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CREAMY CHEESY CHICKEN & TORTELLINI BAKE EASY WEEKNIGHT MEAL
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Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/creamy-cheesy-chicken-tortellini-bake/
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Hello everyone and welcome back. Today
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we are going to make a delicious easy
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dinner idea your family is going to
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love. It's going to be creamy. It's
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going to be cheesy. It is a chicken and
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torillini bake. This is so easy to put
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together. I'm even going to be using a
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rotisserie chicken to make it even
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faster. Now, I've got water boiling on
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the back burner back there. We're going
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to season it with some salt. And then
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we're going to add in some tortoillini.
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Now, you don't have to use torillini for
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this recipe. You can use any type of
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pasta. You're just going to make sure
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that you cook it per the directions on
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the back of the package and some salted
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water. That way, it flavors your pasta.
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And then you'll just drain it and set it
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aside till we're ready for it. All
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right, you guys. What? I got
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refrigerated pasta. It only takes 2
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minutes in boiling water to cook. So,
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we'll be making this. All right, let's
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go to the back burn burger.
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Grab some salt. Now, I always put a lid
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on because it brings the water to a boil
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faster.
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Put in about half a tablespoon of salt.
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We got to flavor that pasta. Now, the
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torillini that I am using is this one
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right here by Priano. It's an herbed
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chicken torillini. And we are using 1
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and a4 pounds of the pasta today.
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We're going to cut that open and pour
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them in. Now, these are chicken filled
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tortillini.
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Watch that hot water.
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All right, we're going to let those cook
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for 2 minutes, give them a check, and
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then we'll drain them, and then we'll
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start the rest of the recipe. Now, if
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you are using any other type of pasta,
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and on the back of the package, it says
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anywhere between 8 to 14 minutes to
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cook. That's how long you're going to
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cook it for. Okay? So you you can get
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started on the rest of the recipe while
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you're waiting for that pasta to cook.
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But this is really fast and you find
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these in the refrigerated section of
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your grocery store. And you can get the
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cheese torillini or this one here, which
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is the herb chicken torillini. I picked
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this up at Aldi.
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All right, we're going to add the
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drained pasta back to our pan.
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Now, since these cook pretty fast and we
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still got the sauce to make, I am going
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to take a little bit of some oil, very
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little,
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and then we'll coat that very well.
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That'll keep the pasta from sticking
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while we're waiting for it.
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Now, as you're cooking your pasta, make
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sure you cook it al dente cuz it will
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finish cooking in the oven.
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Let's make that delicious sauce. Now,
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I'm just in a regular size skillet and
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I'm going to put it on a mediumigh heat.
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I'm going to melt in four tablespoon of
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butter.
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We're going to make a rue. It's really
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simple.
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I would rather make a rue than use like
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cream of chicken soup. So, that's what
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we're going to do. So, we're going to
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melt that.
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Now, I'm making this dish
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for Joseph, Megan,
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that's my son and his wife.
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And then also, I'm going to be splitting
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this with them and then giving some to
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Rihanna
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and her boyfriend Chris. They're
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celebrating their one year togetherness
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this weekend. So, I'm going to be giving
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them some of this to share
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because, you know, this is reminiscent
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of a marry me chicken and pasta, which I
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have that recipe on my line, but I feel
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like this is very close to it. So, we're
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going to add in 3 tablespoon of
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allpurpose flour.
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And I think I need one more.
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And then I'm going to add in
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one teaspoon of minced garlic. We're
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going to start building the flavors in
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here. And I'm just going to take my
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whisk, blend this together for 1 minute.
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Yeah, you saw me earlier. Well, you
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didn't see me earlier, but earlier I
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made some ribs in the crock pot and
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they're cooking away right now and
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they're not allowed to leave the house.
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So,
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as I'm making this for the kids who are
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outside the house, they will not be any
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ribs. Those are definitely for Thomas.
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All right, we're doing this to cook the
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rawness out of the flour. You want to
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make sure you do this step and it adds
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color to our dish also.
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All right. Now, what we're going to do
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is add in 16 oz of heavy whipping cream.
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Or you can use half and half. You can
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use regular milk, whatever you got. And
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we'll slowly whisk that in.
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Just continually
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blend that together
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slowly. Slowly just incorporate the
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flour into the whipping cream here.
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It's going to help make that delicious
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thick creamy sauce.
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There we go.
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Yep. Do that, too.
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All right. Let me go rinse that off.
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Got 5 oz of Parmesan cheese that's
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shredded. I'm going to add that right on
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top.
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We're going to add in one cup chicken
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broth.
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And we're going to season
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black pepper, garlic powder. We're going
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to enhance the garlic that's in there,
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onion powder. I didn't chop up an onion,
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so we're going to add the onion in
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there. Get some flavor of that and liven
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up those flavors and the colors. We're
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going to add in smoked paprika.
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Then we're going to stir this all
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together till that cheese melts.
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Now, we're going to let this simmer.
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while we get some other things ready for
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it.
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Where's my grater? There we go.
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All right. I'm going to grate in about 4
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ounces of mozzarella cheese into my
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mixture here while it's simmering.
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Be asking where my grater is. I know,
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right? I'm using my other grater now.
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And we'll use the other half of it for
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the top of the casserole.
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Oh, that sauce looks delicious.
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Can y'all see that? I got little bits of
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cheese flying everywhere and my dog is
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at it right now.
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Let's stir that in. Oh yeah. Turn down
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your heat to like a medium low.
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There we go.
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We don't want to scorch anything.
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Look how thick that is. Oh my.
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See that cheese?
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Did you see that cheese?
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All right. You're probably wondering
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where is the chicken?
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Here's my rotisserie chicken.
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Let's chop it up. There's flavor right
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there, you guys. If you don't have a
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rotisserie chicken or don't want to use
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one, then you can boil up your chicken.
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You can roast up your chicken. You can
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put it in the crock pot, cook it that
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way. the the day before, whichever way,
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just flavor it up good. And then we're
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going to chop that up into tiny pieces.
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All right, we got our drained pasta, the
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tortillini, and what I'm going to do is
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add the sauce to it.
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We're going to add two cups of fresh
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spinach going in. We're going to add in
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the cooked chicken that I diced up.
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About three cups if you're using a
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different type of chicken. Make sure
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it's cooked. To give it some more color
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and more veggies in there, I'm going to
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be using some roasted red peppers.
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These will add a nice color to it. And I
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love the roasted peppers cuz they got a
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nice flavor. We're going to keep going
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here.
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About half a jar. And this was 12 oz.
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So, I put about 6 ounces in there. Let's
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mix this all together.
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And once that sauce was done, I got a
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spoon and tasted it. Y'all missed that
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step, but was there. If you need to
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adjust your seasonings, you can at that
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time, y'all. Look how creamy that looks.
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Look at this. We're not done yet. Let's
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get a baking dish. 9 by13.
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We're going to butter our baking dish.
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Now, I just pull one of these out of my
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freezer. I save these every time I use a
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stick of butter. That way we can butter
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baking dishes and things like that. So,
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we're going to butter it really well.
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That way, that casserole will come out
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really easily. Or if you just want to
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spray it with some non-stick cooking
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spray, you can do that also.
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Now, we're going to add our mixture into
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the baking dish. Oh,
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everybody will come home for this one.
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All right, smooth it out. All
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right, I'm going to go grab my
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mozzarella cheese. Yeah, we're not done
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with the cheese yet.
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We want to have a nice golden brown
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color on the top of our casserole here
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with the cheese. More peppers on top
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just to kind of fill in the colors
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there. Some cracked black pepper.
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All right, we're going to bake this in
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the oven that's been preheated at 350°
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for 15 minutes. I'm going to raise the
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temperature up to about 500 or you could
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put it on broil and get it for another
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five minutes to get that nice and golden
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brown. I'll be back. Okay, you guys,
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look at this.
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That looks amazing. I definitely want to
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eat this. Should the kids get any? I
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don't know.
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I got a bowl and I'm going to give a try
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for you. So, I'm going to get some of
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this delicious creamy cheesy chicken
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torillini bake.
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Oo,
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look at that.
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Let me grab a fork and give that a try
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for you.
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I love that little burst from those
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roasted red bell peppers. M. Those are
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good.
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I like how mellow this is, how creamy it
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is, cheesy it is. It hides some veggies
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in there.
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The spinach, the chicken fully cooked in
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there. Oh my goodness. You guys, this is
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topnotch.
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It's really easy to put together. I'm
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telling you, you better have everything
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ready before you put this one together
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because it comes together pretty quick
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and then just bakes in the oven, right?
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All right, that's the chicken. Mhm.
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Nice and tender. Has all that flavor all
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through it.
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There we go. I'll see y'all on the next
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episode. I gotta divvy this up. Bye.