CHICKEN PARMESAN BAKED ZITI

Do you ever take a look at your lifestyles and marvel just how you came to be where you are nowadays?

I had one of these moments inside the kitchen this past week whilst i used to be making this bird parmesan baked ziti.

Oh sure.  back then, this is what I taken into consideration a fancy domestic-cooked meal.

Nicely, if we sincerely felt like going fancy and had some dollars to spare, my roommates and i'd toss in some pepperoni or perhaps a number of the powdered Parmesan we saved within the refrigerator.  however most nights, it become simple pasta + sauce + cheese, and that turned into a massive step up from what turned into being served within the cafeteria.  And once it came out of the oven.

So today I’m sharing with you a contemporary recipe mashup I made for a few friends.  It’s all the goodness of fowl parmesan, become a baked ziti dish.  I call it…(prepare yourself for the brilliance of the call).

INGREDIENTS

• 12 ounces DeLallo penne ziti (or any pasta shape)
• 2 cups shredded, cooked chicken (about 2 small chicken breasts)
• 1 (25 ounce) jar DeLallo Pomodoro Fresco Tomato-Basil Sauce (pasta sauce)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (I used 2% low fat)
• 1/3 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 375 stages F.
2. Cook the pasta al dente in a large stockpot of generously-salted boiling in line with bundle instructions. Drain. return pasta to the stockpot and upload chicken and tomato sauce. gently toss to mix till the pasta is calmly lined.
3. Pour 1/2 of the pasta into a greased 11×7-inch or 9×13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 1 cup of mozzarella cheese, half of of the Parmesan cheese and half of of the basil. Layer the last 1/2 of the pasta evenly on pinnacle. Sprinkle flippantly with the closing half of cup of mozzarella cheese.
4. Bake for 20-25 mins until the cheese is melted and just barely starts offevolved to turn golden. dispose of and sprinkle right now with the closing Parmesan cheese and clean basil. Serve heat.

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