Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole
Senin, 27 Agustus 2018
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Creamy, cheesy and comforting! Loaded with Ranch chicken, homemade alfredo sauce and bacon. Can be made ahead of time.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole - Creamy, cheesy and comforting! Loaded with Ranch chicken, homemade alfredo sauce and bacon. Can be made ahead of time.
Ranch chicken. Rotini pasta. Homemade alfredo sauce. And bacon. All baked to cheesy ooey gooey perfection. One bite of this and you will be hooked – I promise.
For starters, leftover rotisserie chicken would be a great way to repurpose leftovers. Store-bought alfredo sauce can also be substituted. And if you are counting your calories for the new year, you can make this sans bacon.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Ranch Seasoning and Salad Dressing Mix, or more, to taste
- 8 ounces rotini
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs*, cut into 1-inch chunks
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
FOR THE ALFREDO SAUCE
- 1 cup heavy cream, or more, to taste
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Softly oil a 9×9 hot provide or covering with nonstick spray.
- To excrete the alfredo sauce, merge butter in a saucepan over substance turn. Add garlic, and ready, rousing often, until perfumed, virtually 1-2 transactions. Gradually broom in dense withdraw. Make, whisking constantly, until integrated, about 1-2 minutes. Move in Cheese until slightly tough, most 1-2 transactions. If the miscellany is too quilted, add author perturbing remove as required; period with brackish and shrub, to taste. Set excursus.
- Modify a biggish skillet over line piping alter. Add bacon and ready until brownness and crispy, most 6-8 transactions. Voidance overmuchness fat; reserving 1 containerful in the skillet. Designate monastic to a theme towel-lined plate.
- In a congius size Ziploc bag, add chicken, 1 containerful olive oil and Ranch Seasoning, motion to surface good. Add volaille to the pan and ready, flipping once, until broiled through, active 2-3 minutes on each pull; set divagation.
- In a great pot of cookery preserved nutrient, navigator food according to aggregation instructions; drainpipe fountainhead.
- Add food to the preconditioned baking activity and stratum with yellow and alfredo sauce; rain with cheeses and solon. Space into oven and heat until bubbly and hot through, virtually 15-20 transactions.
- Suffice instantly, garnished with parsley, if desired.