Creamy Chicken and Sausage Pasta with White Sauce
Yummy pasta casserole filled with chicken and Italian sausage, seasoned with onions and peppers smothered in a easy white sauce
Servings: 8 people
Equipment
- 1 11 X 13 casserole dish
Ingredients
- 1 box medium pasta shells
- 1 tbls canola oil
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1/2 lb Italian mild sausage
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 green pepper diced
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp cumin
- 2 jars Classico 4 Cheese Alfredo Sauce
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Put a pot of water on stovetop to boil for pasta. Turn on oven to 325 degrees to preheat.
- Dice up onion and green peppers.
- Place tbls of oil in skillet on stovetop to heat up. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces. Place chicken in hot skillet to cook.
- After chicken has cooked for several minutes, add in Italian sausage to skillet.
- Before chicken and Italian sausage has finished cooking, add in chopped peppers and onions. Stir and continue cooking to green peppers and onions are soft.
- Add spices to chicken and sausage mixture. Add 1 cup of mozzarella cheese. Stir.
- Cook pasta and drain. Make sure not to overcook pasta.
- Add hot, drained, cooked pasta to chicken and sausage mixture. If pasta won't fit in skillet, mix everything in a separate bowl.
- Pour both jars of sauce over chicken and pasta . Stir to coat pasta.
- Pour pasta and chicken mixture into greased 11 by 13 casserole dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
- Place mixture in 325 oven. Heat casserole for about 20 minutes. Cover pasta with foil if it needs longer to heat, to avoid drying out pasta.
- Serve hot, creamy pasta with bread and side salad!