I’m spicing things up a little bit, with this Chicken Tikka Pasta Bake. A quick, simple, and delicious intercontinental mix recipe.
Well, I’ve managed to get my family to like Chicken Tikka Masala. It only took nearly 14 years. I’m not complaining, it gives me the chance to cook more adventurous food.
I thought I’d try something different, so I added pasta into the mix, literally. The results were quite nice actually. A baked Chicken Tikka Masala with pasta. As I keep saying in a lot of my recipes, pasta is fantastic, it absorbs so much flavour.
Chicken Tikka Pasta Bake
Indian style Chicken Tikka Masala baked with Pasta. Juicy chunks of diced chicken with the spices of India baked with pasta and cheddar cheese.
Ingredients
- 450 g Fusilli Pasta
- 650 g Diced Chicken
- 450 g grated cheese
- 1 Medium Onion Diced
- 2 Garlic cloves finely chopped/crushed
- 2 Medium Carrots thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp oil coconut works best, but vegetable oil is fine
- 1 packet Tikka Masala Curry Spice
- 1 jar Tikka Masala Sauce
Instructions
- Add 1tbsp of oil to a large pan.
- Lightly fry the onions and garlic to flavour the oil.
- Add the sliced carrots and diced chicken to the pan.
- Season the chicken with the Tikka spice (to taste)
- Fry the chicken over medium heat until thoroughly cooked.
- Turn the heat down to a low heat and add the Tikka Sauce and mix well.
- Add the pasta to a large pan of boiling water, cook per instructions.
- Heat oven to 200c/180c fan/gas 5.
- Drain the pasta once cooked.
- Mix the pasta and Tikka Masala together, ensure its well mixed.
- Pour the mixture into a large oven prove dish.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese over the Chicken Tikka Pasta.
- Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden and bubbling.
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What a unique idea! I love both tikka masala and pasta so combined they sound great!
They are a great combo! The pasta absorbs a lot of flavour.
I love this idea! Pasta goes great with so many things. This is a combo I hadn’t thought of, though. Thanks for sharing! My husband I will definitely enjoy this. It’s the kids who will take some convincing, lol.
I hope they all enjoy it!
I’m saving this recipe!! I love pasta bake but I find it gets a bit boring, adding tikka masala is a fab idea 😀 x
I thought the same thing. So decided on this recipe. Give it a go! It’s really nice!
My fiance would absolutely loooove this recipe. I’m saving this for the weekend and surprising him with it!
Rosie
Let me know if he enjoyed it!?
Not gonna lie, I could eat this right now! I love a pasta bake but would never think of doing a curried themed one.
Really great recipe that I will be trying out x
It’s worth giving it a go! Let me know how you get on.
Great recipe and looks so yummy, and simple to make too! Definitely the kind of cosy meal to eat after a cold day xx
Give it a try!
Very simple idea and I would never in a trillion years have thought to do this! I guess this is what you call fusion food!
It’s a bit random, I admit. But it works really well together
This looks delicious! Most definitely going to give this a try, pasta bake is a big hit in our house but we always just end up having the same two things in it. So excited to give this a go!
Let me know how you get on!
I’d never thought about mixing tikka masala with pasta but it’s great to have a bit of variety- especially at the moment. It looks lovely! Thanks for sharing.
I love a pasta bake and have experimented with quite a few over the last year of lockdown but this sounds AMAZING. Love chicken tikka so I think this would go down a treat!
Definitely worth trying. It was delicious!
What an innovative dish! I love chicken tikka masala so I am sure that this is equally scrumptious.
Yum! This looks great. Love how easy it is and there’s also room for leftovers. Thanks for sharing. I’m pinning this for later. x
I had a second serving and then the left overs.
Looks yum! I’ve never tried a pasta bake but this seems like one of those on the front that I’d like to try!
It’s delicious, give it a try!
This sounds lovely. It’s a shame the picky people in my house wouldn’t eat it or I’d give it a try.
It took me 14 years to get my family to eat Tikka. Make a small portion and let them try it. As you bake it the flavour slightly changes so becomes slightly sweeter and milder.
I love pasta, great family meals, this sounds like a delicious twist on a pasta bake.
I knew you’d like it Eddie.. it has ‘pasta bake’ in the name. Ha ha
Mmm this looks delicious! Can’t wait to try it!
It’s really nice. Although it’s a cheat with a jar, you can make it as hot or mild as you like with the spices.