Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta

What you need:

1 box/bag Penne pasta

3/4 cup Hormel bacon bits

2 cups cooked chicken sliced to bite size pieces 

4 diced green onions

2 jars creamy Alfredo sauce

1 1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese

3/4 cup fresh shredded Parmesan

What to do:

1. Cook Penne pasta according to directions on package, rinse and drain.

2. Put pasta into baking dish and add 1 1/2 jars of the Alfredo sauce.

(I keep about half a jar to add to the pasta when it is reheated as leftovers, 

as the pasta sits it soaks up the sauce and this just freshens and moistens the pasta dish).

3. Fold in 3 of the diced green onions, chicken, and 1/2 cup of bacon bits

 (keep 1/4 cup bacon bits for sprinkling on top just before baking).

4. Now add 1 cup of the shredded mozzarella and 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan and mix well.

5. Top with remaining shredded mozzarella, Parmesan, bacon bits and diced green onion.

6. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  Now its ready to serve and eat . . .

This is a great meal that my family really likes.  Its our copycat version of a chicken cordon bleu pasta that is served at a local restaurant called Firehouse Pizza.  The main difference between our and theirs is that they put sliced mushrooms in theirs and we don't.  If you like mushrooms you can add about 1/2 cup sliced.

To make this I use the Chicken Marinade recipe and grill the chicken or use the Perfect Chicken recipe.
If your short on time you can use a rotisserie cooked chicken and cut it up into bite size pieces

I make it ahead of time and make extra so that it can be used for other meals such as this pasta.

I hope your family enjoys this recipe as much as mine does.