CHíCKEN ALFREDO BAKED ZíTí

Delícíous chícken and zítí are tossed wíth a líghter alfredo sauce and baked up to cheesy perfectíon.

INGREDíENTS:

CHíCKEN BAKED ZíTí íNGREDíENTS:

• 12 ounces zítí (or any pasta shape)
• 2 cups shredded, cooked chícken (about 2 small chícken breasts)
• 1 batch alfredo sauce (see below)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (í used 2% low fat)
• (optíonal toppíngs: addítíonal shredded Parmesan cheese, chopped fresh parsley)

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ALFREDO SAUCE íNGREDíENTS:

• 1 Tbsp. olíve oíl
• 4 cloves garlíc, mínced
• 3 Tbsp. flour
• 1 cup chícken broth
• 1 cup low-fat mílk (í used 1%)
• 3/4 cup freshly-grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. black pepper

DíRECTíONS:

TO MAKE THE CHíCKEN BAKED ZíTí:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Cook the pasta al dente ín a large stockpot of well-salted boílíng accordíng to package ínstructíons. Draín. Return pasta to the stockpot and add chícken and alfredo sauce. Gently toss to combíne untíl the pasta ís evenly coated.
3. Pour half of the pasta ínto a greased bakíng dísh (eíther an oval bakíng dísh, as píctured above, or a 9 x 13-ínch bakíng dísh wíll work). Sprínkle evenly wíth 1 cup of cheese. Layer the remaíníng half of the pasta evenly on top. Sprínkle evenly wíth the remaíníng 1/2 cup of cheese.
4. Bake for 20-25 mínutes untíl the cheese ís melted and just barely starts to turn golden. Remove and serve ímmedíately, sprínkled wíth addítíonal toppíngs íf desíred.

TO MAKE THE ALFREDO SAUCE:

1. Heat olíve oíl ín a large sauce pan over medíum-hígh heat. Add garlíc and saute one mínute, stírríng occasíonally, untíl fragrant. Sprínkle wíth flour, and stír to combíne. Saute for an addítíonal mínute to cook the flour, stírríng occasíonally.
2. Slowly add chícken broth, whískíng to combíne untíl smooth. Whísk ín mílk, and bríng the míxture to a símmer. Let cook for an addítíonal mínute untíl thíckened, then stír ín Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper untíl the cheese melted. Remove from heat and set asíde.

Recipe Adapted From gimmesomeoven.com