Chicken Parmesan Casserole
This Chicken Parmesan Casserole is perfect comfort food: saucy and cheesy with a crunchy topping!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs raw boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste if you want it hot
- ¼ cup fresh basil, finely chopped
- 2 cups marinara/pasta sauce, I used Wegmans Tomato Basil
- 1 ½ cups 2% reduced fat shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 2 oz Parmesan cheese, freshly grated (I used the smallest holed side of my box grater), divided
- 3.5 oz garlic croutons, roughly crushed, leaving some larger pieces (I used New York Texas Toast brand Garlic & Butter)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly mist a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Spread the cubed pieces of chicken across the bottom of the baking dish in a single layer. Sprinkle the minced garlic, red pepper flakes and basil evenly over the chicken. Spread the sauce evenly across the top. On top of the sauce layer, sprinkle ¾ cup of the Mozzarella and one ounce of the Parmesan evenly across the dish. Sprinkle the crushed croutons across the top and follow with the remaining cheese.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
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Nutrition Information:
303 calories, 15 g carbs, 4 g sugars, 11 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 37 g protein, 1 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)
MyWW SmartPoints per (1/8th of the recipe) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 8 SmartPoints/ Blue: 6 SmartPoints/ Purple: 6 SmartPoints
Weight Watchers Points Plus:
8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) adapted from Food.com
8 per serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com) adapted from Food.com