This quick and easy to make pasta casserole is perfect for a weeknight meal. Chicken is cooked and shredded, then mixed with cooked noodles, tomatoes, basil, chicken broth, garlic powder, garlic salt and mozzarella cheese. Next more chicken broth is poured in the bottom of casserole dish. Then the pasta mixture is added to the pan. Sliced mozzarella cheese is placed on top of the pasta, then balsamic vinegar and olive oil are drizzled on top before baking.
Course
Entree
Prep Time20minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Servings8people
Ingredients
10ozpenned pasta
3boneless skinless chicken breastscooked and shredded
1 ½cupscherry tomatoeshalved
2tbspfresh basilchopped
1 ¼cupschicken brothdivided
1tspgarlic powder
1tspgarlic salt
1cupshredded Mozzarella cheese
1cupsliced Mozzarella cheese
1tbspbalsamic vinegar
1tbspolive oil
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Bring 4 cups of water to boil. Add noodles and boil for 5 minutes, then run under cool water to stop additional cooking.
In a bowl combine cooked noodles, chicken, tomatoes, basil, 1 cup chicken broth, garlic powder, garlic salt and shredded mozzarella cheese.
Pour ¼ cup of chicken broth in the bottom of the pan.
Add noodle mixture and spread evenly in the pan.
Top with sliced mozzarella cheese, covering the top as much as you can.
Drizzle with balsamic and olive oil.
Bake for 30 minutes or until cheese begins to bubble and turn golden brown.