Chicken and Vegetable Casserole With Basil
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 small boneless skinesss chicken breasts (about 1 lb)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper, divided
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1⁄2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped (or 1 tsp. dried)
- 3⁄4 3/4 cup swiss cheese or 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
- 8 ounces broad egg noodles
- 2 cups green beans, chopped (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup grape tomatoes, cut in half
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F Butter a shallow 10-12 cup baking dish.
- Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoons each salt and pepper. In a large nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium heat; add chicken and cook turning once, for about 10 minutes or until chicken is well browned; transfer to a plate.
- Add green onions to skillet; sauté for 1 minute. Whisk flour into milk; gradually pour into pan. Cook, stirring constantly, for about 3 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat, stir in basil, 1/2 cup of the cheese, and remaining salt and pepper.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles for about 5 minutes or until almost tender, adding green beans 2 minutes before end of cook time (or 1 minute if frozen); drain and spread in baking dish.
- Spread 3/4 of the sauce over the noodles in dish; toss gently to coat. Arrange chicken and tomatoes on top. Spoon remaining sauce on chicken; sprinkle with remainng cheese. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of chicken registers 165F, and is no longer pink inside.
- FOR THE ADVENTUROUS: Replace the green beans with broccolini, blanching as directed or with chopped drained marinated artichoke hearts and add them with tomatoes. Add 1 cured Chorizo sausage, sliced with tomatoes.
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