Italian

Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets is for Dinner.

Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets takes 35 minutes to cook.

Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets are:

2 chicken breasts
1T. olive oil
1 lb penne or rigatoni
1/2 jar favorite tomato sauce
4 oz part skim ricotta cheese
3 oz part skim mozzarellas
1/2 large egg yolk only
(save the whites for breakfast omelet)
salt and pepper to taste
optional Parmesan cheese to taste

Here is how you make Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets:

1. heat oven to 375 degrees. Take the chicken breast and make sure any unwanted fat/skin is removed. Butterfly chicken breast making two equal pieces. Repeat with second breast. Cover all cutlets with olive oil and season to taste. Place on baking sheet in oven for 10-20 minutes. The thickness of breast will determine cooking time. 2. In the mean time, start water to boil for pasta and heat tomato sauce. Cook pasta al dente, it will cook for 15 minutes in the oven so don't overcook it. 3. While the chicken cooks and pasta boils, in a bowl combine ricotta with the half egg yolk, and half the mozerella. Season with a pinch of salt and as much or little pepper as you'd like.4. Bringing it all together now just like a lasagna. Remove chicken from oven, but leave the oven on.Toss pasta with most of the tomato sauce (holding back 1/4 cup), and layer half the pasta inside a 13*9 pan. Spoon dollops of the cheese mixture evenly over pasta. Next layer on the remaining pasta. By this time the chicken should have rested about 5 minutes. Slice it into strips and arrange ontop of pasta. Top the chicken with the remaining 1/4 cup of sauce and sprinkle the remaining half of the mozerella over chicken. Bake for 15 minutes at 375 degrees. Will be cheese, on the dry side, but delicious classic pasta.Makes 4 cheesy gooey portions of baked zitia with a parmesan chicken cutlet (sans parmesan) at an amazing 398 calories. Add 10 calories per serving if you decide to sprinkle cutlets with parmesan cheese. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOTIVATION4LEA.

The nutritional information for Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 398.0

• Total Fat: 13.8 g
• Cholesterol: 104.9 mg
• Sodium: 921.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 42.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
• Protein: 24.7 g

Baked Ziti with Chicken Cutlets is Italian cuisine.