Main dish • Savoury
Craig’s Chicken Surprise
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My wife, Lauren, created this recipe, which combines some of my favourite foods. Wagon wheel pasta is a must for this one, because it holds the sauce well and just tastes the best!
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- ½ cup flour (for breading)
- 2 eggs (for breading)
- ½ cup bread crumbs (for breading)
- 4 cups wagon wheel pasta
- 1 white onion
- 1 jar tomato sauce (the cheaper the better – Ragu is good)
- 3 or 4 pinches Italian spice mix
- 500 g Cheddar cheese
- 500 g Grana Padano cheese
- 3 cups (at least) bread crumbs for the topping
- 1 cup butter
Instructions
Step 1
Cut chicken breasts into strips.
Step 2
Bread them (dunk them in flour, then eggs, then bread crumbs).
Step 3
Cook your wagon wheels and dump them in an 8 x 8-inch caserole dish so that they come up about half way.
Step 4
Dice and then cook an onion, and then mix in your cheap tomato sauce and a few pinches of Italian spice mix.
Step 5
Lay the breaded chicken strips on top.
Step 6
Grate cheddar cheese and Grana Padano on top.
Step 7
Melt enough butter to evenly coat 3 cups of bread crumbs. Mix butter and crumbs together until the bread crumbs are fully coated.
Step 8
Sprinkle the bread crumbs evenly over the top.
Step 9
Cover with tin foil and bake at 350°F for...a while (I guess until the cheese is melty).
Step 10
Remove the foil and then broil for a couple minutes to brown the top.
