Chicken 'n' Spinach Pasta Bake

Name: Chicken 'n' Spinach Pasta Bake
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 411 grams Italian-style diced tomatoes; 227 grams chive-and-onion cream cheese; 710 milliliters cubed cooked chicken breasts; 283 grams package frozen chopped spinach, thawed; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 237 milliliters finely chopped onion (about 1 medium); 1 teaspoons pepper; 227 grams uncooked rigatoni; 1 teaspoons salt; 170 grams 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Chicken 'n' Spinach Pasta Bake might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 38g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 502 calories. This recipe covers 31% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. If you have pepper, mozzarella cheese, rigatoni, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Prepare rigatoni according to package directions.

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Rigatoni

Meanwhile, spread oil on bottom of an 11- x 7-inch baking dish; add onion in a single layer.

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Spread

Onion

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Bake at 375 for 15 minutes or just until tender.

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Oven

Transfer onion to a large bowl, and set aside.

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Onion

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Bowl

Drain chopped spinach well, pressing between layers of paper towels.

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Spinach

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Paper Towels

Stir rigatoni, spinach, chicken, and next 4 ingredients into onion in bowl. Spoon mixture into baking dish, and sprinkle evenly with shredded mozzarella cheese.

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Shredded Mozzarella

Rigatoni

Whole Chicken

Spinach

Onion

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Baking Pan

Bowl

Bake, covered, at 375 for 30 minutes; uncover and bake 15 more minutes or until bubbly.

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Oven

Sausage 'n' Spinach Pasta

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Sausage

Spinach

Pasta

Bake: Substitute 3 cups cooked, crumbled hot Italian sausage for 3 cups cubed cooked chicken breasts. Reduce salt to 1/4 tsp., and omit 1/2 tsp. pepper. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Cooked Chicken Breast