Hunters Chicken Pasta Bake

Our Hunters Chicken Pasta Bake is a delicious dish that combines chicken, pasta, tangy BBQ tomato sauce and melted cheese into one delicious meal. Chicken pasta bake is easy to make and great for dinner on a weeknight.

If there's one meal that's sure to guarantee empty plates back from the kids it's a cheesy chicken pasta bake recipe.

This is a real bowl of comfort food and super easy to make, quick enough for weeknight dinner!

Choosing to cook our Hunters Chicken Pasta Bake is a total dinner winner! Here’s why! 

• Pasta bakes are easy to make and super filling. 

• You can throw some frozen veggies in a pan to boil to go alongside, so it all counts towards your 5-a-day!

• Kids just love the smoky chicken BBQ sauce.

• You can add in any extra ingredients like more veggies, some extra meat, or even spice things up!

Equipment Needed

• Chopping board

• Vegetable knife

• Saucepan for the pasta

• Skillet pan or saucepan to cook the chicken pasta bake sauce

• Large oven proof casserole dish (or use a roasting tin)

• Tablespoon

• Teaspoon

• Colander

• Cooking spoon

Hunters Chicken Pasta Bake Ingredients

You'll just need a handful of simple ingredients to make our delicious cheesy, hunters chicken pasta recipe.

• 1 tablespoon olive oil - you can switch this for rapeseed oil or sunflower oil if you prefer

• 1 red onion - diced

• 3 chicken breasts - diced

• ½ teaspoon garlic granules

• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika

• 2 teaspoon spicy Italian seasoning - we use the Schwartz one here

• 150g sweetcorn - we just used a small tin

• 690g passata

• 2 tablespoon BBQ sauce

• 275g dried fusili pasta

• 100g grated mozzarella - it's easiest to buy a bag of this ready grated

How To Make Hunters Chicken Pasta Bake

You'll love how easy our easy BBQ hunters chicken pasta bake recipe is to make.

Step One - fry the onions

• Put the pan onto the hob over a medium heat. Add the olive oil and diced onions. Fry them for around 5 minutes until the start to soften.

Step Two - add the chicken and seasonings

• Tip the diced chicken breast into the pan with the onions. Stir fry for a couple of minutes until the chicken turns from pink to white on the outside.

• Then tip in the garlic powder, smoked paprika and spicy Italian seasoning. Give everything a good mix together.

Step Three - add the rest of the Hunters chicken pasta sauce ingredients

• Tip the passata, BBQ sauce and canned sweetcorn into the pan.

• Mix everything together and then cook for on a low heat with the lid on for around 15 minutes whilst you cook the pasta.

Step Four - make the hunters chicken pasta bake

Cooks Note! The chicken is only part cooked at this point, if you want to eat it as a pasta sauce, then continue to cook the sauce for a further 10-15 minutes or until the chicken breast is cooked through properly.

• Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / Gas Mark 4

• Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions, then drain and tip into the hunters chicken pasta sauce.

• Scatter the grated mozzarella cheese over the top of the chicken and pasta.

Step Five - cook the hunters chicken pasta bake

• Put the pasta bake into the preheated oven and cook for around 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the cheese bubbling and golden on top.

• Remove from the oven, let it cool for 5-10 minutes and then serve with your favourite side dishes.

Get more chicken dinner recipes here.

What To Serve With Chicken Pasta Bake

Pasta bake goes great with any of the delicious side dishes below.

• Steamed broccoli

• Green beans

• Bean salad

• Chopped salad

• Garlic bread - try our air fryer garlic bread recipe here

• Coleslaw - grab our homemade ranch coleslaw recipe for a tasty twist on regular slaw.

More Easy Chicken Pasta Bake Recipes To Cook

If you love our hunters chicken pasta bake then try out these delicious chicken pasta recipes too!

• Chicken Fajita Pasta Bake

• Cajun Chicken Pasta Bake

• Chicken And Bacon Pasta Bake

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