Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake
Description
This dish is like macaroni and cheese, but with bacon and chicken. It’s creamy, cheesy and packed full of flavor. Serve it as a main course or as a side dish.
Ingredients
8 oz. dried pasta, macaroni, penne, spiral or bowtie
2 medium sized chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
3 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
1 onion, diced
1 1/2 c. semi-skimmed milk
1/4 c. butter
1 T. all-purpose flour
1/3 c. grated Parmesan cheese
2 slices Havarti cheese or any grated cheese of your choice on the top
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Once boiling, add pasta; cook 5 minutes. Take off the heat, drain and set aside.
In a skillet, cook the onion so that it softens, then add the chicken. Gently cook until sealed. Add the bacon; cook 2 minutes. Set aside.
To make the cheese sauce, be sure that the heat is on a low to medium heat flame. In a pan, melt the butter and add the flour; continually stir/whisk. Once you have cooked the flour for a minute or so, add some milk; continually stir/whisk. Keep adding the milk until it is all gone; stir. Sauce will start to thicken. When the sauce is thickened, add in the cheese, salt and pepper, to taste.
Add chicken and bacon mixture to the sauce and the pasta; stir so all the ingredients are coated.
Transfer the mixture to a ovenproof dish. Sprinkle on the grated cheese or place the slices of Havarti cheese on the top. Bake 30 minutes, or until the top is slightly golden and bubbling.
2-3 servings