Bombolina Baked Chicken
Source of Recipe
Paul Newman
Recipe Introduction
Serves six
List of Ingredients
- 1 lb rigatoni pasta
- 3 cups peeled and diced fresh tomatoes
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 2 tsp chopped garlic
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella (1 1/2 cups for pasta 1/2 cup for chicken)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 6 boneless chicken breast halves
- 2 cups Bombolina Pasta Sauce (Newman's Own makes one)
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (to sprinkle on top last)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350
- Butter a 13 X 9 ovenproof dish
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and bring the water back to a boil. Stir the pasta a few times so it does not clump or stick together. Boil according to the manufacturer's directions.
- Drain the pasta in a colander.
- Toss it in the bowl with the tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic, parsley and salt and pepper to taste.
- Add 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese.
- Place in the prepared baking dish and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil over high heat in a skillet large enough to hold the chicken in one layer.
- Brown the breasts on both sides in the hot oil.
- Place the chicken on top on the rigatoni in the baking dish.
- Pour the pasta sauce over the breasts
- Top with the remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella cheese.
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 35 mintues.
- Place a portion of the pasta on each plate, place one breast on top and scoop some of the pasta sacue over the top of it. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
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