Recipe: Yummy Italian Baked Chicken and Pasta

Italian Baked Chicken and Pasta.

You can cook Italian Baked Chicken and Pasta using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Italian Baked Chicken and Pasta

1. You need 1 cup of any small pasta.
2. It's 2 tbsp of Olive oil.
3. You need 1/2 cup of Chicken breast, cubed.
4. It's 1/2 cup of Onion, diced.
5. Prepare 1 clove of Garlic, minced.
6. You need 1 can of (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes w/ juice.
7. It's 1 cup of Mozzarella, shredded.
8. You need 1/4 cup of Fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped (or 1/2 Tbsp of dried parsley).
9. You need 1/4 cup of Bread crumbs.
10. You need 1/4 cup of Parmesan, grated.
11. It's 1 tbsp of Butter.
12. You need 1 of Salt & Pepper to taste.

Italian Baked Chicken and Pasta instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400?F.
2. Bring med. pot of salted water to a boil.
3. Add pasta and cook until tender, stirring occasionally (about 5 min.).
4. Drain pasta and place in a greased 8x8 baking dish.
5. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a med. saute pan over med. heat.
6. Add chicken and cook for 3 minutes.
7. Stir in onion and garlic, cook until onions are soft and chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
8. Add chicken to the baking dish with pasta.
9. Stir in canned tomatoes, mozzarella, parsley, salt, and pepper.
10. In a small bowl, mix bread crumbs and Parmesan, then sprinkle over the pasta mixture.
11. Dot the top with small bits of butter.
12. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes.

Share this post