Hawaiian chicken and pasta

At a glance

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Serves: 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 3 cups macaroni or your choice of pasta*
• 420g canned condensed tomato soup (not ‘ready to heat and eat’ soup, no added salt if available)
• 450g canned pineapple pieces (no added sugar if available)
• 1 cup frozen peas or canned peas (no added salt if available)
• 1 cup frozen corn or canned corn kernels (no added salt if available)
• 1 cooked chicken

Steps

1. Cook macaroni or pasta in a large pot of boiling water according to packet instructions.
2. While macaroni or pasta is cooking, remove fat and skin
   from the chicken and cut into chunks.
3. When macaroni or pasta is cooked, drain and place back into the saucepan.
4. Add the soup, peas, corn, pineapple pieces (plus juice) and chicken to the saucepan.
5. Bring everything to the boil, turn the heat down and cook gently for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are heated.
6. Distribute pasta between bowls to serve.

*Tips

• Try to use wholemeal pasta if it’s available for extra iron and fibre.

Watch how to make it

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This recipe was published in Quick Meals for Kooris at Home resource by Nutrition Services, Central Coast Local Health District.