Tasty Tuesday Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake!

Jeannine sent me this recipe a couple of weeks ago. I tried it out on Sam, who loves Chicken Cordon Bleu. He didn't care for the bread crumb topping, but aside from that, it was a hit!

Chicken Cordon Bleu Bake

Ingredients

8oz rigatoni
10.75 oz can of cream of chicken soup
3/4 cup milk
3 cups cooked chicken, cubed
6 slices deli ham julienned
2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
Salt and black pepper to taste
2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
1 cup panko bread crumbs
1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.
3. In a bowl, combine cooked pasta, soup, milk, mustard, salt, pepper, chicken, and ham.
4. In a small bowl, combine melted butter and bread crumbs.
5. Spread pasta mixture in a sprayed 9x13 casserole dish. Top with Swiss cheese and panko/butter mixture.
6. Bake 25 min until top is golden brown.

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