Kim's Cheesy Chicken & Broccoli Pasta Sauce
This Cheesy Chicken & Broccoli Pasta Sauce is great to add to the freezer stash for kid-friendly meals.
Servings: 6
Calories: 268kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g tasty cheese cubed small
- 100 g onion peeled, quartered
- 25 g olive oil
- 150 g carrot roughly chopped
- 375 g frozen broccoli (allowed to defrost a little) or 250 g fresh broccoli florets
- 250 g milk of choice
- 100 g water
- 20 g butter cubed
- 20 g plain flour gluten free if required
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp Chicken Stock Concentrate
- 300 g chicken breast sliced
Instructions
- Add cheese to mixer bowl, grate for 3 sec/speed 9/MC on. Set aside.
- Add onion to mixer bowl, chop for 3 sec/speed 5/MC on. Scrape mixer bowl down.
- Add oil and cook 5 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off.
- Add carrot and broccoli, chop for 4-6 sec/speed 5/MC on - until no large chunks remain.
- Cook for 3 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 1/MC off. Use this time to boil the water to cook your pasta on the stovetop.
- Add remaining ingredients except chicken and reserved cheese. Cook for 5 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 3/simmering basket on top of lid.
- Add chicken and cheese. Cook for 8 min/100°C or 212°F/reverse/speed 1/simmering basket on top of lid.
- Combine sauce with cooked pasta of choice and season with salt/pepper.
Notes
Kim likes to cook 125 g dried pasta to go with this sauce & divide everything into 6 portions - roughly 330 calories per serve with pasta depending on brands used.
Nutrition
Calories: 268kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 444mg | Potassium: 585mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 4899IU | Vitamin C: 59mg | Calcium: 217mg | Iron: 1mg