A wholesome pasta bake with a creamy cauliflower sauce.
As my son is getting older, with extra of an opinion on what he’ll eat and what he doesn’t need to eat, I’m attempting to include veggies into his food plan in several methods. One in every of Hamad’s favourite meals is pasta with white sauce. However plain white sauce with out something in it, particularly veggies.
I’ve added this cauliflower pasta bake in our repertoire and it turned out to be a hit. Hamad beloved it too. This sauce is wholesome with none compromise on its style. I simply added 1 / 4 cup of cream, even then the sauce may be very creamy. Normally when I’ve a cream based mostly pasta like alfredo, I really feel too full and bloated. However this sauce is way lighter and also you’ll get all of the dietary advantages of cauliflower. You can also make it much more nutritious by including in spinach, broccoli or some other vegetable you favor.
Our kitchen has been tremendous busy previously few days as the complete household is at dwelling 24/7 as a result of lockdown that’s occurring right here. What I really feel is that though quarantine will disrupt our every day routine, we are able to use this chance to do issues which we by no means had time to do earlier than. I’m doing numerous baking these days as a result of that provides me pleasure and is a type of stress buster for me amidst all of the adverse information that’s in all places relating to the virus. Hoping and praying for a miracle from God and this virus simply vanishes endlessly.
INGREDIENTS:
- 300 g boneless hen reduce into skinny quick strips (marinate with 2 tsp paprika powder, salt, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp crimson chilli powder)
- 350g cauliflower cored and separated into florets
- 350g pasta
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 cups water
- Salt to style
- Black pepper to style
- 1/2 tsp crimson chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp paprika powder/crimson chilli powder
- 1/4 cup cream
- 2 tsp hen inventory powder (1 hen inventory dice)
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- Parsley leaves chopped
- 2 cups bread crumbs
- 50g butter melted
- Extra parmesan cheese grated for topping
- Pickled Jalapeños
- Chilli flakes for topping
- Mozzarella cheese
NOTES:
You possibly can add spinach, broccoli or some other veggies into the sauce.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Shallow fry marinated hen in a pan. Hold apart.
2. Cook dinner pasta as per bundle instructions, drain.
To make cauliflower sauce:
1. In a pan, pour oil and sauté the garlic for 2-3 minutes till the aroma will get launched.
2. Add cauliflower within the pan together with water, black pepper, paprika, crimson chilli flakes and salt. Let it come to a boil and canopy and prepare dinner for 20 minutes.
3. Let it settle down a bit and puree it.
4. Deliver it again to the pan and warmth it.
5. Pour cream and blend. Add hen inventory powder and blend nicely.
6. Add parmesan cheese and blend till melted.
7. Add parsley leaves. Flip off the warmth.
8. Add cooked pasta into the sauce and mix.
To make breadcrumbs topping:
1. Combine collectively melted butter and breadcrumbs.
To assemble:
1. In a protracted casserole dish, add pasta with the sauce as one layer.
2. Layer fried hen on prime of this.
3. Add jalapeños.
4. Add mozzarella cheese.
5. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs throughout.
6. Grate extra parmesan cheese.
7. Add crimson chilli flakes.
8. Bake this for 20 minutes. Activate the highest flame and let the breadcrumbs get golden brown in coloration and crisp. Flip off flame and serve the pasta bake instantly.
