Chicken Parm Bake Ziti

Once of my husband's favorite!! & Its super easy to make! I got the recipe from one of my iPhone apps.

Ingredients:
1.5 lbs of Chicken (cut into little "nuggets")
1 cup bread crumbs (I use the "Italian blend")
1/2 cup grated parm cheese (or more if you please)
1 egg
1/4 cup of milk
1 jar pasta sauce
1 lb ziti noodles
Shredded cheese for topping



Directions: (with photos to help)
1. Get a skillet and heat about a tsp of oil over medium heat.& Pre heat oven to about 350
2. Prepare chicken for frying.

Coat chicken in the egg/milk mixture (this will help the bread crumb mixture stick)

Place chicken in bread crumb/cheese mixture

 

 3. Fry chicken in pan until golden brown on both sides (about 2-4 minutes). Once golden brown, remove from heat and place chicken on paper towel to soak up any extra oil.

You can use either "nuggets" of chicken or whole chicken breast cooked in the oven

4. Boil the ziti noodles as instructed by the package

I just used 1 lb for my husband & I (this allows us to have leftovers for lunch the next day)
You can increase or decrease amount according to your family.

5. Place cooked noodles in a casserole dish, mixing pasta sauce in with it. (Again add or subtract amount of sauce according to your preference) Add the chicken and mix it all together.

Almost done!!

6. Sprinkle some cheese on top, and place in oven for about 5-10 minutes (Just enough time for cheese to melt and to re-heat everything together.

Bon Apetite!

In total this usually takes me about 40 minutes to cook. I usually do the noodles and chicken at the same time. As mentioned before, you can use "nuggets" of chicken or whole chicken breast. You could even layer the noodles and chicken much like lasagna.

Enjoy!

There's a first time for everything....

Our first post! Well..on this blog at least. I made one a few months ago but I forgot the password for it. So, i figured to start from scratch and make a new one.

Last August, Shane received and honorable discharge from the Marines. He took a job with a military contracting company in Texas. So that October we packed up his car and he drove from North Carolina coast to the Texas panhandle. I stayed back to sell our house and finish school. I moved to Texas in late January 2010. It's big a major culture shock and change of life. Lots of flat land, beef cattle, and snow. At first, I hated it.....however now I'm growing to like it.

Let me fill you in on the things that have happened since my move here:

Lots of snow!!

Rachel's Birthday Cruise

 

 

 

 

My 21st Birthday!

Buying a new car

My mom visiting & us going horseback riding in Palo Duro Canyon

Starting a new school

Celebrating Daddy's 60th Birthday

Daddy's 6 yr battle with cancer is finally over.
Attending Daddy's funeral service.  The Welsh flag for a great Welsh man.

 

So a bit has happened since we moved out west. Texas is starting to feel more like home everyday. We are building a house, I'm going to finish school, apply to vet school (& hopefully get in), join the Army (& let them pay for vet school), and try to make the most out of my life & make my father proud of me.