Description
Creamy Chicken Pasta is a simple pasta recipe perfect for a quick chicken dinner or easy dinner. This weeknight meal combines tender chicken with a rich creamy sauce making it a delightful family dinner option.
Ingredients
Scale
- 200 grams dried pasta or 300 grams fresh pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 x chicken breast (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves roughly chopped
- 3⁄4 cup cream
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 50 grams parmesan very finely grated
- Lemon zest and extra rosemary to finish
Instructions
- Cook pasta in boiling salted water, removing it one minute before fully done and set aside some pasta water.
- Pound the chicken breast evenly to 1 to 1.5 cm thickness and season both sides with salt and pepper, then coat with flour.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat and cook chicken for 2 minutes on each side until fully cooked; wrap in foil and keep warm.
- Melt butter in a pan over medium heat and gently sauté garlic for a minute without browning.
- Add rosemary and cook for 30 more seconds.
- Pour in cream and lower heat to a gentle simmer, avoiding boiling.
- Stir in parmesan gradually in 2 or 3 additions, allowing it to melt after each.
- Mix in black pepper and lemon juice quickly.
- Add 1⁄4 cup pasta water and simmer gently for 2 to 3 minutes until sauce thickens slightly.
- Add cooked pasta to the sauce and stir, letting it simmer for a minute or two.
- Slice chicken and serve atop or mixed through pasta, garnished with extra rosemary, lemon zest, and parmesan if desired.
Notes
- Pasta – I used fettuccine but use whatever shape you like
- I like to weigh the pasta portions, it’s a one minute job and ensures the perfect sauce to pasta ratio
- Sauce factor – It will seem way too ‘saucy’ when you add the cooked pasta to the cream but trust me, cream sauces dry up so quick
- By the time you have simmered it all together for a min or two then serve it, it will be perfect! Chicken – Feel free to use chicken thighs instead of breast (they have way more flavour)
- Also use two breasts if you want a bit more chicken
- Up to you! Also please feel free to cook the chicken any way you personally prefer
- You could slice it up into pieces then dust in the flour and pan fry until cooked through
- A non cream version – Please check out my Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Chicken
- It is seriously delicious
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Meat Sauces
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 700 kcal
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 350mg
- Fat: 45g
- Saturated Fat: 25g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 40g
- Cholesterol: 120mg