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.
CHICKEN CORDON BLEU CASSEROLE
Ah comfort food, come to mama! This easy pasta casserole is awesome, it’s actually like a mac and cheese and pasta casserole in one. It’s made with homemade creamy cheese sauce and baked with more cheese on top.
This is 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.
MORE GREAT PASTA DISHES TO TRY:
Baked Spaghetti from Simply Recipes
Loaded Pizza Past Casserole from The Midnight Baker
One Pot Taco Casserole from Wonky Wonderful
Chicken Spinach and Artichoke Casserole
Cheesy Lemon Asparagus Pasta Skillet
Bacon Asparagus Pasta Carbonara
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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.
Notes
Amy says
Excellent idea, thanks for posting this.
lyuba says
Thank you, Amy!
I hope you will give it a try 🙂
Jenny says
look so delicious. i like it
lyuba says
Thank you 🙂 !
Natali says
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 says
Sounds great! I’m so glad you liked it, Natali 🙂 !
markhaddin says
i thank to gives your Creamy Chicken Casserole recipe.
Tazbear says
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 says
Thank you, Tazbear!
Linda Gimnich says
So how much flour should be added?
Dani says
I made this tonight. I accidentally got pepper jack instead of monetary jack, so i went ahead and used that, doubled the sauce, because i made too much pasta and decided to top it with some butter soaked panko with a quick broil at the end to brown it. It is cheesy perfection
LyubaB says
Thanks, Dani! I am glad you liked it!
Karen says
Can you meal prep this, throw everything into a bowl, of course without the pasta and cook pasta when ready to make?
LyubaB says
Yes, you can. Just warm up everything before adding pasta so it will be easier to mix it up.