0 from 27 votes
Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe
Baked pasta with chicken and a cheesy white sauce. A family favorite!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 598 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Cook Pasta
- 8 ounces pasta half pack
Cook Chicken
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large chicken breast
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
For the Sauce
- 2 Tablespoon butter
- 2 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1½ cup milk
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 1 Teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 Teaspoon onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning or Oregano
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard optional, *see Notes
- 1 cup shredded cheese
To top
- ½ cup shredded cheese
Instructions
- Bring water to boil with salt. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Cut chicken breast into smaller bite-size pieces.
- Heat up a skillet with the olive oil and add chicken.
- Season chicken with salt and black pepper and cook on all sides.
- Take chicken from the skillet and keep it aside for later. Bring skillet back to the heat and add butter.
- Stir all-purpose flour into the butter over a medium to slow heat setting and mix in.
- Quickly continue to pour in some of the milk and whisk it into the flour-butter mixture. Continue to whisk and to do that until you used up all the milk, and the sauce is looking smooth without pieces.
- Takedown the heat to a low flame. Stir in salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning (or oregano), and dijon mustard. Combine and allow the sauce to thicken.
- Stir in cheese and cooked chicken from earlier. Combine to a cheesy chicken sauce.
- Heat up oven to 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius.
- Place cooked pasta into the baking dish and pour chicken white sauce over the paste. Spread and mix the sauce into pasta.
- Top it all with grated cheese.
- Bake uncovered at 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius for about 20 minutes or until it looks golden crispy baked.
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Notes
- Dijon mustard is optional but I recommend that you add it. It's my secret ingredient. It adds flavor and mustard helps to bind the sauce further too.
Nutrition Information
Calories
598kcal
(30%)
Carbohydrates
53g
(18%)
Protein
38g
(76%)
Fat
25g
(38%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Cholesterol
93mg
(31%)
Sodium
1357mg
(57%)
Potassium
528mg
(15%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
686IU
(14%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
554mg
(55%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 598
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 598kcal | 30% |
| Carbohydrates | 53g | 18% |
| Protein | 38g | 76% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Cholesterol | 93mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 1357mg | 57% |
| Potassium | 528mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 686IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 554mg | 55% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.