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How to Make Chicken Béchamel Pasta
Total time100 min
Prep30 min
Cook70 min
Yield4 servings
DifficultyMedium
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Pasta and noodles

ChefAmir Youssef

How to Make Chicken Béchamel Pasta

Chicken béchamel pasta, or gratin, is one of those tasty, popular recipes, especially with kids. Do you prefer it with chicken or ground meat? You can follow almost the same steps to make either version.

Chicken béchamel pasta, or gratin, is one of those tasty, popular recipes, especially with kids. Do you prefer it with chicken or ground meat? You can follow almost the same steps to make either version

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Ingredients

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  • 2 chicken breasts, cut into small cubes
  • Butter + vegetable oil, for frying the chicken
  • 1 bag or packet of pasta, any shape you like
  • Grated mozzarella or sliced mozzarella
  • Béchamel sauce
  • 3 cups milk
  • A pinch of nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 4 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon white pepper
  • 1 cup cooking cream
  • Salt

Method

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  1. Place the chicken cubes in a pot over the heat and sauté them with a little vegetable oil and a piece of butter.
  2. When the chicken pieces are browned, cover them with water and cover the pot.
  3. When the water comes to a boil, lower the heat until the chicken is cooked through.
  4. Once the chicken is cooked, drain it from the water.
  5. In a pot, combine the milk, ground nutmeg, chicken cubes, butter, flour, white pepper, cooking cream, and salt. Stir while cold, then turn on the heat.
  6. Continue stirring until the béchamel sauce comes to a boil.
  7. Boil the pasta and drain it, then toss it with a little butter and spread it in a baking dish or pyrex.
  8. Add the boiled chicken pieces over the pasta in the dish and pour the béchamel sauce evenly on top.
  9. Spread the mozzarella on top.
  10. Place the dish in the oven to brown the top and melt the cheese, then serve.
  11. Here from Amir, the tastiest chicken wings and potatoes tray bake
  12. Also try potato and chicken stew with turmeric the way Amir makes it
  13. Click the link to make pasta béchamel with ground beef

Recipe tags

Pasta and noodlesInternationalMediumLong cook

Notes and serving ideas

  • chicken wings and potatoes tray bake
  • potato and chicken stew with turmeric
  • pasta béchamel with ground beef

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