Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta That's SO Easy!
Sun-dried tomato pasta: Make this easy one-pot creamy chicken and spinach pasta in under 30 minutes. A quick and delicious weeknight dinner recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs (thinly sliced into bite-sized pieces)
- fine sea salt and freshly-ground black pepper
- 1 (8-ounce) jar sun-dried tomatoes in oil
- 1 small white onion (diced)
- 8 ounces baby bella mushrooms (sliced)
- 6 cloves garlic (pressed or minced)
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 3 1/2 to 4 cups vegetable broth
- 8 ounces small pasta shape (such as gnocchetti sardi or orzo)
- 5 ounces fresh baby spinach
Instructions
- Cook the chicken. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes in a large nonstick sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until evenly cooked through. Transfer the chicken to a clean plate and set aside.
- Sauté the veggies. Add 1 more tablespoon of the sun-dried tomato oil to the sauté pan. Add the onion and mushrooms and sauté, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are browned. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper flakes and sauté for 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Simmer. Add 3 ½ cups of the vegetable broth, pasta, sun-dried tomatoes and stir to combine. Continue cooking, stirring more frequently as the pasta continues to cook and soak up the broth, until the pasta is 1 minute shy of al dente. If the pasta seems to need more broth to finish cooking, you’re welcome to add a ½ cup extra (or more) as needed.
- Finish. Stir in the spinach, basil, heavy cream and cooked chicken until the spinach is wilted and the pasta is al dente.
- Serve. Serve immediately, garnished with lots of fresh Parmesan, and enjoy!
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Notes
- Use oil from the sun-dried tomato jar for extra flavor.
- Don't rinse the pasta; the starch helps thicken the sauce.
- Add spinach at the very end so it just wilts.
- For a spicier kick, add more crushed red pepper flakes. Nutrition information is an estimate, calculated automatically. Values vary with brands, substitutions and portion sizes.
- Don't rinse the pasta; the starch helps thicken the sauce.
- Add spinach at the very end so it just wilts.
- For a spicier kick, add more crushed red pepper flakes. Nutrition information is an estimate, calculated automatically. Values vary with brands, substitutions and portion sizes.