Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, chicken cordon bleu pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, heat cream and cream cheese over medium heat until smooth, stirring occasionally. Drain pasta; stir in chicken, bacon and ham.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken cordon bleu pasta bake using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake:
- Get 2 cup Heavy cream
- Take 2 tbsp Salted butter
- Make ready 1 packages Pasta noodles(spaghetti, fettuccine, penne)
- Prepare 1 box Cream cheese
- Prepare 1 tsp Garlic powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Onion powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Olive Garden garlic and herb seasoning/you can use whatever kind u have on hand
- Prepare 3/4 cup Cooked chopped bacon
- Prepare 2 large chicken breast or 3 small ones
- Prepare 1/2 lb Black Forrest ham–it came out to be about 6 slices when I had it cut at deli
- Prepare 1 cup Swiss cheese/half in sauce and half as topping
- Take 1/2 cup Pepper jack or Monterey Jack-add some to sauce and some as topping
- Get Bread crumbs- I used garlic and herb Parmesan Panko type crumbs
It's basically like thick, creamy, decadent macaroni and cheese but chock full of a hearty portion of chicken and ham and covered in buttery Parmesan bread crumbs. Instead of using canned cream of chicken soup like the original recipe called for I thought it would be yummier to make a swiss. Namely chicken cordon bleu pasta bake. I like baked pasta because the top gets a little bit browned and I love the extra crispiness and flavor that comes with it all.
Steps to make Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Bake:
- Boil pasta and Drain. I boiled my noodles in the broth that I cooked my chicken in, along with bay leaf and some other spices and bullion cube that I had added/cooked it in
- Heat cream cheese on stove until melted. Stir in the heavy cream, and butter & stir it until combined. Add onion/garlic powder. Add and Stir about a cup of cheese until smooth.
- In a bowl I combined the cooked shredded chicken, ham, and bacon, some seasonings and tossed around.
- Spray Pam in baking dish, and layer noodles, and the chicken/bacon/ham mixture from bowl. Pour sauce over top and spread evenly. Sprinkle top with about 1/2 cup cheese and bread crumbs.
- Bake at 350°F for about 20 minutes or cheese is melted. - Let cool for about 5 min.
And this pasta is suuuuper easy, with no cream of anything (you don't need it!) and chicken and ham and swiss cheesy goodness! Cook rigatoni according to box instructions and drain well.. Heat olive oil over medium heat. Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Casserole, an easy chicken pasta casserole dinner recipe that is family friendly and also a great freezer friendly meal! Add the pasta, half of each cheese and the meatballs.
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