#920 - Garlic Chicken and Pasta

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 envelope Good Seasons Italian dressing mix
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 - 13.25oz. box pasta (your choice of shape)
1 - 26oz. jar of tomato/garlic pasta sauce
1 tsp. oregano
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

In a large bowl add 1/3 cup Parmesan cheese, dressing mix, and garlic powder--stir. Dip the chicken breasts in water, then drop into dressing mixture to coat each piece. Place breaded chicken pieces in a single layer in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish--cover with foil. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, remove from oven, flip each chicken piece, return to oven and bake another 20 minutes or until done. While that's baking cook and drain pasta according to box directions. Leave drained pasta in the same pan and add pasta sauce--cook and stir on medium low until heated through. Add the oregano to the pasta--stir. Remove chicken from oven--pour pasta mixture over the chicken--sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese and remaining Parmesan cheese over the top. Return to oven until cheese is melted.