Russian style chicken pasta

 This is a recipe for a Russian dish which even though has pasta as the main ingredient doesn't fall under the Italian style pastas and shouldn't be considered as such. It is quick, easy and loved by children. The spice mix called Vegeta can be made at home. Making your own Vegeta is rather simple. It's a basic dry seasoning mix of dehydrated carrots, turmeric, garlic, and salt. It can be used on a variety of foods, from pork to chicken, even shrimp. Once you discover the difference a little Vegeta makes in food, you'll be using it all the time.

  


Category: Main course, pasta, poultry
Prep time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins
Serves 4

Ingredients:
5 chicken drumsticks
1 medium sized onion
1-2 medium sized carrots
1 chicken stock cube
1 tsp Vegeta spice mix
Bay leaf

Method:
Debone the drumsticks and slice the meat into bite sized pieces. Save the bones. Grate the carrots and finely dice the onion.
Heat up a bit of cooking oil in a frying pan, then add the onion and carrots. Add a little salt as this will help the vegetables cook better. Simmer for 5 minutes.


Boil 150ml of water in a separate pot, dissolve the stock cube and let it boil. Add the meat to the pan with vegetables (bones first as they will give the dish flavour) and fry until browned. 



Add the chicken stock, salt and pepper, Vegeta and cover with a lid. Let it simmer on medium heat for about 20 minutes. Shake occasionally if needed.
Near the end of cooking add the bay leaf. Boil water for pasta and cook fusili al dente as instructed on the pasta packaging.
When everything is done, take out the bones and mix the pasta with meat in the pan. Stir well and sprinkle with dried parsley leaf.

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