Creamy pasta with pumpkin and chicken

Creamy pasta with pumpkin and chicken

This is a recipe that everyone will love! And it is also a good way of adding vegetables to your meal, making it more delicious and nutritious. I hope you enjoy it!

​You can check the video of the recipe here.

Ingredients

• 400 g pumpkin cut into cubes
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 300 g chicken breast, cut into cubes
  
• 1 tbsp olive oil
  
• 1 tsp paprika
  
• 1 tsp black pepper
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 400 g penne pasta
  
• 200 g frozen peas 
  
• 1 tsp salt
  
• 1 lt water ​

Bechamel sauce

• 1 tbsp butter
• 5 tbsp flour
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cardamom
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 800 ml milk
• 200 ml single cream​
• 80 g mozzarella cheese

Method

1. Put the pumpkin in a roasting tray with olive oil. Bake it in the oven for 45 min at 200 °C.
2. Put some oil in a frying pan and add the chicken, paprika, pepper and salt. Stir it and let it cook for 15 min.
3. Prepare the bechamel sauce: put butter in a pan, add the flour and mix it well until altogether. Add the spices and mix. Add the milk and keep stirring until it starts to boil, add the cream, stir it again and turn off the cooker.
4. Cook the pasta and peas in boiling water with salt. Drain the water, after pasta is cooked.
5. On a pyrex, put the pasta, roasted pumpkin, chicken, bechamel sauce and mix it. Add mozzarella cheese on top.
6. Bake it in the oven for 15 min at 180 ° C.​​

You might also like this pumpkin muffins.

Author

I’m Joana, a Registered Dietitian in the UK. I’ve been helping busy adults lose weight by helping them to identify the small changes in their lifestyle that will bring results. Book a free call with me to learn how we can work together.