This is a delicious meal that will leave everyone wanting more! I love how versatile it is: you can use all different kinds of ravioli, meats, and sauces. If you want, throw in some spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, or whatever else you have on hand. It's an easy and fairly quick recipe. It can also be made ahead of time and baked at dinnertime for busy weekdays. Serve with crusty garlic bread and salad, and you have an excellent meal to serve your family or even guests.
Ingredients
- 1 (25 ounce) package frozen cheese ravioli
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces (You could also substitute a different meat or make this meatless.)
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 1 (16 ounce) jar prepared Alfredo sauce (or other pasta sauce, if you prefer)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 bottle Italian salad dressing (Jennifer's addition, optional)
- sauteed mushrooms (Jennifer's addition, optional)
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil; boil the ravioli until it floats and the filling is hot, 6 to 8 minutes; drain.
Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken to the skillet, season with the Italian seasoning, and cook and stir until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle, about 15 minutes. (Instead of seasoning with the Italian seasoning, I chose to marinate the chicken all day in the Italian Salad dressing and then cooked it.)
Spread about 1/2 cup of Alfredo sauce into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Arrange enough ravioli over the sauce to cover the bottom of the dish completely. Top the ravioli with about half the cooked chicken. Sprinkle 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese over the chicken; season with salt and pepper. Repeat the layers until all ingredients are used.
(Jennifer: I also sauteed some mushrooms, following this recipe, and added them in as a layer in the middle. I loooooooooove mushrooms!)
Bake in the preheated oven until heated through completely and the mozzarella cheese is melted, about 25 minutes. Sprinkle the Parmesan evenly over the top of the dish; return to oven to cook another 5 minutes before serving.
