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Oven Fried Chicken and Tomato Pasta

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Kraft Pizza Kit
  • 10 chicken drumsticks
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 garlic cloves (peeled and chopped)
  • 7 large mushrooms (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup butter (plus 2 Tbsps, melted)
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 14 cherry tomatoes (cut in pieces)
  • 1/4 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp basil
  • 2 Tbsps red wine
  • 150 g dried pasta (5.5oz)
  • salt and pepper (to taste)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425ºF/220ºC. Place 1/4 cup of butter in large glass baking dish and place in the oven until its melted. Remove from oven. Remove items from kit. Remove 1.5 cups from pizza dough mix, place the rest of the mix in a bowl. Add herb packet and cheese packet,  garlic powder and salt, mixing well. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, with 1 tablespoon of water. Dip the drumsticks one at a time, from the egg wash, to powder mix, back to eggs, back to powder, then place in the melted butter in the baking dish. Drizzle remaining 2 tablespoons butter over chicken in dish. Bake in oven for 35 minutes, then remove and turn carefully. Put back in the oven for 15 more minutes, or until internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165ºF/75ºC. Sauté garlic in a pan in the olive oil until fragrant. Add the mushrooms and cook. Add tomatoes, sauce from the can in the kit, oregano, basil and wine, and cook down. Cook pasta in a pot of boiling water. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water and add to the sauce, allow it to cook down further. Drain pasta. Mix the pasta with the sauce. Serve.
Keyword Chicken, Dinner, Pasta, Sauce