One pot Tomato Pasta

Anything I can cook in one pot is great in my books but quite often they require a lot of prep and a long cook time. Now this recipe takes almost no prep, none at all if you splash out on pre-chopped meat, and cooks in under 20 minutes!

Effort and cost depend on what you buy. Spend more for marginally less effort.
You can easily add any vegetables, I would recommend mushrooms fresh tomato or courgette.
Effort 1-2/5 Cost £-££

Ingredients for 2 people
• 1 chicken breast or pre-cut chunks of chicken breast
• 3 rashers of bacon or 1 pack of bacon lardons.
• 150g of penne or fusili pasta or 2 mugs full
• 1/2 jar of tomato based bolegnese sauce. I used a mushroom flavoured sauce but feel free to use any you fancy. Leftover sauce can be frozen in a bag.
• 1 mug of water, you may need more but you'll be able to see if it's running dry.
• Garlic oil
• Cheese to taste, I used on pre-cut slice of Emmenthal because I'm not a cheddar fan.
• Garlic bread or salad to serve.

In a fairly large non stick pan add one teaspoon of garlic oil. Cook the chicken and bacon through, make the chopping easier with scissors. You don't really need to stir this about more than once.
Once it's cooked through add the sauce, water and pasta. Now is also when you can add vegetables.
Turn down to simmer and cover with a lid or a plate.
Have a rest, maybe make a brew. Half way through give the pot a stir and add any more water you might need, it depends on each type of pasta. Start by adding a little amount because you can't take any out!
After 12minutes, once the pasta has cooked through stir in the cheese and serve!
I used the same spoon to cook, serve and eat. Don't judge me.
Enjoy!