Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
In medium bowl, mix sour cream, ranch dressing mix, garlic, pepper, Alfredo sauce and 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
Gently combine the chicken and penne with the sauce. Pour mixture into pan.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese along with the bacon pieces evenly over the noodle mixture.
Cover with nonstick alumium foil and bake in oven for 20 minutes until bubbly and cheese is melted.
Sprinkle top with parsley and serve!
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Notes
This recipe calls for eight ounces of penne pasta. Most boxes of pasta are sold in sixteen ounces. So you'll be making half of a box of pasta for this.
The pre-packaged real bacon pieces can be used instead of cooking up bacon. The packages can sometimes be found where the salad toppings are located in your grocery store.
Rotisserie chicken is perfect to use here. Just purchase a family-sized rotisserie chicken and pull the meat off the bone and chop it up. Also some stores, like Costco, now sell pulled chicken that you can buy that's already prepackaged and ready to go. These are such time savers!
Feel free to add your favorite vegetables to this dish. I think chopped broccoli would be perfect!