Chicken & tomato dump & bake pasta

Name: Chicken & tomato dump & bake pasta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, diced; 3 cups dry rotini; 1/4 cup red lentils; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 1/2 cups 2% milk; 1 can diced tomatoes (796 ml); 2 cups spinach; 1 cup shredded cheese (cheddar or whatever you have); 1 tsp garlic powder; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp basil; 1/2 tsp chili flakes (more or less to taste)

6 steps

Prep:10minCook:1h

This is an easy and delicious dump meal! You can add onions or mushrooms if you have them - it’s a pretty flexible dish! I highly recommend using Better Than Bouillon, and mixing your broth double strength. It gives amazing flavour!

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 04:46:20 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

3 cupsrotini

1 cupchicken broth

1 ½ cups2% milk

796mlcan diced tomatoes

2 cupsspinach

1 cupshredded cheese

cheddar or whatever you have

1 tspgarlic powder

1 tsponion powder

1 tspbasil

½ tspchili flakes

more or less to taste

Instructions

Step 1

Spray a 9x13 pan

Step 2

Dice or cube raw chicken

Step 3

Dump in chicken, pasta, lentils, tomatoes, cheese, and spinach. Hint: spinach mixes more easily if roughly chopped first, but it’s not required.

Step 4

Sprinkle all spices evenly-ish over the contents, and mix everything together.

Step 5

Pour milk and bouillion over top of the mixture in the pan. The liquid should end up just covering the other ingredients in the pan. If it doesn’t, add a little extra water or broth.

Step 6

Cover with foil and cook at 400 F for 60 mins. Optional: after 40 mins, add more cheese over top and cook the remaining 20 minutes uncovered.