A great substitute for homemade chicken Parmesan is this simple casserole made with canned chicken.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 2 cups rotini pasta
- 1 (12 ounce) can chicken chunks, drained
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- ½ cup seasoned bread crumbs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Cook rotini in boiling water until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
- Stir together cooked rotini, chicken, and mozzarella cheese in a large casserole dish. Pour marinara sauce over pasta mixture; sprinkle with bread crumbs. Cover the dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 35 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 359 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 47 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 891 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
What a delicious yet simple recipe and my husband loved it! I do think the marinera sauce makes or breaks the dish so do choose a high quality sauce. I added a kale salad to the mix and it was the perfect weeknight dish, so easy to put together! Adding it to the rotation
This is a quick and inexpensive recipe. I was looking for a way to use some of the existing items in my pantry. I did substitute the marinara sauce for spaghetti sauce and added some Italian seasoning and parsley. Turned out really well. I will definitely be using this recipe in the future.
My whole family loved it. It’s much easier to make than the traditional version.
This was amazing!! I didn’t make enough, my children wanted more.
It was fast, easy and good! Will add some Italian seasonings next time. Could also use Alfredo sauce.
Good potluck recipe!
It works as a basic guide. Some slight changes: I deep fried breaded chicken breast filets, well seasoned, chopped into chunks, and layered this with the pasta, sauce, and cheese as though it were a lasagna. OH… and since it says ‘parmesan’ in the original title of the recipe, I figured I might use that as well. I mean, it just seems logical.
It was very good and everyone enjoyed, will be making this one again.
This was a really good, simple and quick dish to make! Although next time I think I’ll add more chicken. Served it with a 5 cheese garlic bread
It’s other reviews said, I like more sauce, to each their own. This is quick and easy and really good. It’s all about picking the right pasta sauce. I prefer a tomato and basil flavored sauce for this personally
Hubby says this is a keeper. Great use for my left over tortellini. Several changes per other reviewers: I added raw red peppers & spices. I almost doubled the marinara sauce & should have added even more. Parmesan cheese mixed with the bread crumbs was a great addition.
I made this last night. Double everything, as I was feeding a lot of people. They all LOVED it, and were already asking, during dinner while eating it, for me to make it again soon. This will definitely become one of my ‘go to’ easy, comfort food meals for my family. Merci!!
I added spinach and I really liked this. Do not forget to get out the parmesan cheese.
Easy and tasty. Used left over chicken and, to parrot the others, it definitely needed more sauce. When I reheated the leftovers, I added the remain sauce in the jar. Very good!
I veganized this recipe with tofurkey chicken chunks and violife mozz cheese and it was delicious! The only other changes I made were to sauté some onion and garlic with the chicken and I used macaroni noodles because that’s what I had. I will definitely be making this again.
overall it was basic. I think my changes made it 5 stars. did 24 oz of sauce, churched up with onions and lots of Italian spices. and like 182822 cloves of garlic lol. then 2 lbs of chicken breast and a box of penne. 8 oz of mozz mixed throughout and on top broiled at the end.
I’m not the best cook. This was very easy and tasted pretty good. I used baked chicken breast instead of canned. I also added extra sauce and cheese. It was still missing something, needed a little more flavor.
I LOVE how easy this recipe is! From reading previous reviews, instead of just the 2 cups of sauce (I used Three Cheese pasta sauce from Fresh Thyme so it already had seasonings thrown in) I used the 2 cups to mix in to the ingredients and then topped it off with whatever was remaining of my jar as a layer on top! Found out I was out of bread crumbs so I just put a hefty layer of Parmesan cheese on top. It definitely wasn’t dry and I found adding a dollop or two of cottage cheese on top of my helping made it taste even better! I think this would also taste fantastic with turkey or beef 🙂 Definitely a good recipe if you’re trying to throw something together that doesn’t require a lot of prep!
I used grilled ready chicken breast in place of canned chicken. Used Best Marinara Sauce made from this site. Very good casserole.
We enjoyed this recipe, and made it as is except for we doubled the sauce as we saw many times mentioned in previous reviews. It came out perfect.
I did exactly as the recipe said, personally I wanted more cheese & chicken!! I cook for 4, (one teen, is not a fan of red sauce but even she liked it!). My youngest and husband also asked for more chicken. For me it was so quick and easy for yummy the taste, an easy new go-to meal!