Chorizo and chicken pasta

Chorizo and chicken pasta

This was quite an easy dish and made quite a big serve so there is enough for someone's lunch the next day. It is in the Everyday cooking for Thermomix families recipe book/chip.

The chorizo is sautéed in the bowl first, then placed aside. One thing I might try next time is cooking chorizo in a frypan - one of the few things I feel is necessary to cook in a frypan, so it gets crispy and browns up a bit more than it does in the Thermomix. That's just my taste though, so if it doesn't bother you still do it in the bowl - save the extra pan to wash up!

The vegetables in the dish are chopped up quite chunky, so they are visible in the end plate. If you have kids that don't like to see vegetables on their plate, maybe take them a bit further at the chopping stage.

Once the rest of the wet ingredients are added, the chicken is steamed on top as the sauce cooks. Then the pasta is added and the chicken cooks a little further while the pasta is cooked in the Thermomix bowl. I love a recipe that cooks the pasta in the bowl, rather than me having to cook it in a separate pot. The best part is that it is all ready at the right time, and I don't need to calculate when to turn it on.

Happy thermomixing!