If you are looking for an easy meal that your entire family will enjoy, try Spicy Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe. It is loaded with tender chicken, tomatoes, cream cheese and more! It is creamy and delicious! This one pot meal is packed with flavor.
Spicy creamy chicken pasta recipe
Can you say DELICIOUS? Our entire family gobbled this up and we will be eating this on a regular basis. It is easy and tastes fabulous! Everything you need is in one pot so it makes everything so easy. Clean up is a breeze with this recipe! Serve it with a simple side salad or Easy Grilled Broccoli if you prefer. It’s also really tasty with this Oven Roasted Parmesan Asparagus. We also love Garlic Bread Cheese Sticks Recipe. Oh my! These are so good and you can dip them in the creamy tomato sauce! So good!
This pasta dish is one of our favorites! It’s really easy to make if you have guests coming over. It tastes so fancy but really is so simple. Everyone will ask for the recipe and think you spent a ton of time on this. We won’t tell……. 🙂
You will need a large skillet. We used a cast iron skillet but you can certainly use what you prefer. I just love how food cooks and tastes in cast iron. If you don’t have one, I bought my cast iron skillet on Amazon on sale. They have lots of sizes to choose from. I also make Cast Iron Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie that is amazing if you need a dessert idea! I also want to try this Cast Iron Cherry-Berry Cobbler. Yum! Both of these dessert ideas are fantastic with a scoop of vanilla ice cream served on top. Or you can use whipped cream.
This One Pot Creamy Chicken Pasta get dinner on the table fast!
I don’t know about you but dinner time can get crazy around here. Life is busy and we are often all headed in different directions. It does not always happen but I try really hard to get everyone around the table. Those moments are precious when everyone comes together to share about their day. Thee is just something special about gathering around the table.
My hope is that this recipe will allow you to spend less time in the kitchen and more time around the table with your family! It’s such a simple meal and we love one pot dishes around here. I’m all for less clean up. 🙂 We are just not in the season of life where I have tons of time to make these elaborate meals that require 7 different pots and pans. We all know what that can do to a kitchen and the mess afterwards! That’s why I just love this simple Creamy Chicken Pasta! Everything goes into one skillet and it’s that simple. Preparation takes very little time and the entire family gobbles this up. That makes a mama happy!
Creamy Chicken pasta recipes are the best!
I love the tangy cream sauce in this dish. Yum!
Ingredients:
- Chicken Breasts
- Onion
- Italian Seasoning
- Salt and Pepper
- Cayenne Pepper – If you don’t have Cayenne check out Best Cayenne Pepper Substitute post.
- Butter
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Grated Parmesan Cheese
- Ziti Pasta
How to make Spicy creamy chicken pasta recipe:
- In a large skillet heat about a tablespoon of the butter.
- Add chicken and the onions and allow it to brown, stirring occasionally. Let it get nice and brown and cook until the onions are soft.
- While chicken is browning season it with salt and pepper. Add the Italian seasoning and the cayenne pepper.
- Then mix in the remaining butter and heavy whipping cream.
- Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer for approximately 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
- While the chicken is cooking, cook the ziti to al dente based on the package instructions.
- Remove the chicken mixture from the heat. Then stir in the grated parmesan cheese gradually until the cheese is melted and all mixed in.
- Then stir in the cooked ziti. Serve warm and top with additional parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
Print this Creamy Chicken and Pasta recipe below:
Spicy Creamy Chicken
Ingredients
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts diced into 1 inch pieces
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 6 Tbsp butter
- 2 cups Heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
- 16 oz Ziti Pasta
Instructions
- In a large skillet heat about a tablespoon of the butter.
- Add chicken and the onions and allow it to brown, stirring occasionally. Let it get nice and brown and cook until the onions are soft.
- While chicken is browning season it with salt and pepper. Add the Italian seasoning and the cayenne pepper.
- Then mix in the remaining butter and heavy whipping cream.
- Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer for approximately 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
- While the chicken is cooking, cook the ziti to al dente based on the package instructions.
- Remove the chicken mixture from the heat. Then stir in the grated parmesan cheese gradually until the cheese is melted and all mixed in.
- Then stir in the cooked ziti. Serve warm and top with additional parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
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You might also like Creamy Chicken Penne Pasta!
Just stir in penne pasta instead. This is a great way to change up the recipe. Often I just use what I have in the pantry. Any pasta is great with this dish! Angel hair pasta is also really good!
Must try looks so yummy
Do you use a container of soft cream cheese? 12 oz?
I use a half of a container of cream cheese which is approximately 4 oz. Thank you!
Yummy easy dinner that the kids devoured!