This Chicken and Spinach Pasta Bake takes ordinary ingredients like chicken, spinach, cream cheese, and pasta and turns them into a delicious dinner that is easy to make.

Yield: 6

Chicken and Spinach Pasta Bake

Name: Chicken and Spinach Pasta Bake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 10-ounce package frozen spinach, thawed; 8 ounces rigatoni pasta; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 cup finely chopped onion; 3 cups cubed cooked chicken breast; 1 14.5 ounce can Italian-style diced tomatoes; 1 8-ounce container chive-and-onion cream cheese, softened; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon pepper; 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

This Chicken and Spinach Pasta Bake takes ordinary ingredients like chicken, spinach, cream cheese, and pasta and turns them into a delicious dinner that is easy to make.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

1 10-ounce package frozen spinach, thawed
8 ounces rigatoni pasta
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
3 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
1 14.5 ounce can Italian-style diced tomatoes
1 8-ounce container chive-and-onion cream cheese, softened
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon pepper
1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Place spinach in a strainer and set aside to drain well. Prepare pasta according to directions.
While pasta cooks, place oil in bottom of a 7x11 inch baking dish (with cover). Add onion in a single layer and bake, uncovered, about 15 minutes or just until tender. Transfer onions to a large bowl and set baking dish aside.
Press spinach between 2 paper towels to remove any remaining liquid. Stir pasta, spinach, chicken, tomatoes, cream cheese, salt and pepper into onion in bowl. Spoon into baking dish and top with cheese.
Bake, covered, for 30 minutes; uncover and bake 15 more minutes or until bubbly.

Notes

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 476Saturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 105mgSodium: 698mgCarbohydrates: 36gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 36g

Nutrition information is an approximation.

Serve this yummy entree with a side salad and some crusty French bread and you have an elegant meal that would be just as great for serving to company as it is for serving to your family. This is a delicious meal from the Alabama Hometown Cookbook that you will want to add to your weekly meal plan.

Alabama Hometown Cookbook

The Alabama Hometown Cookbook is part of the State Hometown Cookbook Series by Great American Publishers. The book is a collection of recipes from people across the State of Alabama, including personal recipes from the authors’ own families.

The recipes are an insight to the culinary heritage of people who lovingly call Alabama home. The recipes cover everything from appetizers to dessert. Included in the book is information about festivals around Alabama organized by months.

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USS Alabama Shrimp Deviled Eggs
Irondale Cafe Cornbread
Full Moon Bar-B-Que’s Marinated Slaw
Peach Barbecue Sauce
Chelsea McLean’s Island Curry Chicken
Cajun Barbecued Shrimp
Old Southern Pound Cake
Alabama Bourbon Pecan Balls

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