easy chicken and pasta bake
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This is a recipe I created that is fast and nutritious, and bonus my kids love it. This is great for all the working mothers out there (like me), it can be made ahead of time and thrown in the oven after work. Serve with salad and garlic bread.
(2 ratings)
yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
15 Min
Ingredients For easy chicken and pasta bake
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1 lbpenne pasta, cooked
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1 mdonion, chopped
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1 lbground chicken
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4 clovegarlic, minced
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1/4 tspred pepper flakes
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10 ozfrozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed of all excess water
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1 jaralfredo sauce
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1 jartomato and basil spaghetti sauce
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1 cmozzarella cheese, shredded
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1/4 cparmesan cheese
How To Make easy chicken and pasta bake
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1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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2On your cook top over med-high heat, brown ground chicken with chopped onions in a large sauce pan until chicken is cooked and onions are soft and translucent.
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3Add garlic, spinach, and red pepper flakes and cook until spinach is just heated through.
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4Turn down cook top heat to med and add both jars of sauce to the meat mixture. Stir thoroughly and cook for about 5 mins.
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5Transfer your meat and sauce mixture into a large bowl and mix in the cooked Penne pasta.
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6Pour pasta mixture into 9X13in. pan and sprinkle the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses over the pasta mixture.
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7Bake in your preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes.
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