried oregano
- ½ tspred pepper flakesoptional
- 1 handfulfresh basiltorn, to serve
- salt and black pepperto taste
Method
Preheat the oven.
Heat the oven to 200C fan or 425F.
Prep the bake.
Tip the cherry tomatoes and garlic cloves into a large baking dish.
Scatter the chicken chunks around the outside.
Clear a space in the middle and set the block of feta there.
Pour over the olive oil, scatter on the oregano and chilli flakes, and season with salt and pepper.
Turn the tomatoes and chicken to coat.
Roast.
Roast for 30 to 35 minutes, until the tomatoes have burst, the chicken is cooked through, and the feta is soft and colouring at the edges.
Cook the pasta.
While it roasts, cook the pasta in salted boiling water until just tender.
Save a mugful of the cooking water before you drain.
Make the sauce.
Lift the chicken chunks to one side.
Mash the feta, tomatoes and garlic together with a fork into a rough, creamy sauce, then stir the chicken back in.
Combine and serve.
Add the drained pasta and toss through, loosening with a splash of pasta water until the sauce coats every piece.
Serve a quarter per person with torn basil on top.