Tilly
Mar 1st, 2008, 01:01 AM
I threw this lot together tonight and it was lovely!
Ingredients (serves 2-4 depending on your portion sizes)
1 onion
4 small shallots
2 cloves of garlic
3 rashers of smoked bacon
1 pack of chicken goujons
mushrooms
spinach
Splash of red wine or rose (optional)
salt
pepper
Pasta
For the white sauce:
1 cup of milk
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of flour
Grated cheddar (optional)
Salt
Pepper
Start by chopping your chicken and bacon into small chunks, put the bacon to one side and fry off your chicken in a little olive oil. Meanwhile, dice your onions, shallots, mushrooms and 2 cloves of garlic.
When your chicken is nicely golden, add your bacon and continue frying. Few minutes later, add your onions, shallots, mushrooms and 1 clove of the garlic. I also like to season at this point and add some wine (I only added the wine because I thought it needed a bit of liquid and was being a pisshead at the same time, so... ;)).. it was very nice with the wine though.
Cook your pasta
Add some spinach to your chicken and bacon mix, and watch it wilt (you will need a fair bit of spinach for this). Add your last clove of garlic and taste, season some more if necessary.
To make your white sauce, melt your butter over a low heat then add the flour and stir continuously for a good 5 minutes, don't let it boil. After this time, add your milk gradually and slightly increase the heat. You will feel it start to thicken up. I like to add some grated cheddar at this point and season with a little salt and pepper.
Remove the white sauce from the heat, drain your pasta and stir everything together.
There you go, enjoy. :)
Just to add, you can use broccoli or asparagus as well and they will go beautifully.
Ingredients (serves 2-4 depending on your portion sizes)
1 onion
4 small shallots
2 cloves of garlic
3 rashers of smoked bacon
1 pack of chicken goujons
mushrooms
spinach
Splash of red wine or rose (optional)
salt
pepper
Pasta
For the white sauce:
1 cup of milk
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of flour
Grated cheddar (optional)
Salt
Pepper
Start by chopping your chicken and bacon into small chunks, put the bacon to one side and fry off your chicken in a little olive oil. Meanwhile, dice your onions, shallots, mushrooms and 2 cloves of garlic.
When your chicken is nicely golden, add your bacon and continue frying. Few minutes later, add your onions, shallots, mushrooms and 1 clove of the garlic. I also like to season at this point and add some wine (I only added the wine because I thought it needed a bit of liquid and was being a pisshead at the same time, so... ;)).. it was very nice with the wine though.
Cook your pasta
Add some spinach to your chicken and bacon mix, and watch it wilt (you will need a fair bit of spinach for this). Add your last clove of garlic and taste, season some more if necessary.
To make your white sauce, melt your butter over a low heat then add the flour and stir continuously for a good 5 minutes, don't let it boil. After this time, add your milk gradually and slightly increase the heat. You will feel it start to thicken up. I like to add some grated cheddar at this point and season with a little salt and pepper.
Remove the white sauce from the heat, drain your pasta and stir everything together.
There you go, enjoy. :)
Just to add, you can use broccoli or asparagus as well and they will go beautifully.