Creamy Chicken Spinach Pasta
This Creamy Chicken Spinach Pasta is total comfort food and can be easily thrown together for a simple and hearty dinner.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 557kcal
Ingredients
- 200 g Pasta
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil for the chicken
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil for the vegetables
- 300 g Chicken breast cut into chunks
- 300 g Spinach finely chopped
- 2 Tomatoes diced
- 1 Onion diced
- 2 Garlic clove crushed
- 75 g Light cream cheese
- 100 ml Skimmed milk
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon Creme fraiche
- 2 tablespoon Greek yogurt
- 100 ml Chicken stock
- 40 g Sun-dried tomatoes chopped
- 80 g Artichoke hearts chopped
- 80 g Mozzarella grated
- 1 pinch Sea salt and ground black pepper
Instructions
- Cook 200 g Pasta according to the packet instructions.
- Heat 1 tablespoon Olive oil in a pan and fry 300 g Chicken breast until it is cooked through. Set aside.
- Add another 1 tablespoon Olive oil to the pan and add 1 Onion and 2 Garlic clove. Sauté until softened.
- Add the cooked chicken, 300 g Spinach, 75 g Light cream cheese, 80 g Mozzarella, 100 ml Skimmed milk, 2 tablespoon Greek yogurt, 2 tablespoon Creme fraiche, 2 Tomatoes, 40 g Sun-dried tomatoes, 80 g Artichoke hearts, 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard and 1 pinch Sea salt and ground black pepper. Add 100 ml Chicken stock.
- Heat until the cheese has melted and a sauce has formed (about 5 minutes).
- Drain the pasta and add to the pan. Mix well until all the pasta is coated.
Notes
- You can swap fresh spinach for frozen (and thawed) spinach and it will still work just as well.
- To make this dish gluten free, you just need to swap the pasta to your favourite gluten free version.
- Cook the pasta al dente, as it will carry on cooking a little more in the sauce. To cook pasta al dente (which means “to the tooth” or firm to bite), cook pasta for about 2 minutes less than indicated on the package instructions.
- Add some extra flavour to this pasta dish with some cooked chopped bacon.
- You could make this creamy chicken and spinach pasta even easier by using leftover shredded chicken and stirring it in at the same time as the spinach.
- Add a little Dijon mustard to give this sauce some extra flavour.
- Add a scoop of the pasta water to the sauce to make it really silky smooth.
Nutrition
Serving: 1portion | Calories: 557kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 525mg | Potassium: 1497mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 8190IU | Vitamin C: 49mg | Calcium: 304mg | Iron: 7mg
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