Cheesy Leek, Chicken & Pea Pasta With Chicken Crumbs Recipe

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Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare15 mins
Cook1 hr 10 mins
Total time1 hr 25 mins

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Ingredients

2 Essential Leeks, trimmed, washed and cut into 2.5cm rounds
1 pack 2 Essential British Chicken Legs
3 tbsp Essential Olive Oil
350g frozen Essential Garden Peas
350g Essential Penne
350g tub Essential Cheese Sauce
½ tbsp Essential Wholegrain Mustard
1 clove/s garlic, crushed
50g wholemeal bread, torn into rough crumbs

Method

Preheat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6.Put the leeks and chicken into a mediumroasting tin, drizzle with 2 tbsp olive oil and4 tbsp water, then season well. Roast for40-50 minutes, until the leeks are tender andthe chicken is cooked through, the juices runclear and there is no pink meat. Once coolenough to handle, remove the skin and save,then shred the meat into the leeks and juices.Keep warm.
Boil the peas for 3 minutes in a large pan ofsalted water, then lift out with a slotted spoon.Add the pasta and cook for 11 minutes, or untiltender. Heat the cheese sauce in a smaller pan,then tip in ½ the peas. Add the mustard andgarlic. Blend, using a stick blender, until fairlysmooth, then season with black pepper. Drainthe pasta and tip into the roasting tin, alongwith the sauce and extra peas. Stir to coat.
Snip the chicken skin into a frying pan, addthe breadcrumbs and 1 tbsp oil, then gentlycook for 2-3 minutes to toast the bread andcrisp the skin. Tip into a food processor, thengrind into fine crumbs. Serve the green pastawith the crispy topping sprinkled over.

Cook’s tip

Roast chicken leftovers would be right at home in this recipe. Soften shredded leeks in a frying pan until completely yielding, then add the chicken to heat it thoroughly (if you have any chicken roasting juices or a splash of simple gravy, add that too). Combine with the hot pasta and sauce and serve topped with crunchy crumbs.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy	3,269kJ/ 780kcals
Fat	32g
Saturated Fat	9.2g
Carbohydrates	79g
Sugars	9.6g
Fibre	11g
Protein	39g
Salt	1g

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