Cheesy Chicken Casserole
- ⏱ 1 hour 5 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 1
- 👥 2-cook recipe
A baked casserole of chicken, pasta, mushrooms, broccoli, and a crispy Parmesan breadcrumb topping.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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Cheesy Chicken Cass...
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Dice the chicken
2Slice the mushrooms
Thinly slice the button mushrooms
3Plate and serve
+ 17 more steps in the app
Cheesy Chicken Cass...
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Dice the chicken
Dice the skinless chicken breasts
2Slice the mushrooms
3Plate and serve
+ 17 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts (skinless and diced)
- 200 g fusilli pasta
- 10 button mushrooms (thinly sliced)
- 1 head of broccoli
- 1 pinch dried thyme
- 1 pinch dried marjoram
- 1 pinch dried oregano
- 400 ml chicken stock
- 150 ml milk
- 50 g half-fat crème fraîche
- 250 g breadcrumbs
- 75 g Parmesan (grated)
- 40 ml rapeseed oil
- 3 pinch salt
- 2 pinch black pepper
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Dice the chicken COOK 1
- Dice the skinless chicken breasts
2. Slice the mushrooms COOK 2
- Thinly slice the button mushrooms
3. Prepare the Parmesan COOK 2
- Grate the Parmesan
4. Preheat the oven COOK 1
- Preheat the oven to 175˚C/gas mark 3.5
🤝 Cook 1 takes over at the oven.
5. Boil the pasta COOK 2
- In a pot of lightly salted boiling water, boil the fusilli pasta for 8-9 minutes until just cooked
- Strain and set aside
6. Brown the chicken COOK 1
- In a large pan over medium-high heat, fry the chicken in 20ml of oil until golden and cooked through, approximately 4-6 minutes
- Set aside in a large bowl to cool
🤝 Cook 2 hands the large pan to Cook 1.
7. Cook the broccoli COOK 2
- Break down the broccoli into small florets and steam or boil until tender for 2-3 minutes
8. Bake the breadcrumbs COOK 2
- On an oven tray, bake the breadcrumbs in the oven for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden and crispy
9. Cook the mushrooms COOK 1
- In the same pan, fry the mushrooms in the remaining 20ml of oil until they have released all moisture
- Season with salt and pepper and add to the bowl with the chicken
- In a bowl, add the broccoli to the chicken and mushrooms
- Stir in the dry herbs, stock, milk, crème fraîche, salt and pepper
- Add the pasta and mix well
- Pour into a casserole dish and set aside while you make the cheesy crumb
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the pasta and mix.
10. Mix the cheesy crumb COOK 2
- Remove the breadcrumbs from the oven, allow to cool,
- Mix in the grated Parmesan
11. Bake the casserole COOK 1
- Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top of the chicken casserole and cook in the oven for 20 minutes until piping hot
12. Plate and serve BOTH
- Divide onto plates and serve immediately
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the cheesy crumb.
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