No-Boil Chicken Penne

No-Boil Chicken Penne 

No-Boil Chicken Penne - cooked chicken, pasta sauce, ricotta, basil, mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Everything bakes in the oven, even the pasta! This makes a lot. We ate it for dinner and lunch the next day. It was equally delicious reheated. Serve with with some crusty garlic bread and a salad for an easy weeknight meal! The whole family gobbled this up!

No-Boil pasta casseroles are one of my favorite weeknight meals! It only takes a minute to assemble and the oven does all the work! This No-Boil Chicken Penne is one of our new favorites! Chicken, pasta sauce, ricotta, basil, mozzarella and parmesan cheese. What's not to like?!?!?!

I used half of a rotisserie chicken in this recipe. I always have some rotisserie chicken in the freezer for casseroles. I used a jar of Trader Joe's Roasted Garlic Marinara sauce. It is my absolute favorite jarred pasta sauce. I use it in all my pasta casseroles!

This makes a lot. We ate it for dinner and lunch the next day. It was equally delicious reheated. Serve with with some crusty garlic bread and a salad for an easy weeknight meal!

Yield: serves 8

No-Boil Chicken Penne

prep time: 5 MINScook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 hours and 5 mins

ingredients:

• 1 (26-oz) jar pasta sauce
• 1-1/2 cups water
• 1 (15-oz) container ricotta cheese
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella, divided
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 3 cups cooked chicken, chopped
• 8-oz uncooked penne pasta
• 2 Tbsp chopped fresh basil

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.  Lightly grease 9x13 pan; set aside.
2. Combine sauce, water, ricotta 1 cup of mozzarella, cooked chicken, parmesan and penne.  Pour into 9x13 pan and cover with foil.
3. Bake for 55 minutes.
4. Remove foil and top with remaining mozzarella cheese.  Bake for 5 to 10 minutes, until bubbly. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chopped basil.

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