Red Chicken

Imaginatively named after the amount of red ingrediants!!!!

Cubed Pancetta

Cubed Chicken

1 red pepper

1 red onion

Spanish Chorizo Sausage

(any other veg you fancy - I added courgettes)

Garlic to taste

Italian Passata or tinned tomato's if preferred

Put a dash of olive oil into a wok or frying pan and sautee the red onions, gradually add the red pepper. Pop in the pancetta and chorizo and depending on how "garlicky" you like things add garlic now for a subtle flavour or later for more kick. Add the chicken and brown with any other veg you adding.

Transfer to an oven proof dish and cover with a tomato sauce of your choice, chunky tinned tomato's work well as does any passata or tomato based pasta sauce. I used a passata with added garlic & herbs.

Cook on a low heat for at least an hour for all the flavours to mingle and the chorizo to soften a little. Serve with rice, couscous or in our case little roast potato's and green veg.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.

Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Chicken, Pancetta & Parmesan Pan Pasta

Chicken, diced

pancetta, cubed

broccoli

garlic

120g (roughly) freshly grated parmesan

Pasta (Penne or twists works well)

Olive oil

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan, add finely chopped garlic and pancetta (I like my pancetta to be really crispy but alter to taste). Add chicken and fry gently until cooked. Meanwhile heat a pan of salted water and parboil the broccoli...I use the same water to cook the pasta (green & resourceful lol) add the broccoli to the frying pan until the pasta is cooked and drained. Add all ingrediants to the large pan and stir in the parmesan cheese slowly until it goes all stringy...serve immediately with salad and garlic bread.

Takes around 15mins total.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
Voltaire