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Chicken Vermicelli
Use a rotisserie chicken to speed any recipe up! This recipe is great to take to someone's home, it feeds a lot of people. Freeze half for another meal .

Serves 12

Ingredients

Qty Unit Ingredient
1 pkg Vermicelli -16 oz, broken into 3 inch pieces
1 ea Green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 ea Onion, chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 Tb Garlic, minced
2 Tb All purpose flour
1 Can Diced Tomatoes with green chiles - 10 oz
2 C Milk - skim
1 Tb Worcestershire sauce
1/2 C Roasted red peppers in the jar, chopped
1 C Frozen Peas
4 C Chicken breasts - skinless, cooked and cubed
1 1/2 C Sharp Cheddar Cheese - reduced fat, shredded


Instructions

Prepare the pasta according to the package directions, set aside.

Spray a large pot with cooking spray and saute the green pepper, onion, and garlic about 7 minutes, until tender. Stir in the flour. Add the tomatoes, milk and Worcestershire sauce, stirring until mixture comes to a boil and thickens. Lower the heat and add the red peppers and peas and mix well to combine. Add the pasta, chicken, cheese and stir to combine and heated through. Transfer to a 3 quart baking dish that has been prepared with cooking spray.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees, if you are not freezing, bake for 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly. If you are freezing do not bake.

When freezing cool to room temperature, wrap, label and freeze up to 3 months. When ready to prepare, remove from freezer to defrost and bake for 30 or 40 minutes at 350 degrees, or until hot and bubbly.

Nutritional Information per serving: Calories 250, protein 25 g , carbs 29 g, fat 3 g, calories from fat 12, sat fat 2 g, dietary fiber 3 g, cholesterol 47 mg, Sodium 325 mg.