Ingredients
- 1 cup pastina pasta (or any small pasta)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ cup cubed chicken breast
- ½ cup diced onion
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- ¼ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup bread crumbs
- ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tbsp butter, plus more for buttering baking dish
Preparation
Step 1
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
• Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil over high heat, add the pasta and cook until just tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes
• Drain pasta into a large mixing bowl
• Meanwhile, put the olive oil in a medium sauté pan over medium heat
• Add chicken and cook for 3 minutes
• Add the onions and garlic, stirring to combine, and cook until the onions are soft and the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes more
• Put the chicken mixture into the bowl with the cooked pasta
• Add the canned tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, parsley, salt and pepper
• Stir to combine
• Place the mixture in a buttered 8 by 8 by 2 inch baking dish
• In a small bowl mix together the bread crumbs and the parmesan cheese
• Sprinkle over the top of the pasta mixture
• Dot the top with small bits of butter
• Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 minutes