Chobani Light Chicken Pasta Bake
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 box (13-14 oz.) whole wheat rotini pasta (use any pasta shape that you like)
  • 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
  • 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped into bite-sized pieces
  • 10 oz. frozen, chopped spinach
  • 1 can (14.5 oz.) can of no-salt-added diced tomatoes
  • 1 small can (8 oz.) can of no-salt-added tomato sauce
  • 1 container (5.3 oz.) chobani non-fat plain greek yogurt
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  • 1 cup reserved starchy cooking water
  • 1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes (less or none if you don't do spicy)
  • sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
  • Chopped cilantro for garnish
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta to "al-dente" according to package instructions, reserving 1 cup of starchy cooking water. Return cooked pasta to hot pot and set aside.
  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add olive oil.
  3. Once olive oil is hot, add onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent and soft, approximately 3-4 minutes.
  4. Add chicken and spinach and cook for 5 minutes or so, until chicken is pretty much cooked through and spinach is warm.
  5. Add chicken/spinach mixture to the pasta.
  6. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, greek yogurt, ½ cup of the mozzarella cheese, starchy cooking water, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper.
  7. Stir to combine.
  8. Line a large casserole dish with heavy duty foil. Add the pasta mixture to the dish and top with the remaining mozzarella cheese and then another sheet of foil. Either freeze or refrigerate until needed.
  9. If you are going to freeze the pasta bake, once it is frozen you can remove the foil wrapped food, seal it and place the whole thing in a plastic freezer bag. This frees up your dish and protects it a bit more from breakage.
  10. Remove your pasta bake from the freezer and place it in the refrigerator 24 hours before you intend to bake it.
  11. When you are ready to cook, preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
  12. Take the foil wrapped food out of the plastic freezer bag and place back into a casserole dish.
  13. Bake for 45 minutes covered. Remove foil and bake an additional 10 minutes to brown the top.
  14. Remove from over and sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Serve hot.
Notes
If you are going to bake this right away and not refrigerator or freeze, reduce the cooking time to 30 minutes covered, 10 minutes uncovered.
Recipe by Becky's Best Bites at https://beckysbestbites.com/chobani-light-chicken-pasta-bake/