Chicken Alfredo Baked

Sunday meal 

You guys this Sunday i had such a crave for baked pasta and even though i am still guilty for not posting the basilico pasta recipe which i promised ( is coming soon ) i will show you guys instead how to cook the perfect oven baked pasta , and if this pasta is with chicken and mushrooms and along with a tasty white sauce i think it's a winner for me .

I don't love anything more than a good pasta dish with some white sauce and in this case i only know how to cook about 3 recipes , the tuna pasta which is already posted and make sure to check it , the carbonara ( posted also ) and the chicken alfredo but i never did it baked so on Sunday i said why not cook something different for the first time. It was a baking day all day Sunday , i started with cooking the cheese fornetti and right after that i went with the pasta and today i will tell you all about it .

So grab your pen and paper and take some notes !

Chicken Alfredo baked

Ingredients :

• penne pasta from Barilla
• half onion
• oil
• cheese ,mozarella or parmesan
• chicken breast
• mushrooms
• heavy cream
• salt
• pepper
• parsley
• garlic ( optional )

It is very rare for me to use milk when i cook , everybody who knows me they know that i hate milk entirely , i can never drink it or eat foods made from milk only if i get to cover the taste very good for example like pudding . But this recipe needs milk in order to get that creamy feeling so i had to sacrifice and pour just a bit .

Step by step recipe :

-First step is always to chop all the ingredients and have everything ready . For the chicken breast you only can see a slice of it ( around 300 grams ) but now depends for how many persons are you cooking . I cooked just for 2 persons so i used around a quarter of a kilogram . Chop also the onion into small pieces and the mushrooms as well .

-Cook the pasta according to the package instructions , bring water to boil with plenty of salt and then add the pasta for about 10 minutes . But is always good to taste it before closing the fire . Stir and leave for a while .

-Heat up a pan with 3 spoons oil and then add the onion first for about 2 minutes until it gets golden . Next step is to add the chicken which you cut into small cubes and leave it until gets white then add salt and pepper and little dried oregano or garlic optional . Add the mushrooms as well and stir for 3 minutes .

-Add the cream and mix all together until you get a nice consistency , add also some mozarella inside or parmesan and then around 100 ml milk . Stir until it gets a little bit creamy and then close the fire and set aside .

-Choose a pot you can use in the oven and place some butter on the bottom . Add first the boiled penne .

-Then pour on top our sauce and everything from the pan . Mix it just very little to make sure the pasta is incorporated with the sauce .

-Place on top some cheese or mozarella and some chopped parsley .

-Now is ready to go into the oven for about 25 minutes at around 180 degrees or you can check it from time to time and when the cheese on top is golden then you can take it out and serve .

It looks good , doesn't it ?! But taste million times better and is a recipe you can always cook on a Sunday meal , great comfort and soul food and super easy to make.

The final result

Bon Appetit guys and give it a try !

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