Description
A delicious creamy chicken pasta dish featuring sun dried tomatoes and spinach.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 ounces penne, rigatoni, or fettuccine
- 2 pieces boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 3 cloves fresh garlic
- 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes in oil
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2 cups spinach (optional)
- to taste salt and pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
Instructions
- Cook the pasta. Salt your water well. Cook until just tender, saving 1 cup of pasta water before draining.
- Prepare the chicken. Cut into bite-size pieces, season, and cook in a skillet until golden. Set aside.
- Make the sauce. In the same skillet, sauté sun dried tomatoes and garlic, then add chicken broth and simmer. Stir in heavy cream.
- Add the Parmesan while stirring, and adjust seasoning. Use reserved pasta water to loosen the sauce if needed.
- Toss the chicken and pasta in the skillet to coat. Add spinach at the end until it wilts, then serve with extra Parmesan.
Notes
- Feel free to use jarred garlic in a pinch.
- The pasta water helps to achieve the desired sauce consistency.
- Adding crushed red pepper flakes enhances the flavor if you like a bit of heat.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 600
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 35g
- Saturated Fat: 20g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 150mg