Pizza Chicken Bake

This is FABULOUS! Phillip had 4 servings...WOW!

Pizza Chicken Bake

3 1/2 cups uncooked bow tie pasta
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup sliced mushrooms (I used a can of mushrooms)
1 jar (26 oz) herb-flavored spaghetti sauce
1 teaspoon pizza seasoning blend (I didn't have this so didn't use it)
3 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, quartered
1 cup (4 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2-quart round casserole with nonstick cooking spray.

Cook pasta according to package directions unitl al dente. Drain and place in prepared dish

Meanwhile, heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add mushrooms; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in spaghetti sauce and pizza seasoning.

Pour half of the spaghetti sauce mixture into casserole; stir until pasta is well coated. Arrange chicken on top of pasta. Pour remaining spaghetti sauce mixture evenly over chicken.

Bake, covered, 50 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in centers. Remove from oven; sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Recipe says it serves 4....I used a box of bow tie pasta from Walmart and used 5 small pieces of Chicken that we broiled for 15 minutes while the pasta was cooking. The chicken was only a little pink when we put everything in the oven. I also used about half of the cheese in the spaghetti sauce mixture and put the rest on top. We only baked it for about 30 minutes because the chicken was almost done. It was Awesome!

Pizza Crust

I got this recipe out of my Newdale cookbook that I got as a wedding gift from Dad's cousin Carol who lives in Newdale. I make pizza probably twice a month, and this crust is really simple. I've adapted the recipe just a little bit, and it is so simple it would really be hard to mess it up.

Pizza Crust

1 T yeast
1 c warm water
1 tsp. salt
2 T oil
1 T sugar
2.5 - 3 c flour

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add salt, oil, sugar, and flour. The original recipe only calls for 2 c flour, but that never seems to be enough for me. Mix then knead till not sticky anymore. This is enough dough for one pizza. Roll dough onto pizza stone then poke with a fork to keep any large bubbles from forming. Bake at 375 for about 12 min. Remove from oven and add whatever toppings you want. Then bake for another 10 min, or till toppings are done.