Spicy Macaroni in Tomato Bell Pepper Sauce

For those of you who are new to my blog, the husband's not a pasta fan and so very often, when he was not going to be home for dinner, I'd experiment with different pasta recipes, thoroughly enjoying my dinner for one!

Sigh...it seeems, though, that now I will no longer be able to enjoy my pasta dinners alone, curled up in front of the T.V.
For I made this spicy macaroni, Terradaze was thoroughly bowled over and now has developed a liking to pasta dinners!

Here's to pasta dinners for two....

<Spicy Macaroni in Tomato Bell Pepper Sauce

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 leg, de-doned and cut into bite sized cubes
Green bell pepper - 1, cut into cubes
Tomato - 1 large, de-seeded and cut into cubes
Garlic - 2 cloves, sliced
Fresh/dried basil - 1 tbsp (or more)
Olive oil
Cream - 1/3 cup
White wine - 2 tbsp, optional
Grated cheese - 1 tbsp

for the marinade:
whisk together 2 tsp honey, 1 tbsp white vinegar, 1/2 tsp chilli flakes, 1/2 crushed pepper , salt.

Macaroni - 1/2 cup

Method:

Marinate the chicken in the marinade for about an hour.
Pre-heat the oven to 200 deg C.

In a roasting pan, add the chicken, tomato, bell pepper, a tbsp of olive oil, the basil, some salt and the sliced garlic. Bake until the chicken is cooked - stir a couple of times in between; this took me about 25 minutes.

In the same pan, add the cream, the cheese and the white wine. Return the pan to the oven, till the cream is heated through - about 2-3 minutes. Adjust the seasoning to your taste.

While the chicken is cooking, cook the macaroni al dente- I cook mine by adding a chicken stock cube to the water, alongwith some olive oil and salt. Drain and set aside.

Spoon the sauce over the macaroni and enjoy with a glass of red wine!!

Sending this to Daphne who is hosting this week's Presto Pasta Nights # 117, event started by Ruth.

This also goes to Priya who is hosting this month's AFAM : Bell Peppers, event started by Maheshwari.