Ground Chicken & Spinach Noodle Bake
Ground Chicken & Spinach Noodle Bake takes around 1 hour from beginning to end. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 448 calories, 30g of protein, and 27g of fat. For $2.04 per serving, this recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from A Pretty Life in the Suburbs has 19 fans. It works well as a reasonably priced main course. Head to the store and pick up bacon, cooked noodles, ground pepper, and a few other things to make it today. With a spoonacular score of 65%, this dish is good. Ground Turkey Noodle Bake, Ground Beef Noodle Bake, and Spinach Turkey Noodle Bake are very similar to this recipe.
Servings: 8
Preparation duration: 20 minutes
Cooking duration: 40 minutes
Ingredients:
6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
3 cups cooked noodles (I used fusilli)
1 tsp dried chili flakes
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 lb ground chicken (or turkey)
salt & fresh ground pepper
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
¾ cup parmesan cheese
1½ cups ricotta cheese
1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 jar prepared spaghetti sauce (or 2 - 3 cups homemade tomato sauce)
3 cups fresh spinach
Equipment:
mixing bowl
frying pan
oven
baking pan
Cooking instruction summary:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.Cook your noodles according to package directions. Set aside.In a skillet warm the 1 tbsp olive oil, then add the onions, garlic and mushrooms and saute until soft.Stir in the fresh spinach, then transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and set aside.In the same skillet you used to cook onion mixture, cook the ground chicken with the chili flakes and salt & pepper.Add the cooked chicken mixture to the spinach mix.Stir in the cooked and crumbled bacon, ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese.In a large baking dish (9x13) spread half of the chicken/cheese mixture onto the bottom of the dish.Layer on half of the noodles.Then spread on half of the pasta sauce.Add the remaining chicken mixture.Then the remaining noodles.Then the remaining sauce.Sprinkle on the shredded mozzarella cheese.Bake for 35 - 40 minutes.Enjoy!
Step by step:
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.Cook your noodles according to package directions. Set aside.In a skillet warm the 1 tbsp olive oil, then add the onions, garlic and mushrooms and saute until soft.Stir in the fresh spinach, then transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl and set aside.In the same skillet you used to cook onion mixture, cook the ground chicken with the chili flakes and salt & pepper.
2. Add the cooked chicken mixture to the spinach mix.Stir in the cooked and crumbled bacon, ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese.In a large baking dish (9x1
3. spread half of the chicken/cheese mixture onto the bottom of the dish.Layer on half of the noodles.Then spread on half of the pasta sauce.
4. Add the remaining chicken mixture.Then the remaining noodles.Then the remaining sauce.Sprinkle on the shredded mozzarella cheese.
5. Bake for 35 - 40 minutes.Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
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