Besides cooking the pasta, this recipe is made entirely in a large skillet. This is an all-in-one meal, with pasta, chicken and a veggie (spinach). We usually just grab a hunk of bread and a bottle of wine and call this dinner. It’s a repeat recipe for sure in our house.
Ingredients needed:
penne pasta olive oil boneless chicken breast salt and pepper garlic chicken broth heavy whipping cream Italian seasoning sun dried tomatoes Parmesan cheese fresh spinach leaves fresh parsley
How to make Tuscan Chicken Pasta:
Prepare the penne pasta, according to package instructions- to al dente. You may substitute another kind of pasta for the penne, if you’d like. I’d suggest rigatoni, bow tie or rotini. Heat oil in a large skillet. Add the chicken, salt and pepper and cook until browned on both sides. Turn the heat down a bit and stir in the garlic. Turn heat down a little more and add in chicken broth, heavy whipping cream and Italian seasoning. Stir in sun dried tomatoes and Parmesan cheese. Stir in the cooked pasta, and let the sauce thicken. The last step is adding fresh spinach and stirring until it is wilted.
Add in a little extra Parmesan when ready to serve. Garnish with fresh parsley, if desired.
This pasta has a creamy sauce, but not overwhelmingly so. There is nothing worse than pasta dishes that are soaked in too much sauce! The flavors of sun dried tomato and Parmesan cheese are great with the fresh spinach and chicken. It’s a lovely pasta dinner recipe!
This recipe can be divided into 6 servings. If you have more hungry people eating this meal, you may wish to divide it into 4 servings instead. Enjoy! If you’re into skillet dinners, you might also like to try my easy skillet lasagna or this skillet baked ziti. Skillet chicken parmesan and this chicken cheese steak skillet are also favorites.
