Cheddar Chicken Mostaccioli Recipes

CHEDDAR CHICKEN MOSTACCIOLI

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Stir in the soups, milk, mushrooms, pimientos, olives, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Add the chicken, mostaccioli, 3/4 cup cheddar cheese and the Swiss cheese; toss to mix. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 40 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese and bake 15-20 minutes longer or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Freeze option: Cool unbaked casserole; cover and freeze. Freeze reserved cheese in separate freezer container. To use, partially thaw casserole and reserved cheese in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Bake casserole as directed, increasing time as necessary to heat through and for a thermometer inserted in center to read 165°.

MAC AND CHEDDAR CHEESE WITH CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Place a pot of water on to boil for macaroni.
• Heat a medium pan over medium to medium-high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil and chicken and season with salt and pepper. Saute a couple of minutes then add onion and cook another 5 to 7 minutes until onions are tender and chicken is cooked through. Turn off heat and reserve.
• To boiling pasta water, add pasta and salt to season the cooking water. Cook 5 minutes, then add broccoli and cook 3 minutes more or until pasta is cooked to al dente and florets are just tender.
• While pasta cooks, heat a medium sauce pot over medium heat. Add butter and melt, then add flour, cayenne and paprika and whisk together over heat until roux bubbles then cook a minute more. Whisk in milk and stock and raise heat to bring the sauce to a quick boil. Simmer until the sauce thickens about 5 minutes.
• Drain macaroni or pasta and broccoli florets. Add back to the pot and add chicken to the pasta and broccoli.
• Add cheese to milk sauce and stir to melt it in, a minute or so. Stir in mustard and season sauce with salt and pepper. Pour sauce over chicken and broccoli and cooked pasta and stir to combine. Adjust seasonings and transfer to a large serving platter and serve.

CREAMY LEMON CHICKEN MOSTACCIOLI

Steps:

• Place flour and seasoned salt into a zip-top bag; seal and shake to mix. Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces and add to flour mixture. Seal tightly and shake to coat.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add garlic herb butter and swirl to coat. Add chicken; reduce heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is slightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• At the same time, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir capers and chicken base into chicken. Cook, stirring often, until flavors have blended, about 2 minutes. Add wine, cream, and lemon juice. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly heated and chicken is no longer pink in the centers, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Drain pasta and stir into chicken mixture.

CREAMY CHICKEN MOSTACCIOLI PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain pasta and reserve 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Meanwhile, trim chicken of fat and slice across the grain into thin strips. Toss the chicken strips with pesto in a bowl, using your hands to make sure chicken is well covered.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken and cook and stir until no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir Alfredo sauce, mushrooms, salt, and pepper into the chicken. Pour reserved pasta water into the Alfredo jar; shake to rinse, then pour into the skillet. Heat just to a boil, then turn off the heat and stir in pasta.

PESTO CHICKEN MOSTACCIOLI

Steps:

• Cook mostaccioli and chicken according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the cheddar cheese, sour cream, ricotta, pesto, cream and Parmesan cheese., Chop chicken tenders and drain mostaccioli; add to cheese mixture. Toss to coat. Transfer to two greased 11x7-in. baking dishes (dishes will be full). Combine bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over the top., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.,

CHEESY CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI PASTA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil on medium heat in a large pot. Add chicken breasts, season with salt and pepper, and allow the chicken to brown on one side.
• Flip chicken, then add onions and garlic as the second side browns.
• Once the chicken has browned on both sides, add chicken broth, water, and pasta to the pot.
• Stir all ingredients, cover the pot with a lid, and bring to a boil. When it begins to boil, uncover and stir. Bring the heat to low, stir, then cover and let simmer for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes has passed, uncover and add in the broccoli. Stir continually as the broccoli steams until the rest of the liquid evaporates.
• Add milk and cheddar cheese and stir until the cheese melts and you have a smooth cheese sauce.
• Add salt and pepper (to taste), cayenne, and nutmeg. Stir once more, then you're ready to serve.
• Enjoy!

PESTO CHICKEN MOSTACCIOLI

Steps:

• Cook mostaccioli and chicken according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine cheddar cheese, sour cream, ricotta, pesto, half and half, and Parmesan cheese.
• Chop chicken and drain pasta.
• Add to cheese micture.
• Toss to coat.
• Transfer to two gresed 11X7 baking dishes (dishes will be full).
• Combine bread crumbs and butter. Sprinkle over top of casseroles.
• Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 25-30 min or until heated through and golden brown.

CHEDDAR CHICKEN PENNE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, melt half of the butter over medium-high heat; brown chicken strips in batches, transfer to a bowl.
• Add remaining butter to skillet. Add green onions, apples, nutmeg, 3/4 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoons pepper; cook, stirring for about 3 minutes or until softened.
• Add vinegar, scraping any bits stuck to the pan. Stir in cream and cranberries; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and boil gently, strring often, for about 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook pasta for about 10 minutes or until tender but firm. Drain and return to pot.
• Add chicken and any accumulated juices to sauce; simmer for about 3 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink inside. Pour over cooked pasta and sprinkle with cheese.
• Season with salt and pepper. Serve sprinkled with chives.