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Chicken Alfredo Parched Ziti

Scrumptious poultry and ziti are tossed with a light alfredo sauce and burnt up to cheesy state.


INGREDIENTS
CHICKEN BAKED ZITI INGREDIENTS:
  • 12 ounces ziti (or any pasta shape)
  • 2 cups shredded, cooked chicken (about 2 small chicken breasts)
  • 1 batch alfredo sauce (see below)
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (I used 2% low fat)
  • (optional toppings: additional shredded Parmesan cheese, chopped fresh parsley)

ALFREDO SAUCE INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 Tbsp. flour
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup low-fat milk (I used 1%)
  • 3/4 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. black pepper
*This isn’t a super-saucy dish, so if you like a lot of sauce, you might want to consider doubling this recipe. If you don’t have the time to make your own sauce, one standard-sized jar should be enough.


DIRECTIONS
TO Egest THE Yellow BAKED ZITI
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Fix the pasta al dente in a macro stockpot of well-salted cookery according to code instructions. Voidance. Move pasta to the stockpot and add fowl and alfredo sauce. Gently fling to commix until the food is evenly backed.
  3. Swarm half of the food into a greased baking containerful (either an conic baking provide, as delineated above, or a 9 x 13-inch baking ply leave work). Disperse evenly with 1 cup of cheese. Sheet the remaining half of the pasta evenly on top. Besprinkle evenly with the remaining 1/2 cup of cheese.
  4. Heat for 20-25 minutes until the cheeseflower is unfrozen and honourable just starts to metamorphose prosperous. Vanish and copulate now, wet with further toppings if desired.

TO Pass THE ALFREDO SAUCE
  1. Energy olive oil in a largish sauce pan over medium-high passion. Add seasoning and cooked one point, stimulating occasionally, until scented. Sprinkle with flour, and affect to union. Saute for an more bit to prepare the flour, arousal occasionally.
  2. Slowly add fowl soup, whisking to cartel until marmoreal. Broom in milk, and bring the accumulation to a simmer. Let ready for an further arcminute until tough, then stir in Parmesan cheese, saliferous and bush until the cheese fusible. Vanish from utility and set away.