Simple Negresco
Directions
- 1Boil pasta until three-quarters cooked. Drain.
- 2Chop green pepper, black olives, and half an onion.
- 3Cut chicken breasts into small cubes.
- 4Heat oil in a pan, add garlic, and stir until fragrant.
- 5Add chicken and onion to the pan. Stir and cook briefly.
- 6Season chicken with salt, black pepper, and paprika. Stir to coat.
- 7Cook chicken until fully done.
- 8In a large pan, melt butter.
- 9Add flour to the melted butter and stir to make a roux.
- 10Gradually add milk to the roux while stirring continuously.
- 11Stir until the sauce thickens. Season with salt and black pepper.
- 12Add mozzarella cheese to the sauce and stir until melted.
- 13In a baking dish, layer the cooked pasta, green pepper, olives, cooked chicken, and half of the cheese sauce.
- 14Pour the remaining cheese sauce over the layers.
- 15Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese on top.
- 16Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (392°F) until the cheese is melted and bubbly, and the sauce begins to brown at the edges.
Ingredients
- 1 pasta
- 1 small spoon salt
- 1 green pepper
- 1 cup black olives
- 0.5 onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 0.5 kg chicken breasts
- 1 oil
- 1 small spoon salt
- 0.5 small spoon black pepper
- 1 small spoon paprika
- 5 large spoons butter
- 4 large spoons flour
- 1 liter milk
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
Equipment
potstrainerknifecutting boardfrying panlarge panwhiskoven