Macaroni with chicken and cheese in the oven

Good day to all hostesses! Casseroles are present on the menu of most national cuisines. Housewives love them for their speed of preparation, men for their taste and satiety, children for their appearance, and nutritionists for their method of preparation and benefits. In this article I’ll tell you how to cook pasta casserole with chicken and please your family with a delicious dinner. And step-by-step recipes with photos will help you with this.

Basic option

We bring to your attention a traditional recipe for pasta with chicken in the oven. Using it, you can relatively quickly make a flavorful and nutritious dish, optimally suitable for both the older and younger generations.

0.5 kg of pasta;
400 g fresh chicken meat;
one large onion;
30 g good butter;
a pair of eggs;
½ cup whole milk;
100 g of any hard cheese;
fine crystalline salt;
dried aromatic herbs.

Pasta and chicken breast casserole “Like in childhood”

Products:

oil for lubricating the mold;
two chicken breasts;
half a pack of pasta;
half a glass of milk;
a pair of eggs;
a glass of grated cheese.

Description of preparation:

Boil the breast. Chop the cooled meat very finely.
Wash the boiled pasta.
To fill the casserole, beat the eggs with a mixer, pour in cold milk and mix with a whisk.
Grease the baking dish with oil. Place half of the pasta in the pan in layers, sprinkle with a little cheese, then chicken pieces and the remaining pasta.
Once again, lightly beat the filling with a whisk and use a spoon to evenly distribute over the surface of the casserole.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake until golden brown.
Serve hot, being careful not to warm it up.

Cooking process

The washed and dried meat is peeled from films, cut into not too large pieces and fried in heated vegetable oil along with a finely chopped onion. After eight minutes, all this is combined with pre-cooked pasta, salt and spices.

The resulting mass is placed in a fireproof container, greased with butter, and poured with a mixture of milk and beaten eggs. The whole thing is generously sprinkled with grated cheese on top and put into the oven. A casserole with pasta and chicken is prepared in the oven, heated to one hundred and ninety degrees. Typically, this process lasts about twenty-five minutes. Shortly before the end of heat treatment, several small pieces of butter are distributed over the surface of the dish. This casserole is served hot with sour cream or any suitable sauce.

Delicious casserole with chicken breast and pasta

Ingredients:

1 cup pasta;
300 g raw or smoked chicken breast (fillet);
1 small onion;
3 eggs;
salt and spices to taste;
3 tbsp. sour cream for greasing the casserole;
2 tbsp. butter for greasing the pan;
flour or semolina for sprinkling the mold;
sour cream for serving.

Chicken Pasta Casserole Recipe

1. You can use any pasta to prepare the casserole. Long classic pasta, spaghetti, noodles are suitable. But the easiest way to soak the sauce and the most convenient is small pasta such as horns, shells, bows.

2. Place a pan of water on the stove, add a little salt and bring to a boil. When the water boils, add the pasta and cook until half cooked (al dente). Keep in mind that the pasta will still be baked in the oven and it should not turn into porridge. Place the pasta in a colander and let the water drain. Then transfer to a deep bowl. Let the pasta cool completely. While the pasta is cooking, you can prepare the chicken.

3. In the meantime, you can grease the baking dish with butter or vegetable oil and sprinkle with semolina or flour. If you use a silicone mold, you don't have to grease it.

4. Beat in the eggs.

5. If you use smoked fillet, just chop it. And if you choose fresh chicken meat, then you need to fry it with onions until tender in a small amount of vegetable oil. Moreover, it is better to use chicken breast, since it still has skin with a layer of fat on it, and the fillet will not be so dry. Cool the smoked or fried fillet with onions completely and add to the bowl with the pasta and eggs. In between times, set the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.

6. Salt and pepper to taste, add spices, mix the pasta mixture for the casserole. Among the seasonings that are perfect for the casserole are curry, dried basil, suneli hops or rosemary with thyme of your choice (it is better not to mix spice sets).

7. Place the mixture into the prepared baking dish.

8. Spread sour cream on top so that the casserole of pasta and chicken breast gets a beautiful golden brown crust during cooking.

9. Send to cook in a preheated oven for about 30-40 minutes. Temperature regime – 180 degrees. When you see that the egg has set and the casserole has become rosy and golden on all sides, it’s time to take it out of the oven.

10. Cool the finished casserole and turn it out of the pan onto a plate. While the casserole is hot, cutting it beautifully is quite problematic. But when it cools down, serving the dish beautifully will not be difficult. Chicken pasta casserole is ready! Slice it when cooled, then warm it slightly in the microwave before serving. Pour sour cream on top. By the way, if you have fresh herbs and garlic at home, you can add them in crushed form to sour cream, add a little salt - and you will get a delicious sauce that will ideally highlight the taste of the casserole. Bon appetit! And see also pasta casseroles.

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Recipe with mushrooms

This dish consists of more than just chicken and pasta. Additionally, champignons are added to it, giving it a special taste and a light mushroom aroma. To prepare this lunch or dinner you will need the following ingredients:

200 g pasta (preferably from durum wheat);
a couple of full tablespoons of mayonnaise;
350 g chicken fillet;
a pair of eggs;
200 g fresh champignons;
2 tbsp. spoons of low-fat sour cream;
100 g hard cheese;
salt and seasonings.

Easy Pasta Casserole with Chicken, Cream and Cheese

Cream goes perfectly with meat, mushrooms, pasta, vegetables and fruits. They give dishes a delicate texture, creamy taste, and special aroma. Try changing up your dinner by making a large pasta casserole and adding cream.

Product set:

350 g large pasta;
1 boiled chicken breast;
5 large champignons;
2 chicken eggs;
1 clove of garlic;
1 onion;
200 g hard cheese;
3 tbsp. cream;
salt, pepper, herbs - to taste.

Boil pasta in salted water. Boil the chicken breast and cut into cubes.

Chop the onion, garlic, and cut the mushrooms into slices. Fry the vegetables in a frying pan until slightly golden brown. Combine eggs, cream, herbs or your favorite seasoning in a bowl and mix well. Add half of the grated cheese to the filling. You can add a little salt, but keep in mind that the cheese is already salty.

Then mix this mixture with pasta, boiled chicken breast, mushrooms, mix again. Place the ingredients in a baking dish and sprinkle with the remaining grated cheese. Bake in a well-heated oven until crispy on top, about 20-25 minutes.

Practical part

First you need to boil the pasta and chicken fillet. Then all the ingredients are laid out in layers in a refractory mold, the bottom of which is greased with oil. First, some of the existing pasta is added there. They are sprinkled with grated cheese on top and topped with a sauce consisting of sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, eggs and spices. The next layer is mushrooms cut into thin slices. They are also sprinkled with cheese and filled with sauce.

Place the remaining pasta on top. All this is again covered with cheese and filling. A layer of decomposed chicken is placed on top. The resulting workpiece is sprinkled with the remaining cheese and poured generously with sauce. Prepare pasta with chicken in the oven, preheated to two hundred degrees. The average duration of heat treatment is only half an hour.

How to cook in the oven

Place the whole pasta into boiling salted water. If they extend beyond the dimensions of the pan, just like mine in this photo, you should not break them.

Wait a little, under the influence of boiling water the flour product will become limp and immerse itself in the water. I deliberately undercook the pasta a little, because it still needs to bake in the oven.
At the same time as the main product, I boil the chicken breast. The water in which the fillet is cooked should be salted. The next day, I simply added a boiled egg to the remaining chicken broth, and I had a delicious first course.
Then I cut the chicken into thin slices.
Drain the pasta and add butter.
I place half of the cooked pasta in a mold greased with vegetable oil, stretching it along its entire length.
Spread the chicken over the pasta in an even layer.
I sprinkle the fillet layer with chopped parsley.
Top with remaining pasta.

Option with pickles

This tasty and nutritious dish is made so simply that any beginner can easily cope with such a task.

250-300 g pasta;
chicken fillet;
200 ml cream 20% fat;
3 eggs;
250-300 g cheese;
a couple of pickles;
3 ripe tomatoes;
small onion;
80 ml mayonnaise;
salt, seasonings;
vegetable oil.

Before you cook pasta with chicken in the oven, you need to marinate the meat. To do this, wash it, cut it into small pieces, sprinkle it with salt, rub it with spices and leave it for half an hour.
While the chicken is soaking in the aroma of the seasonings, you can work on the remaining ingredients. The pasta is boiled in salted water, drained in a colander and placed on the bottom of a heat-resistant dish, greased with oil and sprinkled with breading.
The marinated chicken is placed on top and the whole thing is poured with a sauce consisting of cream, beaten eggs, salt and half of the grated cheese.
The next layer is chopped cucumbers, chopped onions and tomato slices.
All this is greased with mayonnaise and sent to the oven. Macaroni with chicken and cheese is prepared in the oven, preheated to two hundred degrees. This whole process lasts about twenty minutes.
Then the mold is taken out of the oven, its contents are sprinkled with grated cheese and returned back. In another twenty minutes the dish will be completely ready to eat. Bon appetit everyone!

Pasta casserole with chicken "Basilicata"

Products:

half a pack of pasta;
chicken's meat;
half a glass of grated cheese;
3 eggs;
a glass of sour cream;
a glass of milk;
2 tbsp. tomato paste;
salt, pepper to taste;
basil (dried or fresh) to taste;
turmeric, nutmeg optional.

Description of preparation

Boil the fillet until tender, cool, and cut into small pieces.
Place the boiled pasta in a colander and add a little butter.
Mix the meat and pasta in a deep, comfortable bowl.
Add tomato paste, pepper, salt, and basil to the mixture.
A fresh tomato will be great in the summer.
Preparing the filling. Beat eggs, milk and sour cream with a mixer, add cheese, pepper and salt. Turmeric and nutmeg can be added as desired. Still, I recommend trying it, just a little. And mix the mixture well with a whisk.
Grease the mold with oil, lay out the mixture of pasta and meat and fill it all with creamy cheese sauce.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for half an hour.
Serve with sour cream, sprinkled with herbs.

Broccoli recipe

Using the technology described below, you get very tasty and aromatic pasta with chicken and vegetables. In the oven, this dish is covered with a beautiful golden crust, thanks to which it takes on an even more appetizing appearance.

0.5 kg of pasta;
400 g chicken fillet;
a couple of carrots;
200 g broccoli;
one medium onion;
a couple of cloves of garlic;
150 ml sour cream;
150 g of any hard cheese;
¼ stick of quality butter;
salt, ground black pepper;
dried herbs.

The chicken is poured with cold water and sent to the stove. While it's cooking, you can do the vegetables. They are thoroughly washed, peeled, chopped and lightly fried in butter. Then boiled and chopped fillet, salt and spices are added to them. After five minutes, add sour cream to the same bowl and simmer it all over low heat. After some time, pasta cooked until half cooked is added to the vegetables and meat. All this is sprinkled with grated cheese and put in the oven. Bake the dish at moderate temperature for about a quarter of an hour.

Step-by-step recipe for pasta casserole with chicken and vegetables

Doctors advise eating vegetables every day. The best way to prepare them is baking. This way they turn out tasty and do not lose their beneficial properties. Prepare a casserole with vegetables and delight the whole family with a delicious dish for lunch or dinner.

Product set:

400 g chicken meat;
300 g pasta;
1 onion;
1 carrot;
1 bell pepper;
3 eggs;
300 ml milk;
100 hard cheeses;
3 cloves of garlic;
2-3 tbsp. vegetable oil;
salt, spices.

Cut the onion and pepper into small pieces. Chop the carrots on a fine grater. Fry the vegetables in a frying pan until golden brown with a little vegetable oil and salt. When the vegetables become slightly soft, add finely chopped garlic. Stir everything and immediately turn off the heat.

Boil the pasta until tender, drain the water and add 1 tbsp. vegetable oil. Cut the chicken fillet into cubes. Place pasta in layers in a deep dish, then fried vegetables, and raw chicken fillet on top. Lightly salt and pepper the chicken.

To fill, mix eggs, milk, finely grated cheese and herbs (optional) until smooth. Pepper and salt as desired. Pour the resulting mixture over the casserole and place in the oven for about 30 minutes. Focus on the top of the casserole. Cooking temperature – 160-180 degrees.

With meat you get hearty and tasty casseroles that will feed the whole family. I described more step-by-step recipes in detail in another article.

Chicken with pasta and pineapple

This interesting dish is ideal not only for a regular family lunch, but also for a romantic dinner. This pasta with chicken is prepared in the oven, so it acquires a beautiful golden brown crust and a very aesthetic appearance. To make this treat, you will need:

whole leg;
200 g hard cheese;
spaghetti;
3 pineapple rings;
medium bulb;
salt, seasonings;
vegetable oil.

First of all, you need to tackle the spaghetti. They are cooked until half cooked in boiling salted water with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil. Then the spaghetti is drained in a colander and placed on the bottom of a heat-resistant container. Boiled and chopped chicken legs mixed with pineapple pieces and fried onions are placed on top. All this is sprinkled with grated cheese and sent for subsequent heat treatment. Bake pasta with chicken in the oven at moderate temperature for no longer than a quarter of an hour.

Diet pasta casserole with onions and sour cream

Chicken pasta casseroles are an alternative to complex meat dishes. They are prepared quickly, have an appetizing appearance and are liked by adults and children. You can diversify the taste and appearance of the finished dish with any vegetables and spices. The calorie content of this option is very small - 120 kcal per 100 g. Suitable even for those who are on a diet.

For preparation you need:

200 g pasta;
200 g chicken meat;
2 medium onions;
2 chicken eggs;
100 g hard cheese;
100 g sour cream;
2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
salt, pepper, herbs - to taste.

Boil the meat in salted water for about 20 minutes or in a slow cooker. Chop the onion and cooked meat into cubes and sauté in a frying pan until the onion is golden brown.

Boil pasta until done. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, sour cream, salt, and pepper to taste. Grate the cheese and divide into two parts. Add half to the egg-sour cream filling. The pasta should be mixed with meat and onions and placed on the bottom of the mold. Pour sour cream mixture on top and sprinkle with remaining cheese. Place in the oven for half an hour. Heating temperature - 180 degrees. 3 minutes before readiness, add herbs.

I also recommend trying variations of pasta casseroles with pasta and egg. The cooking method is quick and simple.

Option with tomatoes

This tasty and nutritious dish is made in portioned pots. Therefore, it is convenient to serve not only for a family dinner, but also when guests arrive.

250 g dry pasta;
chicken fillet;
a couple of small tomatoes;
one medium onion;
large carrot – 1 pc.;
a couple of liters of drinking water (for cooking pasta);
hard cheese;
chicken bouillon;
vegetable oil;
salt and seasonings.

The washed onions and carrots are peeled, chopped and lightly sautéed in vegetable fat. Then pieces of chicken fillet are added to them and cooking continues. As soon as the meat is browned, the whole thing is poured with broth, salted, seasoned and simmered for about seven minutes.

In a separate frying pan, fry the tomatoes, previously peeled and cut into not too large cubes.

Cooked pasta, sautéed vegetables with meat and tomatoes are laid out in layers in ceramic pots. All this is sprinkled with grated cheese and sent for further heat treatment. Bake pasta with chicken in the oven at two hundred degrees. As a rule, the duration of this process does not exceed twenty minutes.

Ingredients

To prepare pasta baked with chicken in the oven, prepare all the ingredients in advance. Products must be fresh and tested.

For the recipe, you can use any part of a chicken carcass; you don’t have to use fillet; drumstick or thigh will do. It is better to take pasta from durum wheat.

Boil pasta in salted water until tender. Then cool them. Place pasta in a bowl.

Rinse the chicken fillet, dry it, cut into medium segments.

Peel the onion and chop into quarter rings.

Heat a little oil in a frying pan, add chopped onion and chicken. Fry everything for 4-5 minutes.

Add meat to pasta, add spices to taste.

Whisk a couple of eggs and milk in a separate bowl. The egg mixture can be flavored.

After a while, serve the pasta casserole with chicken and cheese.

Cheese filling

Add sour cream to five eggs with a tablespoon.

Combine with grated cheese.

I pour the sour cream and cheese mixture over the pasta with chicken.

I put the casserole in the oven.

After half an hour of baking the second dish, at a temperature of 200 degrees, I finish preparing the pasta and chicken casserole recipe.

I leave the choice of sauce to you. But if you listen to my advice, eat this dish with tomato sauce. which is prepared with your own hands, the effect produced on you by the casserole can be compared with the event when primitive people first tried food cooked on fire.

A stack of pasta is laid out, chicken is layered in it. Any option is possible, each element is important in the dish. You can change the filling or filling to suit your needs. Place an olive on top and pour the sauce over it as desired. Casserole is not laws, anyone can change. I have access to pasta, so I’ll cook it. But unlike the first ones, I’ll prepare the dish like this! That there will be no angry remarks and they won’t say - you’re driving away marriage!

Recipes for pasta with chicken are always very popular, because they are usually prepared quickly, are filling, tasty and, most importantly, quite inexpensive. Chicken pasta baked in the oven is rich in vegetable proteins, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, microelements and other beneficial substances. Depending on the ingredients and spices included in the recipe, their taste can be varied, each time getting a new dish. The same pasta with chicken, cooked in sour cream, mushroom, tomato, creamy or spicy sauce, are completely different dishes, but invariably tasty and satisfying.

One of the main conditions for preparing a delicious dish is proper preparation of pasta. Use our tips

Pasta must be made from durum flour. Such pasta does not make you gain weight, since 100 g of the finished product contains only 80 kcal. True, adding sour cream, cream, and mayonnaise significantly increases calorie content. You need to cook them at the rate of 1 liter of water and 10 g of salt per 100 g of pasta, without covering. To prevent the pasta from sticking together, you need to pour a spoonful of vegetable oil into salted water, add the pasta and stir so that the oil coats it and prevents sticking. If the pasta is also supposed to be baked in the oven, then it needs to be boiled 3-4 minutes less than the manufacturer indicates on the package. It is not recommended to wash pasta with hot water.

Pasta with chicken, sour cream and cheese, baked in the oven

Sour cream and cheese give the dish amazing softness and tenderness, as well as nutrition and satiety. If desired, sour cream can be replaced with mayonnaise, but certainly natural.

To prepare pasta with chicken, sour cream and cheese, baked in the oven, you will need: 700-800 g chicken drumsticks, 700 g pasta, 1 onion, 150 g hard cheese, 4 tbsp. sour cream, 2 tbsp. sunflower oil, salt and ground black pepper to taste.

How to cook pasta with chicken, sour cream and cheese, baked in the oven.

1. Wash and dry chicken drumsticks. 2. Prepare the marinade sauce: mix sour cream with finely chopped onion, salt and pepper, mix with chicken drumsticks and leave to soak for 15-20 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, boil the pasta until half cooked, place it in a colander and let the water drain. Save some of the liquid in which the pasta was cooked; it will be useful for baking. 4. Fry the drumsticks on all sides in well-heated sunflower oil over low heat until a light crust appears on them, then transfer the entire contents of the frying pan into a baking dish, add pasta, pour in the sauce and pasta water, stir. 1. Place the mold in the oven, preheated to 200°C, for 25-30 minutes. About 5-10 minutes before the end of cooking, sprinkle with grated cheese and finely chopped herbs to form a golden-brown cheese crust.

Bon appetit!

Pasta with chicken and vegetables, baked in the oven

Pasta with chicken and vegetables baked in the oven is not only satisfying, but also healthy, and its taste can be varied by including different types of vegetables in the recipe. Thanks to carrots, you will receive essential antioxidants and vitamins A, C and group B, onions are a source of phytoncides, organic acids and minerals, and thanks to vegetable juices, a very appetizing sauce is formed. You can also add bell peppers, eggplants, zucchini, tomatoes, etc.

To prepare pasta with chicken and vegetables, baked in the oven, you will need: 400 g chicken fillet, 500 g pasta, 1 onion, 3 carrots, 300 g broccoli, 1 clove garlic, 200 g sour cream, 5-7 tbsp. . butter, salt, ground black and allspice, spices (coriander, basil, oregano) - to taste.

How to cook pasta with chicken and vegetables, baked in the oven.

1. Boil the chicken in salted water until half cooked and cut into small pieces. When the water boils, remove the foam. Do not pour out the broth. 2. Boil the pasta until half cooked, drain in a colander. 3. Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables: grate the carrots, cut the onion into cubes, and separate the broccoli into florets. Pass the garlic through a garlic press. 4. Heat butter in a frying pan, add vegetables to it, stir and sauté for 10-15 minutes. 5. Add chopped chicken fillet to the vegetables, salt, pepper, sprinkle with spices and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes. Then put sour cream in a frying pan, add a little chicken broth or water, stir and simmer in sour cream sauce for another 3-5 minutes. 6. In a baking dish, mix the pasta with the contents of the frying pan, add a little more chicken broth so that the casserole does not turn out dry, and place the dish in the oven for 25-30 minutes, preheated to 180-200°C.

Bon appetit!

Pasta with chicken and mushrooms, baked in the oven

This recipe in American cuisine is called tetracini in honor of the famous opera singer Louise Tetrazini, who lived in California. True, it is prepared with turkey, but nothing prevents you from replacing it with chicken or seafood in general. It’s worth warning right away that this casserole is very high in calories, but its taste is simply amazing.

To prepare pasta with chicken and mushrooms, baked in the oven, you will need: 250 g chicken fillet, 250 g pasta, 10-15 champignons, 60-70 g butter, 50 g Parmesan, 250 ml chicken broth, 60-70 ml white wine, vermouth or sherry, 3 tbsp. l. heavy cream, 5 tbsp. flour, salt and ground black pepper to taste, fresh parsley for serving.

How to cook pasta with chicken and mushrooms, baked in the oven.

1. In three separate pans, boil the chicken fillet, pasta and champignons, but not until fully cooked, since all this will still be baked in the oven. Cut the chicken fillet into large pieces, drain the pasta in a colander, and cut the champignons in half. 2. Heat butter in a frying pan, add flour, mix well, then pour in cream, chicken broth and wine, add salt and pepper to taste and mix well so that there are no lumps. Simmer over low heat until the sauce boils and turn off the heat. 3. Grease the edges of the baking dish with sunflower oil. Place the chicken, pasta, and mushrooms in it, pour the sauce from the pan and mix everything thoroughly. Sprinkle the surface of the casserole with grated cheese and place in the oven for 25-30 minutes, preheated to 180-200°C. The cheese should completely melt and cover the casserole with an appetizing golden crust. When serving, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley.

Chicken pasta casserole is a simple and satisfying dish that is recommended for lunch or dinner. Traditionally, it contains finely chopped products and a binding component - eggs. Sauces and seasonings add special piquancy.

Replace chicken fillet with minced meat. It's less hassle - just fry it in a frying pan with onions.
Use "silicone paper" for baking to prevent the casserole from sticking. It protects more reliably than oil, is resistant to temperature and promotes a more uniform effect of heat on the dish.
Cook the pasta a little less than usual, i.e. instead of 7 minutes 5. It would be ideal if the core remains firm after cooking.
Add vegetables. Broccoli and zucchini go well with this dish, so this is an additional opportunity to prepare such a healthy and often unloved product for children.
Use durum wheat pasta. They are low-calorie and will not spoil your figure.

Interesting chicken casserole with pasta in the oven

They say pasta is so boring! But, in fact, you can talk and write endlessly about pasta and pasta. Because there are a huge number of recipes for dishes based on them. And there are even more subtleties and nuances of preparation.

If we remember all the films in which they cook or do not know how to cook pasta, jokes about pasta, even songs about it, it turns out that these flour products have long conquered the hearts and minds of humanity. And if you combine pasta with chicken and bake it in the oven, the result will be simply delicious. Let's figure out how to prepare this dish tasty and not boring.

Pasta with chicken in the oven - basic recipe

So, to cook pasta with chicken in the oven, you will need pasta and chicken. Logical? Still would. But not everything is so banal. Pasta can be whatever you like. It is preferable to choose products from durum wheat from trusted manufacturers, so as not to spoil the impression of the dish. Depending on the shape - horns, “nests”, vermicelli, classic pasta, spaghetti, homemade noodles, the taste and nuances of preparing the dish will change.

Now about the chicken. For those who are interested in calories and low fat content, choose chicken fillet. Men love chicken legs, wings or whole chicken. You can also use minced chicken if you like.

Since a mixture of pre-boiled ingredients is usually baked, you must first learn how to cook pasta correctly. Recommended ratio of water to dry pasta: 10 to 1. Salt the water to taste. The pan should be spacious; the pasta will swell during cooking.

Place dry pasta into boiling salted water and mix well to prevent it from sticking to the bottom. After boiling, they should be cooked a little less than indicated in the instructions on the pack. If you are not sure about the quality, then add vegetable oil to the water before cooking, then the pasta will not stick together. Place in a colander and let the water drain. No need to rinse!

Secrets of cooking al dente vermicelli

Pasta casserole with minced meat in the oven

To bake in the oven, you need to cook the pasta, as the Italians say, “al dente” (“to the tooth”), that is, slightly hard to the taste - after all, it will continue to stew in the oven. The following tips will help prevent them from sticking together and turning into a homogeneous mass during cooking.

For baking in the oven, use durum pasta.
Maintain the correct proportions. When cooking, use the “100-1000-10” principle - for 100 grams of vermicelli you will need 1 liter of water and 10 g of salt.
When cooking, throw the pasta immediately into salted and boiling water.
Do not cover the pan with a lid.
Do not rinse pasta under hot water.
Do not cook pasta. Subtract 3-4 minutes from the cooking time indicated on the package and turn off the stove.

Culinary experts advise: a spoonful of vegetable oil added to the water will help prevent pasta from sticking together.

Recipe 1. In a pot

The recipe for baked pasta with chicken in pots is convenient for serving in portions.

To prepare you will need:

dry pasta - 200-250 grams;
chicken fillet - 1 pc.;
small fresh tomatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
bulb onions;
carrot;
water - 2 l;
seasonings to taste + rosemary;
chicken bouillon;
hard cheese;
vegetable oil

Wash and peel the vegetables well.
Boil pasta in salted water.
Grate the carrots.
Cut the onion into small cubes.
Scald the tomatoes with boiling water, put them in cold water, remove the skins, cut into cubes.
Fry onions and carrots in a frying pan in vegetable oil.
Place the washed, towel-dried fillet, cut into pieces, into a frying pan with the vegetables, fry, add chicken broth, add salt and pepper, and simmer under the lid for 5-7 minutes.
Separately, in another pan, fry the tomatoes with the addition of rosemary.
Place pasta in prepared pots, top with fried meat and vegetables, then tomatoes with rosemary, sprinkle with grated cheese on top.
Preheat the oven to 190-200˚, place the pots on a baking sheet, bake for 20 minutes.
Sprinkle the finished dish with herbs and serve hot.

Quick pasta casserole with chicken and mushrooms in 10 minutes

Ordinary products with Bechamel sauce acquire a wonderful taste. And spices add piquancy to this dish.

3 handfuls of chopped champignons;
150 g grated cheese;
3 handfuls of dry pasta;
1 chicken fillet;
a handful of bacon (or sausage);
2 tbsp. butter;
2 tbsp. flour;
400-450 ml milk;
1 tsp Provençal herbs;
frying oil;
salt - a pinch
½ tsp. nutmeg.

For the Béchamel sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan. Add flour and mix well for a minute over heat. Set the pan aside.

Cut the bacon or sausage into cubes. Sprinkle chicken breast with chicken seasoning and Provençal herbs, add a spoonful of vegetable oil. Coat on all sides.

Fry the fillet in a frying pan with a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil for 2 minutes on each side. Transfer the meat to a heat-resistant dish and bake for 8-10 minutes at 180 degrees. This way you will also preheat the oven.