How To Make Turkey & Cheese Pasta Bake
Cook up a hearty plate of pasta bake for your big dinner tonight! It’s made savory with delicious turkey, crunchy veggies, and creamy cheese.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbbacon
- 2tbspwater
- ½white onion,diced small
- 1tbspfresh thyme,chopped
- 1cupwhole milk
- 8ozcream of chicken soup
- 8ozcream of mushroom soup
- 2tspkosher salt
- 3cupscolby jack cheese,grated, divided
- ½cupparmesan cheese,grated, divided
- 1lbCharter Reserve® Goldenroast Special Recipe Turkey Breast,deli, sliced, cut into ½-inch pieces
- 14ozfrozen broccoli
- 1lbpenne pasta,cooked for 2 minutes less than package instructions
- ½cuppanko breadcrumbs
- 2tbspunsalted butter,melted
- 2tbspfresh parsley,chopped
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Coat a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray and set aside.
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In a medium skillet over high heat, add bacon and water.
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Cook, stirring every 2 minutes until bacon is crispy, for 10 minutes.
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Once the bacon is crispy, remove it from the pan using a slotted spoon and set aside. Leave bacon fat in the skillet.
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In the skillet with the remaining bacon fat, add the onion and sauté for 3 minutes until softened. Remove from heat.
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In a large mixing bowl, mix together bacon, onion, thyme, whole milk, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, kosher salt, 2 cups of Colby-Jack cheese, and a ¼ cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
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Add in Charter Reserve® Goldenroast Special Recipe Turkey Breast, frozen broccoli, and cooked penne.
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Mix to coat everything evenly with the cheese and soup mixture.
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Pour half the mixture into the prepared pan and smooth with a spatula.
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Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup of Colby-Jack cheese.
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Add the rest of the pasta on top.
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In a small bowl, mix together the panko bread crumbs, melted butter, and remaining ¼ cup of Parmesan cheese and sprinkle evenly on top of the pasta mixture.
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Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and bread crumbs are golden brown.
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Remove from the oven.
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Let cool for 5 minutes.
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Garnish with parsley, serve, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 704.88kcal
- Fat: 41.75g
- Saturated Fat: 18.59g
- Trans Fat: 0.16g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.81g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.30g
- Carbohydrates: 44.71g
- Fiber: 2.93g
- Sugar: 4.30g
- Protein: 36.56g
- Cholesterol: 111.55mg
- Sodium: 935.68mg
- Calcium: 439.07mg
- Potassium: 568.62mg
- Iron: 2.21mg
- Vitamin A: 188.20µg
- Vitamin C: 37.28mg
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