Cheesy Creamy Cauliflower and Chicken Pasta
with Baby Spinach
Making the perfect mac 'n’ cheese starts with a velvety cheddar cheese sauce and a swirl of cream. Roasted cauliflower, chicken breast and a sprinkle of chili flakes add elegance to this everyday favourite!
Ingredients: Chicken breast • Cauliflower • Rigatoni pasta (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Yellow onion • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, bacterial culture, salt, annatto, beta-carotene, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Spinach • All-purpose flour (wheat) • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide) • Chili flakes.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
170 g
Rigatoni
(Contains Wheat)
285 g
Cauliflower
56 g
Baby Spinach
½ unit(s)
Yellow Onion
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
113 mL
Cream
(Contains Milk)
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
(May contain Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
1 tsp
Chili Flakes
(May contain Sulphites, Tree nuts, Mustard, Soy, Milk, Sesame, Triticale, Wheat, Peanuts)
1 tbsp
All-Purpose Flour
(Contains Wheat May contain Crustaceans, Egg, Fish, Gluten, Milk, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites)
2 unit(s)
Chicken Breasts
Not included in your delivery
1.5 tbsp
Oil*
½ cup
Milk*
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Add 10 cups water and 2 tsp salt to a large pot (use same for 4 ppl). Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Meanwhile, cut cauliflower into bite-sized pieces.
- Peel, then cut half the onion (whole onion for 4 ppl) into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Add cauliflower and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil to an unlined baking sheet.
- Season with half the garlic salt and pepper, then toss to coat.
- Roast in the middle of the oven until golden-brown, 14-16 min.
- Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then chicken. (NOTE: Don't crowd the pan; cook chicken in 2 batches if needed.) Cook until golden, 1-2 min per side.
- Transfer chicken to another unlined baking sheet. Roast in the top of the oven until chicken is cooked through, 12-14 min.**
- Meanwhile, add rigatoni to the boiling water.
- Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 10-12 min.
- Reserve 1/2 cup (1 cup) pasta water, then drain and return rigatoni to the same pot, off heat.
- Reheat the same pan (from step 2) over medium.
- When hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, then onions. Cook, stirring often, until softened, 3-4 min.
- Sprinkle flour and remaining garlic salt over onions.
- Cook, stirring often, until onions are coated, 1 min.
- Add cream and 1/2 cup (1 cup) milk, then bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, cook, stirring often, until sauce thickens, 1 min.
- Remove from heat, then add spinach. Stir until wilted, 1 min.
- Add cheese, sauce, half the reserved pasta water and cauliflower to the pot with rigatoni.
- Stir until cheese melts, 1 min. (TIP: For a lighter sauce consistency, add more reserved pasta water, 1-2 tbsp at a time.)
- Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Thinly slice chicken.
- Divide cheesy creamy cauliflower pasta between bowls.
- Top bowls with chicken.
- Sprinkle 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) chili flakes over top. (NOTE: Reference heat guide.)
If you've opted to add chicken breasts, pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then chicken. (NOTE: Don't crowd the pan; cook chicken in 2 batches if needed.) Cook for 1-2 min per side, until golden. Transfer chicken to another unlined baking sheet. Roast in the top of the oven until chicken is cooked through, 12-14 min.** Use the same pan to cook sauce in step 4.
Thinly slice chicken. Top bowls with chicken.