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Mexican Pasta Pie

Cuisine: Mexican
Type: Vegetables
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2   Onion - finely chopped
1   Tomatoes w/juice
  Coarsely chopped
1   Taco mix - (1-1/4 oz)
  Seasoning
1   Black beans - rinsed and
  Drained
4 cups 948mlCooked ziti or penne pasta
1 3/4 cups 414mlDried pasta)
2 teaspoons 10mlOlive oil
1 cup 237mlPart-skim ricotta
2   Chicken boneless - (8-ounce)
  Skinless breast halves
  Cut in 1/2" pieces - optional
1 cup 237mlShredded cheddar or
  Mexi-blend cheese

Recipe Instructions

Leave out the chicken to convert to a vegetarian meal. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Grease a 7-by-11-inch baking dish.

In a medium non-reactive bowl, mix onions, tomatoes, taco mix and black beans. Toss pasta with olive oil.

Spread 1 cup tomato mixture on bottom of baking dish. Add cooked pasta. Dot with ricotta and then spread with a knife. Stir chicken pieces into remaining tomato mixture and spoon over ricotta. Sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake 25 to 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

From Sun-Sentinel Food Section, Thursday, July 20, 1995 "Meals in Minutes"

Source:
Southern Living

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