Stranger Foods

Florentine chicken bake

Serves 4 25 mins

25 mins	Total
10 mins	Prep
15 mins	Cook

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Florentine dishes tend to have lots of spinach in them and are often topped with mozzarella, so this bake fits the brief nicely. Gluten-free: use GlutenFree pasta and stock cube and GlutenFree plain flour in the sauce.

Ingredients

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3 mugs pasta
1 tbsp olive oil
3 chicken breasts, cut into bitesized pieces
2 tbsp plain flour
1 mug water
1 chicken stock cube
2 tbsp sun-dried tomato puree
100 g cream cheese
250 g spinach, roughly chopped
250 g mozzarella cheese
½ mug grated Parmesan

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Preheat the grill. Put the pasta on to cook. Once cooked, drain and return to the pan.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large saucepan or wok. Add the chicken breasts and fry until no longer pink.
Add the flour and mix. Add the water, stock cube and tomato puree and bring to the boil, stirring frequently. Add the cream cheese ad stir on a low heat until it melts.
Add the spinach and cook until it wilts. Add the cooked pasta and mix together.
Pour into a casserole dish. Arrange the mozzarella over the top and then sprinkle over the Parmesan. Place under the grill for about , or until the cheese bubbles and browns.

Florentine chicken bake

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Instructions

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