Chicken Pasta Bake

You happen to be longing for a satisfying and enjoyable meal for tonight? The comfort of a hot, gooey chicken fresh pasta bake embellishing the dinner table is the best solution for this kind of situation.

This specific recipe is quite reminiscent of chicken pot pie. It calls for cooking up a pasta dish sufficiently good to be served alone then stacking on another layer of ease and comfort by baking it in bread crumbs. If this may sound like it's clicking the mark for you, this is how you could serve your very own up tonight!

Ingredients for Chicken Pasta Bake

• 1-2/3 cup uncooked egg noodles or quite similar pasta 
• 3 Tablespoons butter 
• 1 stalk of celery 
• 1/4 cup onion 
• 2 cans condensed cream of chicken soup 
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
• 2 cups milk
• 1 one lb bag frozen peas/carrot mix
• 3 cups cooked, cubed chicken
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs

Cooking the Pasta and Vegetables

When you've got vegetables that could be easily acquired fresh from a store nearby and especially if they are in season, it's best to utilize them. Of course, there is always the option of frozen veggies too when they aren't in season or maybe the current costs are too high. In this recipe, we'll be utilising both fresh and frozen vegetables.

Begin by dicing up the frozen vegetables as well as the fresh veggies. When you're done chopping, put the vegetables away and off to one side.

As soon as that's done, it's about time to start cooking the pasta. You can utilize egg noodles or make your own pasta noodles, though it is probably better to use shorter pasta for example macaroni or rigatoni as you will probably be baking it later and it'll be less difficult to balance where the pasta is.

Take a large pot of water into a boil at a high temperature. Add in whatever pasta you're using and cook until slightly tender. Dependent upon the size and thickness of the pasta, this could take anywhere from around 8-12 minutes. As soon as tender, drain the noodles in a colander then put back into the pot away and off to the side.

This is a good time to start preheating the oven to 350 degrees. Given that you'll be baking soon, this could give your oven plenty of time to heat up and be all set once when the pasta is perfectly ready.

Cooking the Chicken Pasta

Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.

Your vegetables are cut, your noodles are already boiled perfectly and also your oven is heating, so it's time to start assembling the pasta bake filling.

Pick up a medium size saucepan and put butter inside it on medium heat. Have the butter melt completely. Add some onions and celery that you chopped up earlier to the melted butter. Cook for roughly 5-6 minutes permitting the veggies to get coated evenly with the butter during this time period.

The soup, milk along with the cheese can be put in at this time. Now it's starting to look really good while the sauce begins to thicken and become progressively more creamy with every mix. Stirring should continue until all the cheese has fully melted.

Now dump the frozen vegetables, filling mixture, and chicken on the pot together with the pasta inside it. Give it time to cook over medium heat adding salt and pepper for flavoring. Continue mixing and tasting till you feel it has attained the taste you are looking at.

Baking the Chicken Pasta Bake

Spray a 9 x 13 pan with non-stick cooking spray and add the chicken pasta mixture into it. Put on a good layer of bread crumbs all over the top, covering the filling thoroughly.

After 30 minutes or so, the chicken pasta bake should have a fantastic golden crust and be all set to pull out off the oven. Though the smell can be alluring, it is probably far better to wait a bit of time and permit it to cool off before serving. After it is cooled, share this stress-free dish with all of the ones you love!