Baked Pheasant Feta Pasta (Tik Tok Variation)
Sometimes Tik Tok is a useful place for information and this recipe is one of those times!
Servings: 6
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless pheasant breasts
- 1 lb bowtie pasta
- 2 tbsp Chic Chick seasoning*
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 boxes cherry tomatoes around 24 oz
- 1 block feta
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2/3 oz basil leaves
- 2 cups spinach
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 °F
- In a 9x13 casserole dish place the tomatoes and pheasant with the olive oil and the Chic Chick seasoning and mixed this together.
- Then put the feta in the middle of the dish and evenly space the pheasant breasts on either side of the feta.
- Splash a little olive oil on top of the feta and also sprinkle red pepper flakes on top of the feta.
- Cook until the pheasant breasts reached 160 °F internal temperature (~20 minutes) and then remove the breasts from the dish and cut into small pieces.
- Put the dish back in to cook, increasing the temperature to 450 °F, for an additional 10 minutes, or until the feta and tomatoes have browned.
- Cook the pasta according to the box directions, while the tomatoes are cooking. When you strain the pasta reserve some of the pasta water.
- Remove baking dish from the oven add garlic, spinach, and basil immediately.
- Mix well. The heat of the tomatoes and feta will cook the garlic, spinach, and basil.
- Add pasta and pheasant to the dish.
- Mix well. To get a more creamy consistency add pasta water as desired.
Notes
*If you want to buy this seasoning go to Spitfire Gourmet and use my code sophie10 at checkout for 10% off!