Spicy Cheese Tomato Bake Recipes

SPICY KETO CHICKEN-AND-CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a baking pan.
• Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain excess liquid. Add taco seasoning; toss to coat. Transfer chicken into the prepared baking pan.
• Mix salsa, sour cream, and jalapenos together in a bowl and pour over the chicken.
• Bake in the preheated oven until hot, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with Cheddar cheese. Continue baking until cheese melts, about 5 minutes more.
• Let casserole cool before cutting into pieces and garnishing with green onions.

BOUGIOURDI - SPICY BAKED FETA WITH PEPPERS AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Preheat your broiler to 220° C / 425° F
• Slice the long pepper into rounds
• Slice the tomatoes
• Put the feta in an oven-proof dish, surround with the tomatoes, and top with the sliced pepper
• Crumble the dried chilies over the top
• Pour the olive oil over the feta
• Broil on the top rack of the oven for about 10 minutes, until the peppers start to color along the edges.
• Remove from the oven and crumble the oregano over the top. Add a small splash of ouzo if you like.

CHEESY, SPICY BLACK BEAN BAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 475 degrees. In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high. Fry the garlic until lightly golden, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste, paprika, red-pepper flakes and cumin (be careful of splattering), and fry for 30 seconds, reducing the heat as needed to prevent the garlic from burning.
• Add the beans, water and generous pinches of salt and pepper, and stir to combine. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top then bake until the cheese has melted, 5 to 10 minutes. If the top is not as browned as you'd like, run the skillet under the broiler for 1 or 2 minutes. Serve immediately.

SPICY GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over low heat. Spread butter or margarine onto one side of two slices of bread. Place both pieces buttered side down in the skillet. Lay a slice of cheese on each one, and top with slices of tomato, onion and jalapeno. Butter one side of the remaining slices of bread, and place on top buttered side up. When the bottom of the sandwiches are toasted, flip and fry until brown on the other side.

SPICY BAKED SHRIMP WITH TOMATOES AND FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Toss together tomatoes, olive oil, oregano, crushed red pepper flakes and salt.
• Roast 20-25 minutes or until tomatoes are soft and bursting.
• Add garlic, lemon juice, parsley, shrimp and stir together.
• Top with feta cheese.
• Bake another 12 to 13 minutes or until shrimp is cooked through and cheese is melted.
• Garnish with additional chopped parsley.
• Serve with crusty bread and more lemon wedges.

SPICY HAM AND TOMATO MACARONI AND CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• Butter a 3-quart casserole dish or a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• In a large heavy saucepan melt the butter and cook the onion, garlic, jalapenos, coriander and cumin over low heat, stirring until the onion has softened.
• Stir in flour and cook stirring for 3 minutes.
• Add in half and half cream and/or milk; bring to a boil, whisking until mixture thickens (about 2 minutes).
• Add in well-drained tomatoes; simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add in cayenne, salt and pepper.
• In a large bowl, mix together cooked macaroni, and tomato/cream mixture.
• Add in the chopped cooked ham.
• Stir in the cheddar cheese to combine.
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish.
• In a small bowl, mix together the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese, then sprinkle over the casserole.
• Bake on the second-lowest oven rack for 20-25 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.

SPICY CHEESE & TOMATO BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and boil the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, tip the pesto, chilli, tomatoes and paprika into a large ovenproof dish. Shake 3 tbsp water in the closed pesto jar to get out the last bits, then pour into the dish and stir everything together. Drain the pasta, tip into the dish, season and mix well with half the Parmesan.
• Scatter over the goat's cheese, followed by the remaining Parmesan, then bake for 15-20 mins until piping hot and the cheese has melted.

SPICY TOMATO JALAPENO MACARONI AND CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Set oven to 375°F (set oven rack to second-lowest position).
• Butter a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• In a large saucepan melt 1/3 cup butter, add in the onions, garlic, diced jalapeño pepper, coriander and cumin; stirring until the onions are tender (about 5 minutes).
• Add in flour and stir for 2 minutes with a wooden spoon.
• Slowly add in the half and half cream whisking continuously until the mixture boils and thickens.
• Add in cayenne pepper and salt to taste.
• Add in chopped tomatoes and simmer for about 3 minutes (do not add in the cheese, add it in when when mixing in the bowl).
• In a large bowl mix together the cooked macaroni and tomato mixture, then stir in both cheeses; mix well to combine.
• Transfer to prepared casserole dish.
• In a small bowl mix together the fresh bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese, then sprinkle over the macaroni mixture in the baking pan.
• Bake for about 20-25 minutes, or until the mixture is bubbly.