The sweetness of a pumpkin in main dishes can not be appreciated by many. In most cases, the pumpkin is used to make desserts, ignoring all the amount of casseroles that can be cooked with this affordable vegetable. Take the pumpkin as the base, add the chicken and vegetables, sprinkle the dish with cheese and put in the oven - in less than an hour on your table this gorgeous casserole will shine.
Pumpkin casserole with chicken and cheese
Ingredients:
- butter - 10 g;
- white onions - 50 g;
- dry white wine - 35 ml;
- garlic clove;
- pumpkin puree - 2 items;
- chicken broth - 230 ml;
- milk - 230 ml;
- a leaf of a sage;
- chicken fillet - 490 g;
- paste 450 g;
- grated parmesan and mozzarella - 1 tbsp.
Preparation
White onions cut into rings and caramelize in a frying pan with the addition of butter. After 20 minutes, pour the wine into the frying pan and evaporate it.
In the bowl of the blender we put the garlic toothpaste in the paste, pumpkin puree, pour all the broth and milk, and then we savor with oil, spices and herbs. Beat the contents of the bowl until smooth and combine with the onion.
Pasta is boiled adhering to the instructions on the package to it. Boil the chicken until ready, and after cooling down we disassemble into large fibers. Mix the mass based on pumpkin puree with poultry meat and pasta, add half of the cheese and distribute the prepared form for baking. Top with sprinkle all the remaining cheese and set to cook at 180 ° C. After 20 minutes, a chicken pudding with pumpkin will be ready to serve.
How to cook a pumpkin casserole with chicken and mushrooms?
Ingredients:
- chicken (white meat) - 500 g;
- pumpkin - 300 g;
- pumpkin puree - 1 item;
- cauliflower head;
- champignons - 200 g;
- milk - 200 ml;
- white onions - 40 g;
- garlic cloves - 2 pcs .;
- Ground cinnamon and nutmeg - 2 grams each.
Preparation
Let's cut the chopped white onions with garlic and mushrooms until ready. While vegetables and mushrooms are fried, chicken cut into straws and also put in a frying pan. When the chicken pieces are grasped from all sides, but not yet fully ready, we add pumpkin puree, milk and spices. Stew the contents of the frying pan until the pumpkin milk sauce thickens.
In the meantime, we divide the cabbage into inflorescences, and clean the pumpkin and slice it. Bake vegetables, abundantly watering and seasoning, at 190 ° C for 20-25 minutes or until soft.
At the bottom of the form put the baked vegetables, pour them creamy sauce with chicken and pumpkin puree and put everything in the oven for 20 minutes. If desired, the casserole can be sprinkled with grated cheese before being sent to the oven.
Pumpkin casserole with chicken and potatoes
Ingredients:
- potato tubers - 750 g;
- pumpkin - 750 g;
- corn - 270 g;
- chicken meat - 300 g;
- eggs - 6 pcs .;
- cream - 200 ml;
- 2 sprigs of thyme;
- hard cheese - to taste.
Preparation
The temperature of the oven is adjusted to 200 ° C.
We start cooking vegetables, making it easier in the microwave oven, chopping the peeled pumpkin and potatoes, pouring them with a couple of tablespoons of water, directly in a special form, and covering with a food film. Cooking vegetables should be at maximum power about 3 minutes or until soft.
Mix the cooked potatoes with pumpkin and corn kernels, season and pour the whipped cream with eggs. Boil the chicken and break it into fibers. We add the chicken to the mixture of vegetables and cream, sprinkle the dish with thyme and move it into a form of fire. Before sending to the oven, sprinkle the casserole with cheese. Readiness of the dish should be checked after 45 minutes.