🥦🍗 Grandma’s Creamy Chicken & Broccoli Pasta Bake 👵✨ Creamy pasta loaded with juicy seasoned chicken and tender broccoli, covered with mozzarella and baked until bubbling and beautifully golden. Rich, cheesy and incredibly comforting — the kind of dinner you’ll want to make again and again! 🧀🔥 Ingredients: For the pasta: 🍝 Short pasta — 300 g 🧂 Salt — for the cooking water For the chicken: 🍗 Chicken breast — 1 large 🌶 Sweet paprika — 1 tsp ⚫️ Black pepper — 1 tsp 🧄 Garlic pepper — 1 tsp 🧂 Salt — to taste 🫒 Oil — for frying For the creamy sauce: 🧈 Butter — 30 g 🌾 All-purpose flour — 1½ tbsp 🥛 Heavy cream — 600 ml 🌶 Sweet paprika — 1 tsp ⚫️ Black pepper — 1 tsp 🧄 Garlic pepper — 1 tsp 🌿 Dried oregano — to taste 🌿 Dried basil — to taste 🧂 Salt — to taste For the topping: 🥦 Broccoli — 250 g, cut into small florets 🧀 Mozzarella — 200 g, grated Recipe: Cook the pasta in salted water according to the package instructions until al dente. Drain and set aside. Cut the chicken breast into medium bite-sized cubes. Season with sweet paprika, black pepper, garlic pepper and salt. Cook the chicken in a hot skillet with a little oil until lightly golden and completely cooked through. For the creamy sauce, melt the butter in a deep skillet. Add the flour and stir until smooth. Gradually pour in the heavy cream while whisking continuously. Season with sweet paprika, black pepper, garlic pepper, oregano, basil and salt. Cook gently until the sauce becomes rich, smooth and creamy. Transfer the cooked pasta to a baking dish, add the golden chicken pieces and pour the creamy sauce over everything. Gently mix until evenly coated. Arrange the broccoli florets over the pasta and generously cover with grated mozzarella. Bake at 240°C until the mozzarella is melted, bubbling and beautifully golden-brown on top. Serve hot while the sauce is still creamy and the cheese is perfectly melted. Juicy chicken, tender broccoli, creamy pasta and a bubbling golden mozzarella crust — pure comfort food straight from Grandma’s kitchen! 🥦🍗🧀✨ What should Grandma cook next? 👵👇 #GrandmaCooking #PastaBake #ChickenAndBroccoli #ComfortFood #FoodASMR - @nanamurz