Chicken Fettuccine Casserole

Every once in a while I stumble across a something that IT Guy can't get enough of. I'm not sure why this hit his happy place but it did so that makes me happy. We had leftovers for a couple of days and that was cause for lots of smiles on his part. It's super good and SO family friendly.

Chicken Fettuccine Casserole



2 chicken breasts ~ sliced horizontally
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
8 ounces fettuccine noodles ~ cooked and drained
1 - 2 cups shredded cheese
1 cup Italian bread crumbs
1/2 cup butter ~ melted
1 teaspoon onion powder
Salt & pepper to taste
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9x13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray.

Place chicken onto a rimmed cookie sheet and season with onion powder and salt & pepper. Bake for 30 - 45 minutes or until done. Cube.

In a large bowl, combine the cooked, cubed chicken, sour cream and cream of chicken soup.

Add the noodles and toss gently. 

Pour mixture into prepared pan.

In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, Italian seasoning and the bread crumbs.

Sprinkle shredded cheese over the noodle mixture then bread crumbs.

Bake for 30 minutes until bread crumbs are lightly browned and casserole is hot.

 

Let's go!

 

Split each chicken breast in half...like this! 

Season and bake!

 

Combine the sour cream, soup...

 

...chicken and noodles.

 

Combine the melted butter and bread crumbs.

 

Sprinkle noodle mixture with grated cheese 

and bread crumbs. Bake it up!

 

Serve and eat!

Honey Lime Shrimp Fettucini

Here's something a little sweet, a little spicy with a hint of citrus! All these flavors combined make for a very refreshing meal! If you want, you could put the shrimp on skewers and throw them on your grill but I loved the fact that the pasta took on the taste of the marinade once it was combined with the shrimp! Yummy, yummy!

Honey Lime Shrimp Fettucini



1 pound shrimp ~ shelled, deveined and tails off
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 - 2 cloves garlic ~ minced
1 teaspoon lime zest
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
8 ounces fettucini ~ cooked and drained

Combine all ingredients in a plastic zip top bag.

Add shrimp and marinate for an hour.

In a hot skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter. 

Remove shrimp from marinade and cook in butter until shrimp are almost done. 

Throw leftover marinade away.

Add cooked pasta and toss to combine.


 
The goods.

 
I like to place my plastic bag inside 
a glass, then add the marinade ingredients.

 
After all the marinade is in the bag, 
add the shrimp and allow to chill for about an hour.

 
Melt a little butter in a hot skillet.

 
Cook the shrimp.

 
Then add the cooked pasta and toss.

 
Sweet, citrus-y, spicy and delicious!