Broccoli-Chicken and Cheese Bake

Name: Broccoli-Chicken and Cheese Bake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh broccoli florets; 2 cups cooked chicken, cut in bite size pieces; 1 (16 ounce) jar parmesan pasta sauce with roasted garlic; 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup; 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese or 4 ounces your choice cheese; 4 ounces shredded swiss cheese; 3/4-1 cup half-and-half; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 1/2 cups uncooked penne pasta or 2 1/2 cups your choice pasta

Submitted by Nougat

"I started sort of throwing this together a couple of years ago, I make this for company because everyone always carries on so about it. Recently, a friend needed a hand in providing a dish to pass for a pot luck at her church. I made this for her to take and I must say, it was the most popular thing there. We were asked to write out our recipes for people to share, so I thought the time had come to list it here as well. It's a very forgiving recipe so feel free to substitute to your hearts content. I would however, really recommend using the Swiss cheese--it's very good."

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Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

2 cups fresh broccoli florets
2 cups cooked chicken, cut in bite size pieces
1 (16 ounce) jar parmesan pasta sauce with roasted garlic
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese or 4 ounces your choice cheese
4 ounces shredded swiss cheese
³⁄₄ - 1 cup half-and-half
2 tablespoons butter
2 ¹⁄₂ cups uncooked penne pasta or 2 1/2 cups your choice pasta

directions

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook or steam broccoli for four minutes or until crisp/tender set aside.
Cook pasta to al dente, about 8 minutes.
While pasta is cooking, in a large sauce pan, combine Ragu sauce, soup, cheeses, butter, and half and half over med heat until cheese is melted and mixture is hot but not boiling.
Add broccoli, chicken, and pasta to sauce mix and stir to combine.
Turn into a lightly greased 3 quart casserole dish, cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

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So good! I baked this in a 9x13 dish and it filled it right up. The only things I would change next time is to leave the pasta more al dente than usual and add some garlic, either fresh or powdered, since we like things more garlic-y. thank you for sharing your recipe! Made this for Spring PAC 09.

MommaEllen

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Nougat

.hi,I'm Nougat, born and raised in Minnesota and was transplanted to Montana nearly ten years ago. It's beautiful here, the mountains are awesome! I'm definitely more of a cook then a baker, sort of odd maybe, because I work in a bakery. But, it's a job! DH and I like, well, let's see, quiet evenings with favorite t.v. shows and me in the kitchen cooking! I love to cook, and never get tired of trying new recipes from this wonderful site! DH is the happy guinea pig. We have a garden in the summer, and we like to go boating and fishing. No kids here except the animals which consist of two dogs and two cats, they've all been adopted from the local humane society. I could go on and on about them but once I get started on their personalities I'd likely carry on forever. Bailey, is our big goofy lab cross, Telly is the alpha shitzu/american eskimo mix, and the cats are Claire and Jenny, blue blood Siamese and slick black cat respectively. I love to read and collect cook books, many of which I find at the garage sales we like to visit. I have so many it would be impossibe to name a favorite, I can sit and read them like a novel, which, I enjoy also. My passions are, first my love for nearly all creatures, I have the original soft spot and if it weren't for DH they would be everywhere! And, second, I love to cook. My favorite foods are varied. Comfort foods mostly, casseroles, soups, etc. I also love Mexican food, Chinese, and I always like to try new stuff, although I don't get too fancy. I try to find something new at least once a week. DH likes to cook as well but, the spirit has to move him. He makes the best egg drop soup I've ever tasted. My number one pet peeve is people that have animals that don't take care of them, cruelty in any form, breaks my heart. Also, self-centered and incosiderate people waste my time. Politeness sometime seems like a lost art. That's about it, I'm looking forward to trying new recipes and perhaps making some new friends at Recipezaar! <img src=http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg>

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