I made The Pioneer Woman's chicken mozzarella pasta. I see why she calls it one of the 'easiest pastas on the planet.'

• I made The Pioneer Woman's recipe for chicken and mozzarella pasta. • The simple weeknight pasta required only a few basic ingredients and 16 minutes of cooking time. • The recipe was a quick, crowd-pleasing dinner.

When I spotted The Pioneer Woman's so-called 16-minute pasta recipe online, I had to find out for myself if it really was that fast to make — or if it was too good to be true.

Ree Drummond's recipe, which she calls one of the "easiest pastas on the planet," uses simple ingredients: pasta, chicken breasts, store-bought marinara sauce, onion, mozzarella, and a few herbs and spices that you likely already have on hand.

While it took longer than the 16 minutes advertised in the recipe, it was still a quick, crowd-pleasing dinner.

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