Chicken pasta in a garlic tomato cream sauce is the ultimate comfort meal. Made with pasta, chicken, spinach, seasonings, lots of yummy garlic, and parmesan cheese, you can make this incredible dish in under 30 minutes!
If you have been in the mood for a chicken dinner that is creamy and delicious that your whole family will love, this is perfect for you. Everything from the juicy chicken breast all the way to the healthy spinach gives this dish so much flavor.
It doesn’t matter if you’re looking for something that’s easy for a busy weeknight or if you’re coming over for dinner. Everyone is going to rave about the amazing way this pasta tastes.let’s get started so you can head in the kitchen and whip up a batch.
What You Will Need To Make Creamy Garlic Chicken Pasta
- Pasta: What I love about this garlic chicken pasta recipe is you can literally use any kind of pasta that you like. I typically alter my recipe, depending on what kind of pasta I found on sale.
- Chicken breast: I typically use boneless skinless chicken breast; you could also use boneless skinless chicken thighs. It’s entirely up to you, and whatever you prefer will be fine.
- Seasonings: Normally, I use a combination of garlic powder, Italian seasoning, paprika, salt, and pepper to add more flavor to this dish.
- Olive oil: You want a good quality olive oil to cook the chicken in.
- Butter: The butter helps cook the garlic and adds to the flavor.
- Garlic: For best results, use minced garlic. I stick around to four cloves for this recipe, but you could always add in more or less depending on what you like.
- Tomatoes: The tomatoes enhance the way the chicken pasta looks, but it also makes it taste extra hearty and delicious.
- Spinach: Spinach gives you a boost in vitamins and minerals. You can leave it out if you want to, but I love the flavor.
- Heavy cream: The real star of the show is the heavy cream! It gives this chicken pasta a creamy texture that is crave-worthy.
- Parmesan cheese: You can’t really have an Italian dish without some Parmesan cheese, right?
How To Make Creamy Garlic Chicken Pasta
I don’t know if you can make an easier pasta dish with as much flavor as this one. You’ll need to start off by preparing the pasta according to the package directions. You want to cook it till it’s al dente and not overly cooked.
Then you’ll take the seasonings and add it to both sides of the chicken breast.
Warm up the olive oil in a heavy-duty pan using medium-high heat. Once it’s hot, add the chicken breast and cook them for 5 minutes on each side or until it’s cooked all the way through. After the chicken is cooked, remove it from the pan and set it aside.
Using the same pan, add in the garlic and butter. Sautee for 1 minute or until the garlic is fragrant. Then add in the diced tomato and fresh spinach. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the spinach has wilted and the tomatoes have softened.
Turn down the heat and add in the heavy cream along with the parmesan cheese. Use a whisk and stir until it is fully incorporated in creamy. Add in a little bit of salt and pepper to taste.
Drain the pasta and slice up the chicken into thin slices. Place them in both in the pan and stir well. Serve, and enjoy!
How Do You Store Leftover Chicken Pasta?
Let the chicken cool all the way down. After the dishes cooled you can place it in an airtight container. Keep it in the refrigerator for up to four days.
More Yummy Pasta Dishes
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- 15 Minute Chicken Pasta
- Cajun Chicken Pasta
- Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta
Creamy Garlic Chicken Pasta {with Tomato & Spinach}
Ingredients
- 10 ounces dry pasta, (any kind)
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- salt & pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup tomatoes, diced
- 2 cups spinach, chopped, optional
- 2 cups heavy cream, (or 16 oz)
- 1/2 cups Parmesan cheese, shredded or grated
- salt & pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Prep Pasta: Boil water in a large pot and cook pasta al dente according to package instructions.
- Season both sides of chicken breasts with salt garlic powder, Italian seasoning, paprika, and a generous pinch of salt and pepper.
- Heat olive oil in a large heavy duty pan over medium-high heat and cook chicken breasts 5 minutes per side or until cooked through. Remove from heat and set aside.
- To the same pan, add the butter and garlic and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add the tomato and spinach and cook 2-3 minutes or until the tomato and spinach are soft and wilted.
- Reduce the heat and add the heavy cream and parmesan cheese. Whisk until fully incorporated and creamy. Add a pinch of salt and pepper to taste.
- Drain pasta and slice chicken into thin slices or cubes and return to the same pan. Stir to combine and serve!
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It’s an amazing recipe. Tastes like restaurant quality food. Chicken was nice and juicy. Would suggest adding more seasoning along with the heavy cream.
Excellent, easy recipe! Only modification made was to use a bit of dry white wine to deglaze the pan before adding the heavy cream and parmesan. Dinner was unexpectedly delayed by nearly an hour yet the dish held perfectly well covered on the stove top. Voted a keeper by the crew!
Absolutely delicious! make it for the family every Friday, it’s now a a signature dish in my house hold!
I love this recipe its perfect if you are having a dinner party, I cook it the night before and serve the next day it give the pasta time to absorb all the cream, Parmesan and tomato sauce. I also cook in a large batch and freeze it. It is fantastic. The only mods I make is, I add a jar of tomato sauce to my liking (Vodka sauce from Aldi’s) and I add a little more cheese and garlic.
Everyone loves this dish!
5 stars
Delicious !
Good but my sauce turned out pretty watery. Not sure if it’s supposed to, but will probably use less heavy cream next time. Otherwise very delicious!
This was so good! I used whole milk instead of cream, and brought it to a boil once all ingredients were added to thin the sauce. Really yummy and will make again!
Loved it. Easy and quick and super tasty.
What paprika to use. Hungarian, sweet or smoked? I never know what to use when it just says paprika.
If you’d like spice go ahead and use smoked paprika. If not, sweet paprika works too!
thank you
your steps was easy to follow and the pictures was every help
My picky eater loved it
Wow this was sooooo good! I only had 1.5 cups of cream and added chopped onions and this was bomb! better than Olive Garden and I love their Alfredo!
It was quick and easy! I think the sauce was a little thin at first, but after letting the pasta absorb some of the liquid it turned out great. I added Tony’s seasoning and it really made this dish pop! The only thing is, I cannot figure out what the actual serving size is (ounces, grams, etc.) Which makes this difficult to portion. Does anyone know?
Can onions he added to the recipe?
Yes, onions are a delicious addition! To add onion, cook the onion down before adding the garlic.
Easy & very tasty. But had to add quite a bit of salt to get enough flavor out of the sauce, even though I’d added some of the chicken seasoning blend directly to the cream – perhaps i needed so much because I was using kosher salt? Anyway, I think I’ll add some lemon juice and possibly more tomatoes next time for more complexity and a slightly thinner consistency as it’s quite thick and rich when it all comes together. Still, it’s a great recipe!
Yes, more kosher salt is needed compared to table salt. Everyone has a different salt tolerance so I would season to taste!
I didn’t have fresh tomatoes and had to use canned and it still turned out super yummy!
Just made it, I added some red pepper flakes for some additional kick to the chicken.
Loved it.
I’m not normally a cheesy creamy sauce type person, however, this is now a firm family favourite and I would urge everyone to try it at least once
I haven’t actually made this dish… But my Dad (who is a chef) said that this looks like a really good recipe. Can’t wait to try this for supper tonight!!
Just made this for dinner!! It was a hit!!
Delicious and so flavour full!
I made this for 3 hungry hockey boys. It was sooo easy to make (especially since I used left over rotisseire chicken). 😆They all agreed that it was delicious and should go in rotation!
So glad to hear that!