Baked Tubini With Roasted Chicken And Three Cheeses

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup chicken broth (reduced sodium)
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded, divided
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, divided
• salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 8 ounces tubini pasta or 8 ounces penne pasta
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 3 cups roasted cooked chicken, chopped, skin removed
• 1/2 cup mild blue cheese, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in large saucepan placed over medium heat. whisk in flour until blended; cook until bubbly.
• 2 slowly stir in milk and broth; whisk constantly over low heat until mixture is smooth and simmers, about 8 minutes.
• 3 stir in 1 cup mozzarella and 1/4 cup parmesan; remove from heat.
• 4 preheat oven to 350*. cook tubini or penne pasta according to package directions. add broccoliflorets to pasta pot after 6 minutes; stir and cook 4 minutes more.
• 5 remove pot from heat, stir in 1 cup cold water, and drainbroccoli-pasta mixture in colander.
• 6 combine pasta, broccoli, cheese sauce and chicken in a 13x9x2 baking dish.
• 7 sprinkle blue cheese crumbs and remaining mozzarella and parmesan.
• 8 bake until top is golden and mixture is bubbly, about 25 minutes. cool 10 minutes before serving.