Friday, August 31, 2007

Momma's Cheesy Chicken Casserole

So tonight I didn't REALLY feel like cooking and nothing I had the ingredients to sounded good but I managed to come up with something on my own. Some times my little adventures in cooking without any sort of recipe end in disaster. Tonight was NOT one of those nights... The Hungry Man and 2 Hungry Boys were quite thankful! :)

Now... this is in NO way healthy....After the wonderfully tasty and carb loaded lunch I had I decided it best if I only ate one spoonful of the casserole. The side dish was healthy, steamed broccoli, which could have easily been mixed into the casserole had I not needed to the boys to eat it.

Here goes:

5 slices bacon
1 clove garlic
3 tbsp margarine (or butter)
1 16 oz jar alfredo sauce (I used ragu classic)
12 oz spaghetti
1 13oz can chicken (or leftover chicken) drained.
1 c. Italian shredded six-cheese blend
Parmesan cheese

Boil noodles as package directs. Cook bacon and crumble. Crush garlic. Put bacon in pan and heat. Add garlic and cook on low until garlic is aromatic. Add margarine and jar of alfredo sauce, bring to a light boil then reduce heat and simmer for a couple of minutes. Put spaghetti in a casserole dish. Spread chicken over spaghetti. Pour Alfredo sauce over chicken. Layer Italian cheese over the top then sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 until cheese is bubbly then turn oven to broil and move to top rack. Broil a couple min. until cheese is golden.

If you decide to try this please let me know how you like it! :)

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