If you like French onion soup, you’re going to love this chicken pasta bake! It’s made flavorful with sweet onions and a crispy panko topping, and made easy thanks to rotisserie chicken.
French Onion Chicken Pasta Casserole
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 12
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 8 oz uncooked fettuccine noodles, broken into thirds
- 1/4 cup butter
- 6 cups halved and thinly sliced sweet onions (about 2 large onions)
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/4 cups Progresso™ beef flavored broth (from 32-oz carton)
- 2 cups shredded deli rotisserie chicken
- 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese (8 oz)
Topping
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 cup Progresso™ Italian style panko crispy bread crumbs (from 8-oz box)
Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. Cook and drain pasta as directed on package, using minimum cooking time.
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Step2In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1/4 cup butter over medium-high heat. Add onions, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook 11 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are tender. Reduce heat to medium; cook 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are starting to brown.
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Step3Sprinkle flour over onions in skillet; cook and stir about 1 minute. Stir in broth; heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Simmer 1 to 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from heat; stir in chicken and cooked pasta, mixing to combine.
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Step4Add half of the mixture to baking dish. Sprinkle with half of the cheese. Top with remaining pasta mixture, then remaining cheese. Cover and bake 20 minutes.
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Step5In small bowl, mix Topping ingredients. Remove cover; sprinkle on top of pasta mixture; bake 5 to 10 minutes or until topping is golden brown and mixture is heated through.
Nutrition
440
Calories
21g
Total Fat
23g
Protein
41g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 440
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 11g
- 57%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 100mg
- 33%
- Sodium
- 950mg
- 39%
- Potassium
- 260mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 41g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 23g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 25%
- 25%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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