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Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole
Luke M.
"Tastes just like chicken bacon ranch pizza. Serve with salad, garlic bread, or French fries. Might be good with onions."
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Ingredients
2 h 3 m servings 591 calsOriginal recipe yields 12 servings
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Directions
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- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Arrange chicken on the baking sheet.
- Bake chicken in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Dice chicken and place in a bowl; add ranch mix and stir until coated.
- Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, reserving bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon into small pieces.
- Heat reserved bacon grease in the skillet; cook and stir bell pepper until slightly tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Add chicken, 1 jar Alfredo sauce, milk, and garlic; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
- Pour 1/2 the jar of remaining Alfredo sauce into a casserole dish; top with 1/2 of the penne, 1/2 of the chicken mixture, 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, and 1/2 of the bacon. Repeat layering with remaining ingredients in the same order ending with 1 cup mozzarella cheese and bacon on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is bubbling and cheese is lightly browned, about 30 minutes.
Footnotes
- Cook's Note:
- Any variety of pasta can be used in place of the penne. Substitute Italian cheese blend for the mozzarella cheese, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 591 calories; 34.3 g fat; 33.9 g carbohydrates; 37.2 g protein; 106 mg cholesterol; 1407 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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10/26/2017
My family loved it! I'll be making this again. Followed advice and just stirred pasta and ingredients together and threw into baking dish.
10/26/2017
Delicious! Halved the recipe (there's only 3 of us) and added onions. It was great!
8/13/2017
Great recipe. I did double the green peppers and added some summer squash and onion. Next time, I will reduce the amount of pasta. Everyone loved it. I would make it over and over and I thin...
3/20/2018
I made this last night. This is a great Alfredo pasta recipe. Very rich in flavor. The prep/cook time for me was a bit long & my kitchen a disaster but that is my not very organized cooking sty...
3/8/2018
I made this today. I followed the recipe to T without any substitute. It came out beautiful. Everyone loves it. Soooo good. You could taste almost every recipe. It definitely goes on my favorit...
7/16/2017
This was rich and delicious. I made a huge amount in a large aluminum baking pan. I doubled the mozzarella and added more milk than it called for to the Alfredo, plus garlic and parmesan. It ma...
6/3/2018
I've made it multiple times now. I cheated (a lot) the first couple of times and used already cooked chicken and bacon bits (not the obviously fake bacon junk). If you cheat, go easy on the ranc...
3/28/2018
Made half the portion and baked in 8x8 casserole dish. Used 1 whole green pepper, also added onion and extra garlic Used spicy ranch dressing packet and added a bit of cayenne pepper to the ve...