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Creamy Chicken and Tomato Pasta (ONE Pan)
Made in one pan in only 30 minutes! This creamy chicken and tomato pasta is the comforting, satisfying and balanced meal you need this winter.
Prep
5 min
Cook
30 min
Total
35 min
Serves
5
Instructions
- 01
Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- 02
While the pasta is cooking, slice chicken breasts into 3 inch cubes, add them to a large mixing bowl and season with salt, black pepper and flour
- 03
In a hot pan, add half of the butter. Once butter is melted, add chicken breast and cook for about 7 minutes until the insides are no longer pink in colour. Remove chicken from the pan and set aside on a plate.
- 04
To the same pan, add the remaining butter and garlic. Saute garlic until fragrant (about 2 minutes), add in cherry tomatoes and spices and cook until tomatoes begin to soften (about 3-4 minutes). Pour in cream, chicken broth and tomato sauce, and bring to a simmer.
- 05
Once simmering, add in spinach and parmesan cheese and stir (this may need to be done in batches to allow room for all of the spinach). Once spinach is wilted, add the cooked chicken and pasta, stir and serve with fresh basil and parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
per serving · 1.5 cups
- Calories
- 571
- Protein
- 28g
- Carbs
- 28g
- Fat
- 39g
- Fiber
- 3g
- Sugar
- 5g
- Sat. fat
- 24g
- Sodium
- 732mg
- Cholesterol
- 167mg
Variations & swaps
Substitutions and Variations
- Make it gluten-free: Use gluten-free pasta of choice. Then you can customize it to your requirements.
- Make it dairy-free: Use dairy free butter and cream (Becel has amazing options for both) and nutritional yeast instead of the Parmesan cheese!
- Make it vegetarian: Leave out the chicken and just make a creamy tomato pasta!
- Missing an ingredient? Try these:
- Butter: Can be subbed with olive oil
- Pasta: Use any pasta you have on hand- this would also be great with oil (or even chickpea or lentil pasta for additional protein)
- Tomato sauce: Not a substitute, but look for a lower sugar and salt option- my favorite is the Victoria one from Costco!
- Spinach: Curly green kale leaves is a great substitution! Try mixing in steamed broccoli for additional vegetables if desired!
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