Italian-style gnocchi bake
Chicken, pasta, tomato and cheese... comfort food in 25 minutes!
Instructions
Step 1 Preheat oven to 200°C. Remove chicken meat from the carcass. Discard skin and bones. Roughly chop 400g of chicken meat. Use remaining chicken meat for sandwiches.
Step 2 Combine chicken, gnocchi, tomato sauce, 2 tablespoons water and basil in a large bowl. Spoon into a large ovenproof dish. Sprinkle cheese over gnocchi mixture. Bake for 15–20 minutes or until cheese is golden and the bake is heated through. Sprinkle with basil leaves and serve.
- Recipe by:
- Dixie Elliott
- Styling:
- Trish Heagerty
- Photography:
- André Martin
First published March 2009
Recipe Information
Portions: 6
Time to make: 25 minutes
Total cost of all ingredients: $27.84 / $4.68 per serve
- Low fat
- Low kilojoule
- Low sodium
Ingredients
- 1 purchased barbecue chicken
- 2 x 375g packets fresh potato gnocchi
- 575g bottle flavoured Italian tomato sauce of choice (we used Leggo’s Calabrese)
- 1/3 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
- 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- 3/4 cup ricotta
Nutrition Information
| per serve | |
|---|---|
| Energy |
1600
kJ
(386 Cals) |
| Protein | 30g |
| Fat - saturated |
9g
4.3g |
| Carbohydrates - sugars |
40g
5g |
| Dietary Fibre | 5g |
| Sodium | 460mg |
| Calcium | 80mg |
| Iron | 1.5mg |
| * NS: Not specified | |
