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Ingredients#
Directions#
Heat oil in a large pot.
Add onion and capsicum and cook until soft.
Remove from heat and add garlic, tomatoes, salt, sugar and mixed herbs.
Using a stick blender, blend the sauce until smooth.
Return to heat and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes.
Bring a separate pot of water to a boil.
Add pasta to boiling water and cook until just soft then drain.
Add chicken to sauce and return to a boil.
Mix sauce and chicken through pasta.
Chop parsley.
Serve pasta, sauce and chicken with cheese and parsley to garnish according to quantities below.
Portioning guidance
Portion out a reference plate for each meal size to guide your portioning:
- Years 0 to 3: 198g pasta, sauce and chicken, 7g cheese, 0.6g parsley.
- Years 4 to 8: 232g pasta, sauce and chicken, 8g cheese, 0.7g parsley.
- Years 9 and above: 328g pasta, sauce and chicken, 11g cheese, 1g parsley.
Special diet substitution ideas#
- Vegetarian: replace chicken with canned chickpeas, serve 20g extra per serve.
- Vegan: replace chicken with canned chickpeas, serve 20g extra per serve. Replace cheese with vegan cheese.
- Halal: make sure chicken is halal-certified.
- Dairy (cow's milk): replace cheese with dairy-free cheese.
- Gluten (wheat): use gluten-free pasta.
Recipe tips
- Use any other cooked meat instead of chicken.
- Make bulk quantities of sauce and freeze for later use.
Gilmours product information#
| Product description | Pack size |
|---|---|
| Value canola oil | 3L |
| SB onion diced | 1kg |
| SB capsicum red diced | 1kg |
| Gilmours garlic crushed in oil | 1kg |
| Gilmours tomatoes crushed | 2.5kg |
| Pams salt iodised | 1kg |
| Pams sugar white | 500g |
| Gilmours mixed herbs | 500g |
| Turkmen pasta fusilli | 5kg |
| Tegel chicken shredded classic roast | 1kg |
| Alpine cheese edam grated | 5kg |
| Fresh Connection half bunched parsley | 350g |