Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole

This easy Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole recipe is a creamy pasta dish with ranch seasoning topped with melted cheese and crispy bacon!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Total Time 50

Servings

Calories 348kcal

Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
In medium bowl, mix 3/4 cup sour cream, 1 packet ranch dressing mix, 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 15 ounce jar Alfredo pasta sauce, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese.
Stir in 2 cups cooked and chopped chicken and 8 ounces penne pasta, cooked and drained. Pour mixture into pan.
Sprinkle the remaining one cup shredded mozzarella cheese along with 4-6 slices bacon, cooked and chopped evenly over the top of the pasta mixture.
Cover with nonstick aluminum foil and bake in oven for 20 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted.
Sprinkle top with chopped parsley (if using) and serve!

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!