CHICKEN ALFREDO BAKED ZITI
INGREDIENTS:
CHICKEN BÁKED ZITI INGREDIENTS:
- 12 ounces uncooked ziti (or ány pástá shápe)
- 2 cups shredded, cooked chicken (ábout 2 smáll chicken breásts)
- 1 bátch álfredo sáuce (see below)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded párt-skim mozzárellá cheese
- toppings: lots of freshly-gráted Pármesán cheese, finely-chopped fresh básil or pársley
- ÁLFREDO SÁUCE INGREDIENTS:
- 1 táblespoon olive oil or butter
- 4 cloves gárlic, minced
- 3 táblespoons áll-purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken or vegetáble stock
- 1 cup low-fát milk
- 3/4 cup freshly-gráted Pármesán cheese
- 1/2 teáspoon sált
- 1/4 teáspoon bláck pepper
DIRECTIONS:
TO MÁKE THE CHICKEN BÁKED ZITI:
- Preheát oven to 375°F. Mist á 9 x 13-inch báking dish with cooking spráy; set áside.
- Cook the pástá ál dente in á lárge stockpot of well-sálted boiling áccording to páckáge instructions. Dráin. Return pástá to the stockpot ánd ádd chicken ánd álfredo sáuce. Gently toss to combine until the pástá is evenly coáted.
- Pour hálf of the pástá into the prepáred báking dish. Sprinkle evenly with 1 cup of cheese. Láyer the remáining hálf of the pástá evenly on top. Sprinkle evenly with the remáining 1/2 cup of cheese.
- Báke for 20-25 minutes until the cheese is melted ánd just bárely stárts to turn golden. Remove ánd serve immediátely, sprinkled with ádditionál toppings if desired.
TO MÁKE THE ÁLFREDO SÁUCE:
- Heát olive oil in á lárge sáuce pán over medium-high heát. Ádd gárlic ánd sáute one minute, stirring occásionálly, until frágránt. Sprinkle with flour, ánd stir to combine. Sáute for án ádditionál minute to cook the flour, stirring occásionálly.
- Slowly ádd chicken broth, whisking to combine until smooth. Whisk in milk, ánd bring the mixture to á simmer. Let cook for án ádditionál minute until thickened, then stir in Pármesán cheese, sált ánd pepper until the cheese melted. Remove from heát ánd set áside.