Stouffer’s Rigatoni with Roasted White Meat Chicken

December 21, 2006 | Reviewer: Jess

Stouffer's Rigatoni with Roasted White Meat Chicken

Price: $2.00 (on sale)
Serving: 1 package, 8 3/8 oz.
Calories: 390
Fat: 22%, 15g
Sodium: 34%, 820mg
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 15%, 44g
Fiber: 12%, 3g

Stouffer’s says: Roasted chicken breast tossed with al dente rigatoni pasta and flavorful basil pesto made with extra virgin olive oil,garlic,pine nuts and aged Parmesan cheese.

Jess says: I made an important life discovery today. If you are really really hungry, then whatever you heat will probably taste incredibly delicious. My stomach was making these sick nasty gurgles at my desk before I cracked open the freezer and released this orange boxcicle from its icy home. And let me tell you, I popped out of my office chair as soon as I heard that microwave go “ding, ding, ding”. I didn’t even wait those 2 minutes of radiation toxin resting time. I was hungry. So I pretty much inhaled this garlicky, pestoey magic and was more and more impressed by its taste with each not properly chewed swallow. The sauce was well distributed, the pasta portion was enough to satiate, and the chicken cubes had a robust surface area (for a microwave meal).

When it was all over I realized that I didn’t take the cute little ‘how I look in real life’ picture that Abi likes. I was beyond thinking of even you, H.E.R. readers, I was THAT hungry. But I decided to write this up anyway while I was still awash in a belly-full glow, since you will tell me if I’m again grossly over-rating a meal and this is actually a pest-no, not a rigaton-si. (I nearly edited that out but stopped myself)

Still I’d place my bets on tastiness. Has pesto and pasta ever really done you wrong?

Readers – Fortunately for you, I managed to procure this meal for myself and take a picture. Apparently, the flourescent lights at school react strangely to the Stouffer’s box. That’s a problem. -Abi Jones, Ed.

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5 Responses to “Stouffer’s Rigatoni with Roasted White Meat Chicken”

kiki on December 22nd, 2006

This is one of my favorites. The sauce is wonderful!
LORIE on January 7th, 2009

Jess, I agree.

I tried this Stouffers Rigatoni meal last nite for the first time, me and my DH and we fixed some broccoli with it and let me tell you it was delicious… I try to stay away from microwavable meals but this I will def keep buying. Also, if you get a chance try Marie Collanders Chicken Alfredo w/brocoli it taste soooo restaurant style….

Yum, Yum, Im hungry thinking about this meal….
Dolores on April 16th, 2009

A waste of $. No flavor, very little sauce for the portion. Skimpy to say the least. No, I will not purchase again.
Rosa on August 26th, 2009

This pasta is amazing! When I first got with my boyfriend he would constantly talk about it and tell me how delicious it is, but I just thought he was exaggerating…… until he actually had me try it. So so so so good. No joke, I’m just about to go to Walmart to buy some. Just decided to google it and came across this page.

So disregard the comment above me, their tastebuds must not work that well.
Susette on November 22nd, 2009

I love this stuff would you happen to have the recipe?????