Name: Chicken Marie recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 200g spiral pasta; 1 leek; 100g butter; 1 tbsp olive oil; 250g button mushroom, sliced; 3 rashers bacon, sliced; 2 chicken breasts, diced into 2cm cubes; 300ml cream; 100g sour cream; 100g crackers; 100g tasty cheese, grated

by Greer Worsley Last updated on 04/26/2021

Here’s an old-fashioned creamy chicken and pasta bake, as comforting as it is tasty, complete with a very retro Jatz cracker topping. Yum! - Greer Worsley

Ingredients

200g spiral pasta
1 leek
100g butter
1 tbsp olive oil
250g button mushroom, sliced
3 rashers bacon, sliced
2 chicken breasts, diced into 2cm cubes
300ml cream
100g sour cream
100g Jatz crackers
100g tasty cheese, grated

Method

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease a large ovenproof casserole dish.
Step 2

Cut the root end off the leek, then cut it in half lengthwise, removing the outer layer. Run under cold water to remove any dirt or grit from inside the layers. Slice.
Step 3

Melt 50g butter in a large frypan and cook leek over gentle heat for 8 minutes until soft. Remove to a bowl. Add remaining butter plus the olive oil to the pan and cook mushrooms for 5 minutes, stirring well. Turn up the heat and add bacon and chicken and stir until chicken is well sealed. Return leeks to pan then pour in cream and sour cream. Season well with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then remove from heat.
Step 4

Stir pasta through chicken mixture, then pour the whole lot into the prepared casserole dish.
Step 5

Place Jatz crackers in a zip lock bag and bash with a rolling pin until crushed. Mix with grated cheese then sprinkle over chicken. Bake for 15 minutes until golden and bubbly.