Ground Chicken Casserole

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (225 g) box macaroni & cheese dinner mix (kraft dinner)
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, for pasta dinner
• 1/4 cup milk, for pasta dinner
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium walla walla onion, chopped (sweet)
• 1 (10 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, well drained
• 1 lb ground chicken
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 cup fresh basil leaf, rolled and chopped in strips
• breadcrumbs (optional)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 prepare pasta dinner as directed on package, with butter or margarine and milk.
• 3 place in a 2 quart casserole.
• 4 heat olive oil in large frypan, add chopped onion and sliced mushrooms, sauté till onions are just turning brown, 5 minutes.
• 5 add ground chicken, pepper and scramble fry with onions and mushrooms turning often until no longer pink, 5 to 8 minutes.
• 6 add stewed tomatoes, simmer for 3 or 4 minutes.
• 7 add chicken/tomato mixture to casserole.
• 8 stir to mix with pasta.
• 9 add chopped basil, turn several times to distribute through casserole.
• 10 sprinkle parmesan cheese over top of casserole and bread crumbs if using.
• 11 bake uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes, until bubbling around edges and parmesan is melted and crisp.
• 12 variation:.
• 13 use chopped veggies, any that you have and a half pound of very lean hamburger.