Tacky Pasta Bake With Hen And Bacon

This Tacky Pasta Bake With Hen And Bacon is a household AND reader favorite (and it makes nice leftovers too!). Not so much can beat a stunning tacky pasta bake served up with an enormous facet of salad or garlic bread!

Tacky Pasta Bake With Hen And Bacon is a kind of dinners that the children can polish off very quickly – no matter what number of veggies I sneak in there. Peppers, onions, tomatoes, spinach – all of it will get thrown in.

Substances

For this tacky hen pasta bake we’d like:

Typically I’ll add courgette or kale. If I’m being further sneaky I’d add some finely chopped mushroom too (I’m the one mushroom lover in our home – however all of them eat mushrooms if they will’t establish them hee hee hee!).

Kind of pasta to make use of for pasta bake:

I really like to make use of rigatoni for this pasta bake, however you should utilize most pasta shapes. Spiralli (pasta spirals), Penne (tubes lower on the diagonal), Fusilli (pasta twists) and Farfalle (pasta bows) all work significantly nicely, with no change in quantities or cooking occasions.

I generally marvel if I may eat pasta daily of the week and never get tired of it.

Let’s see…

Oh yeah, that was straightforward – I didn’t even begin on the pulled pork ragu or the or the penne arrabiata!! Oh and don’t overlook to take a look at my new Creamy Hen Alfredo Pasta Bake too!

Find out how to make this hen pasta bake

***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card on the finish of this put up***

1. Begin off by frying the hen, veggies and seasoning in a big frying pan (skillet), while par-cooking the pasta.
2. Add within the tinned tomatoes and cream in to make the sauce.
3. Mix the par-cooked pasta together with spinach and chopped up cooked bacon.
4. Switch all of it to a big baking dish.
5. High with cheese and bake within the oven till golden.

Do you’ve got a favorite pasta dish? I’d love some new concepts for my pasta habit 🙂

Watch the best way to make it

Right here’s my full video. the place I present you step-by-step the best way to make this scrumptious hen pasta bake.

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🍽️ What to serve it with

This can be a nice, full dinner by itself however you might additionally serve it with:

I prefer it chilly for lunch the subsequent day too – though you may warmth it up within the microwave with a tablespoon of water – to cease it drying out.

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Tools

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• Preheat the oven to 190C/375F (fan).

• Boil a big pan of water and cook dinner the pasta for 1 minute lower than really useful on the pack. Drain.

  400 g (4 1/2 cups) dried pasta shapes

• While the pasta is cooking, warmth the oil on a medium warmth, in a big frying pan. Add the hen, and cook dinner till simply sealed – about 5 minutes.

  1 tbsp oil, 3 giant hen breasts

• Add the onion and cook dinner for an additional 3-4 minutes till the onion is softened.

  1 giant onion

• Add the chopped peppers, salt, pepper, garlic, tomato puree, oregano and thyme. Stir and cook dinner for 2-3 minutes.

  1 pink bell pepper, 1 yellow bell pepper, 1/4 tsp salt, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tbsp tomato puree, ½ tsp dried oregano, ½ tsp dried thyme, 1/4 tsp pepper

• Stir within the tinned tomatoes and cream, deliver to a mild bubble, then add the pasta, spinach and cooked bacon. Stir every thing collectively, then switch to a big baking dish.

  2 x 400g (2 x 14oz) tins of finely chopped tomatoes, 120 ml (1/2 cup) double (heavy) cream, 100 g (3 packed cups) recent child spinach, 6 rashers cooked bacon

• High with the cheddar and mozzarella, and place within the oven for 20-25 minutes, till the cheese is golden brown.

  100 g (1 cup) grated sturdy cheddar cheese, 100 g (1 cup) grated mozzarella

• Take out of the oven and high with parsley earlier than serving.

  small bunch parsley

Can I make pasta bake forward?
Sure! You can also make forward as much as the purpose you sprinkle the cheese on, then cool, cowl with foil and refrigerate for as much as a day
Take out of the fridge for an hour earlier than cooking it, to take the coolness off the dish (in any other case you would possibly discover you get a chilly spot within the center when baking it).
Preserve the foil on and warmth within the oven at 190C/375F for about 10 minutes, then take away the foil and proceed to warmth for an additional quarter-hour, till scorching all through.
Notice: the dish can be rather less saucy when you make it forward, because the pasta will soak up extra of the liquid. You possibly can a number of tablespoons of inventory or scorching water earlier than heating the pasta to make sure it’s nonetheless saucy when you like.
Can I freeze the leftovers from my pasta bake?
Sure, as soon as cooked:
Cool shortly, cowl and freeze.
Defrost within the fridge in a single day, then take away from the fridge an hour earlier than cooking to take the coolness off the dish (in any other case you would possibly discover you get a chilly spot within the center when baking it).
Reheat within the oven (coated in foil) at 190C/375F for about 20-25 minutes till scorching all through.
Add a number of tablespoons of inventory or scorching water when reheating the pasta to make sure it’s nonetheless saucy.
What’s the very best kind of pasta for a hen pasta bake?
I really like to make use of rigatoni for this pasta bake, however you should utilize most pasta shapes. 
Spiralli (pasta spirals), Penne (tubes lower on the diagonal), Fusilli (pasta twists) and Farfalle (pasta bows) all work significantly nicely, with no change in quantities or cooking occasions.

Vegetarian model:

Substitute the hen with chunky items of courgette (zucchini) or mushroom. You possibly can depart the bacon out completely, or substitute it with vegetarian chorizo or smoky chickpeas (chickpeas fried with smoked paprika, cumin, salt and pepper). 
Additionally, make sure the cheddar and mozzarella are vegetarian variations.

Gluten free model:

This recipe works nicely as a gluten-free dish with a number of modifications. Swap out the pasta for gluten-free pasta and guarantee your tomato paste is gluten free.
Additionally, when you’re utilizing prepared grated (shredded) cheese, guarantee it’s gluten free, as it could actually generally be tossed in slightly flour to stop it from sticking.
 
Dietary Info is per serving.

Energy: 657kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 33g | Fats: 30g | Saturated Fats: 15g | Ldl cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 637mg | Potassium: 911mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 3040IU | Vitamin C: 82.3mg | Calcium: 300mg | Iron: 3.5mg

Vitamin info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

This hen pasta bake recipe was first printed in January 2017. Up to date in February 2025 with further info, further pictures and for housekeeping causes.

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