Tuscan Chicken Florentine Penne Pasta Bake
Recipe: #42660
April 11, 2024
Categories: Casseroles, Penne, Spinach, Italian Frozen Vegetables, Canned Tomatoes, Italian Dinner, more
"Can add bacon bits"
Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (552.7 g)
- Calories 400
- Total Fat - 18.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.3 g
- Cholesterol - 202.4 mg
- Sodium - 1818.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 15.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.2 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 43.5 g
- Calcium - 618.5 mg
- Iron - 4.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 23 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cook pasta in heavily salted boiling water until al dente.
Step 2
Drain, saving 1/2 cup pasta water.
Step 3
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
Step 4
Sauté onion and mushrooms until tender.
Step 5
Season lightly.
Step 6
Add garlic, chicken and pasta water.
Step 7
Mix cooked, drained penne pasta, onion, diced tomatoes, spinach, Italian seasoning and cream cheese together in the skillet until the cream cheese melts and coats everything.
Step 8
Add black olives.
Step 9
Pour into Pam sprayed 9x13 casserole.
Step 10
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the pasta mixture. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil.
Step 11
Bake in the preheated oven 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
Step 12
Remove foil and continue baking until heated through and beginning to brown along the edges, about 15 minutes more.
Tips
No special items needed.