Meals with chicken and pasta
Chicken and pasta is endlessly adaptable. You can go creamy, tomato-based, or just garlic and oil.
Most of these take 25–30 minutes from start to finish.
Easy meal ideas
Garlic chicken pasta
Cook sliced chicken with garlic in olive oil, toss with pasta and pasta water.
Chicken pasta with tomato sauce
Brown chicken, add tomato sauce, simmer 10 minutes, toss with pasta.
Creamy chicken pasta
Cook chicken, deglaze with a splash of broth or cream, toss with pasta.
Chicken noodle skillet
Cook chicken and pasta together in broth in one pan until liquid is absorbed.
How to stretch these ingredients
- Reserve pasta water before draining — it helps create the sauce
- Use chicken thighs over breasts for more flavor and they're harder to overcook
- A splash of lemon brightens cream-based chicken pasta
- Parmesan stirred in at the end makes any pasta more satisfying
- Spinach or any leafy green wilts into chicken pasta beautifully