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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 55 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil, cook the penne pasta 10 to 12 minutes, until al dente, and drain. | 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 3. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, and saute the onion, green bell pepper, and garlic until tender. Stir in the chicken, and cook until almost done. Mix in the peas, cilantro, dill, tomato paste, and enough water to make a thick sauce. Continue to cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear, and all the ingredients are heated through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. | 4. To prepare the bechamel sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Dissolve the chicken bouillon cube in the melted butter. Stirring constantly, blend in the flour until smooth. Mix in the milk, season with pepper, and continue to cook and stir until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. | 5. In a bowl, mix the cooked pasta with 1/2 the bechamel sauce. Place 1/2 the pasta in a baking dish, layer with 1/2 the chicken mixture, and 1/2 the mozzarella cheese. Layer with the remaining pasta, remaining chicken mixture, and remaining bechamel sauce. Top with remaining mozzarella cheese. | 6. Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until bubbly. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
penne pasta	1	package		-	-	-	-
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1		diced	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
green bell pepper	1		diced	-	-	-	-
garlic	3	cloves	minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
chicken breast half	2		skinless boneless cubed	-	-	-	-
pea	1/2	cup		20.58	3.6995	1.3719999999999999	0.098
cilantro	1	bunch		-	-	-	-
dill weed	3	sprigs	chopped	0.258	0.0421	0.0208	0.0067
italian tomato paste	1	can	flavored	-	-	-	-
water	1/2	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt pepper	to taste			-	-	-	-
butter	5	tablespoons		427.5	19.6425	13.3575	36.0
chicken bouillon	1	cube		10.68	0.7204	0.6664	0.5552
purpose flour	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
milk	3	cups		446.52	34.9896	23.058000000000003	23.9364
pepper	to taste			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
mozzarella cheese	2	cups	shredded	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.