Recipe of Favorite Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, baked cheesy chicken penne. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook baked cheesy chicken penne using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne:

1. Get 6 tbsp butter
2. Make ready 1 salt and black pepper
3. Get 1 lb penne rigate
4. Get 1 tsp olive oil
5. Get 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, halved horizontally
6. Get 3/4 cup flour
7. Prepare 6 garlic cloves, finely minced
8. Prepare 6 cup whole milk
9. Get 10 oz white or cremini mushrooms, trimmed and thinly sliced
10. Take 1 cup sliced oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained
11. Get 1 1/2 cup shredded provolone
12. Get 1 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan

Instructions to make Baked Cheesy Chicken Penne:

1. Preheat oven to 400. Butter two shallow 2-quart baking dishes. If you?re going to freeze one, use a disposable foil pan. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta 3 minutes short of al dente; drain pasta and set aside.
2. While pasta is boiling, heat oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Season chicken with salt and pepper; cook until opaque throughout, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Halve each piece lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise. While chicken pan is still hot, toss the mushrooms in and saute until golden brown (3-4 minutes). Use a little extra olive oil if needed.(Since I used left over chicken, I just cooked the mushrooms in the olive oil)
3. In a 5-quart Dutch oven or heavy pot , melt butter over medium. Add flour and garlic; cook, whisking, 1 minute. While whisking constantly, gradually add milk; bring to a simmer. Keep whisking frequently as sauce thickens, about 1 minute more. Add mushrooms and tomatoes; cook 1 minute. Take the pan off the heat and and gradually stir in provolone and 1/2 cup Parmesan.
4. Add chicken and pasta to pot; season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide pasta mixture between baking dishes. If freezing, place remaining parmesan cheese in a zip-top baggie. If cooking, sprinkle on top.
5. Bake, uncovered, until top is golden and bubbling, about 25 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
6. Freezer instructions: - - To freeze, prepare through step 4 and then let pasta cool. Cover pan well with plastic wrap. Place extra cheese in baggie (for topping) on top and then cover entire pan well with foil. Freeze for up to 3 months. To bake, preheat oven to 400. Remove foil and plastic from pan and set cheese baggie aside. Place foil back on pan and bake for about 1 1/2 hours. Remove foil, stir pasta, and top with cheese. Return pan to oven and bake for an additional 15 minutes (I only did 10 minutes) or until mixture is hot and bubbly throughout.

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