Absolutely scrumptious and comforting pasta casserole! Creamy, cheesy casserole made with ham, chicken, lot’s of creamy Monterrey Jack cheese sauce, mozzarella cheese and pasta.
Ah comfort food, come to mama! This easy pasta casserole is awesome. It’s actually like a mac and cheese/ pasta casserole in one. It’s made with homemade creamy cheese sauce and baked with more cheese on top. It’s a dreamy dish for weekend or a week night dinner. If you have any leftover ham, this is a great way to use it up too.
As soon as the weather starts to get a little cooler, I want to make nothing but baked treats and comfort food. To tell you the truth, I’m getting quite baked out this holiday season. Normally I don’t bake desserts too much, I’m sure some of you noticed that I have much more savory dishes here, on the blog, than desserts and that’s because I don’t make desserts very often. I’d love to share lots of desserts with you because they are usually very well received but we just don’t have the ability, and the man power, to eat like a cake or a cheesecake every week. It’s just the three of us so I have to wait until we finish the cake or give it away. I’ve sent so many treats to work with hubs, I told them they should just hire me as a personal baker for the staff.
So in between all the baking, I need to throw in a comforting dish here and there. I really, really wanted a pasta casserole this week and I happened to have some ham and a chicken breast left from making stock for soup. Ham…chicken…throw in some cheese and you have a tasty “chicken cordon bleu” dish. I decided to make a casserole with all the best flavors from chicken cordon bleu and toss it all in an easy homemade cheesy sauce. Homemade ranch dressing goes very nicely here, on top of this casserole. I definitely recommend making some or just use your favorite store-bought ranch dressing.
Creamy Chicken Cordon Bleu Pasta Casserole
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb dry rotini pasta
- 1 boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked
- 8 oz ham
- Salt fresh cracked black pepper
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 8 oz Monterrey Jack cheese preferably block
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup ranch dressing
Instructions
- Cook pasta, drain and place in a large mixing bowl.
- Dice cooked chicken breast (you can just cook it in a pan with some salt and pepper while cooking pasta) and add it to the bowl with pasta. Dice ham and add it to pasta as well. Mix until evenly combined. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a 1.5 quart casserole dish.
- In a small sauce pot, melt butter and add chicken stock and heavy cream. Stir well and heat through.
- Grate Monterrey Jack cheese into the sauce pot and slowly stir until melted. Season with some salt and pepper.
- Pour cheesy sauce into the bowl with pasta and mix thoroughly. Transfer the mixture into prepared casserole dish and spread evenly. Spread mozzarella cheese evenly over the top.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Let casserole cool for a few minutes and drizzle with some ranch dressing.
Recipe Notes
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Amy
Excellent idea, thanks for posting this.
lyuba
Thank you, Amy!
I hope you will give it a try 🙂
Jenny
look so delicious. i like it
lyuba
Thank you 🙂 !
Natali
I made it! So great- but I used Swiss cheese instead of Monteray Jack and I sprinkled Italian seasoned breadcrumbs on top! Thanks for a keeper!
lyuba
Sounds great! I’m so glad you liked it, Natali 🙂 !
markhaddin
i thank to gives your Creamy Chicken Casserole recipe.
Tazbear
Was curious if you forgot to add flour to the butter for a roux to make the cheese sauce? Mine came out runny, but will do it next time. Good and simple recipe.
Lyuba
Thank you, Tazbear!
Linda Gimnich
So how much flour should be added?