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Recipe :: One Tray Chicken Orecchiette Pasta Bake & Beef Araves | Olga’s Fine Foods

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February 18, 2026

One Tray Chicken Orecchiette Pasta Bake

Recipe: Edie Noble  | Serves 6-8

Hearty and full of flavour, this is a great meal prep option! Get it made and pack it into containers throughout the week. It’s great to eat cold, too!

one tray chicken orecchiette oasta bake

Equipment:

  • 1 x deep baking tray

Ingredients:

  • 2x 500g packs Olga’s Fine Foods Gourmet Chicken Yiros meat

  • 1x 500g pack Orecchiette

  • 1 Lt Chicken stock/stock powder

  • 2 x carrots (finely chopped)

  • 1 x onion (finely chopped)

  • 4 x celery sticks (finely chopped)

  • 100g grated Pecorino or Parmigiano

  • 1x sliced chilli

  • 8x sliced garlic cloves

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 200°c fan, with the baking tray in the oven.

  • Dice all vegetables.

  • After 10 mins, remove the baking tray from the oven and add in Chicken Yiros meat.

  • Add in all your other ingredients and give it a really good mix.

  • Cover tightly with foil.

  • Place back in the oven for 35-40 mins.

  • Once cooked, allow to rest for 5-10 mins.

  • Grate over the cheese and serve.

  • ENJOYOne tray chicken orecchiette pasta bake

Beef Arayes

Recipe: Edie Noble  | Serves 6-8

These are great starters! But you can also have one each as your main meal, and get creative with the fillings!

beef arayes

Ingredients:

  • 2x pack Olga’s Fine Foods Beef Chevaps

  • 4x large Pita bread

  • 2x red onions (sliced)

  • Sumac

  • White wine vinegar

  • 1/2 a red cabbage (shaved)

  • 300gms Greek yoghurt (we used The Yoghurt Shop)

  • Fresh herbs to garnish (we used mint & dill)

Method:

Sumac red onions:

  • Thinly slice your red onions, add 1⁄2 tsp of sumac, a pinch of salt and a dash of vinegar.

  • Massage into the onions and set aside.

Beef pita:

  • In a bowl, crush up your beef chevaps back into a mince.

  • Lay your pita out and spread (using your hands) a 5mm thick layer of the minced meat.

  • Place your frying pan on a medium heat.

  • Once you’ve beefed all your pita, you can start cooking.

  • Add a dash of olive oil to your pan and place the pita, mince side down.

  • Allow to cook for 4-5 mins, and then turn over.

  • Allow to cook on the bread side for 1-2 mins to colour slightly
  • Fill with all the other ingredients, starting with the yogurt and building up with the fresh items.
  • Either cut into wedges or roll up to enjoy as a wrap or yiros!

Beef Arayes

We used fresh meat from Olga’s Fine Foods.

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