Chicken Broccoli Pasta

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 ounces rigatoni pasta (dry)
• 2 cups broccoli florets (frozen is fine)
• 1 1/2 lbs rotisserie-cooked chicken
• 1 (5 ounce) package garlic & herb spreadable cheese (semi soft)
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil (drained or snipped)
• italian parsley
• fresh ground pepper
• parmigiano-reggiano cheese (as garnish)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, cook pasta, add broccoli during last 3 minute of cooking time, when al dente remove, drain. pasta and broccoli.
• 2 while pasta is cooking, remove meat from chicken, coarsely chop.
• 3 in the same pan you cooked the pasta, combine cheese, milk and tomatoes; cook until cheese begins to melt.
• 4 add pasta and chicken, heat thoroughly, season with fresh ground pepper; add parsley right before removing from heat.
• 5 if the mixture needs to be thinned, add a tad more milk.
• 6 serve with parmesan cheese or parmigiano reggiano cheese if desired.