Cheesy Pasta Chicken Sticks

Ingredients:

2 pieces of chicken breasts

1 tbsp paprika powder

1 chilli powder

1 tsp pepper powder

1 tsp lemon juice

200 g penne pasta

3 tbsp olive oil

pizza sauce, as required

1/2 cup capsicums( red, green, yellow)

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp chilli flakes

black olives

4-5 tbsp mozzarella cheese, or as required

salt to taste

Preparation:

1. In a bowl, add chilli powder, paprika powder, pepper powder, lemon juice, 1 tbsp lemon juice and salt and mix well.
2. Then apply this paste on chicken breast pieces and marinate for 30 minutes.
3. In a large sauce pan, boil 3 cups of water adding salt and 1 tbsp oil. Add penne pasta to this and cook for 8-10 minutes. Drain the water and let it cool down.
4. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan and add marinated chicken and cook until fully tender on low-medium flame. Then slice the chicken into pieces and keep it aside.
5. Take a skewer and thread 2 penne pasta, 1 chicken piece and then repeat another 3 sets of same pattern.
6. Place on a baking plate lined with baking paper. Do the same pattern on remaining skewers with penne pasta and chicken pieces.
7. Spread pizza sauce on both sides and then add cheese on top.
8. Then sprinkle chopped capsicum, onion, oregano and chilli flakes and place 3 black olives in each skewer.
9. Place a stand in a pan and preheat the pan for 8-10 minutes on medium flame.
10. Place the baking plate on that stand and cook on low flame for 5 minutes or until cheese melts. You can also bake in a microwave for 2 minutes or in the preheated oven 180 degree for 3-5 minutes..