This Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta recipe is such a delicious meal for busy weeknights. Your family will fall in love with this meal.
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This restaurant quality dish is a simple recipe that is guaranteed to wow anyone. Make Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta for any day of the week for a nutritious and tasty meal.
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What We Love About This Comfprt Food Recipe
- 30 Minute Meal: Have a great dinner on the table in 30 minutes.
- Family Friendly: Creamy Tuscan Chicken will quickly before a family favorite meal.
- One-Pot Meal: This Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta Recipe only dirties one skillet, making clean up super easy.
Ingredient Notes for Tuscan Chicken Pasta Recipes
- Oil: You will need a neutral oil, vegetable, canola, olive, or avocado oil will all work.
- Chicken: I used skinless chicken breasts, you could also use chicken thighs for this recipe as well.
- Italian Seasoning: You can use a pre-made blend or make your own.
- Chicken Broth: Use regular or low sodium chicken broth.
- Heavy Whipping Cream: You will need 35% percent cream.
- Spinach: Fresh spinach or frozen spinach will work. Baby spinach is great.
- Sun-dried Tomatoes: For that tuscan flavor, you will need sun-dried tomatoes.
- Lemon Juice: You will need fresh lemon juice.
- Garlic: Fresh minced garlic cloves work best for this great recipe. You could also use garlic powder but it will not give the same flavor.
Equipment Needed
- Skillet or Dutch Oven
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Lemon Juicer
- Tongs
- Wooden Spoon
How to Make Tuscan Chicken Pasta Recipe
These are the basic steps for making Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions.
STEP 1: COOK CHICKEN
First, cook your favorite pasta according to package directions. In a large skillet over medium heat with oil add seasoned chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes per side.
STEP 2: ADD THE CHICKEN BROTH
Add the chicken broth and turn the heat up to medium-high heat. Once you have brought the chicken broth to a simmer, add the heavy cream and reduce back to medium heat. Allow to simmer until about half of the liquid has cooked off and thickened.
STEP 3: ADD SPINACH AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES
Add sun-dried tomatoes and spinach, cook until the spinach is completely wilted then remove from heat and add lemon juice and parmesan cheese to taste. Before serving check to make sure the internal temperature of the chicken has reached above 165 degrees. Serve with your favorite pasta and enjoy!
Prep and Storage Tips for Tuscan Chicken Bake
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME
To make this recipe ahead of time, follow the instructions as usual and store in airtight container for 1-2 days until you are ready to serve.
HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE
Store Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta leftovers in an airtight container for 3-4 days in the fridge.
HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE
To freeze tuscan garlic chicken, add to a freezer bag or airtight container for up to 3 months. Allow chicken to thaw fully before reheating.
HOW TO REHEAT THIS RECIPE
You can reheat creamy tuscan chicken in the microwave for 2-3 minutes or reheating on the stove top over medium heat until warmed.
Frequently Asked Questions about Tuscan Garlic Chicken
To make this creamy tuscan chicken lower in sodium by using a low sodium chicken broth.
If turkey breasts were on sale at the store, you could adapt this recipe to use chicken in place of turkey.
This recipe can just as easily be doubled or halved, just increase or decrease ingredients proportionally.
Tuscan chicken is traditionally a parmesan cream sauce paired with chicken, spinach, and sundried tomatoes.
Expert Tips for Making This Recipe
- Extra Creamy Sauce: For an extra creamy sauce, you can also add cream cheese along with the chicken broth and heavy cream.
- Instant Pot: Make Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta an instant pot recipe but cooking on the sauté setting.
- Add Heat: To make this recipe spicier add crushed red pepper flakes to taste.
- Wine: Try adding a splash of your favorite white wine.
- Tomatoes: Cherry tomatoes are wonderful in this restaurant quality meal.
- Crusty Bread: Serve with a nice bread to dip in the creamy parmesan sauce.
What to Serve with Tuscan Chicken Pasta
- Greek Peasant Salad
- Cheesy Garlic Bread
- Tuscan Roasted Parmesan Asparagus
- Spaghetti or Penne Pasta
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Creamy Garlic and Chicken Pasta
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Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons Oil
- 4 Chicken breasts
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon Minced garlic
- ¼ teaspoon Salt, to taste
- ¼ teaspoon Pepper, to taste
- 1 cup Chicken broth
- 1 cup Heavy whipping cream, 35%
- 1 cup Spinach
- ½ cup Sundried tomatoes, oil drained
- Parmesan cheese, to taste
- 2 Tablespoon Lemon juice
- 10 ounces Pasta, Cooked
Instructions
- Cook Pasta according to package directions. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- Season the chicken breasts with Italian seasoning, salt and pepper then place in the hot skillet.
- Sear the chicken for 4-5 minutes on one side, then flip and continue to cook for 4-5 more minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook for about 30 seconds.
- Add the chicken broth to the skillet and increase heat to medium-high.
- Once the chicken broth is simmering, add the heavy whipping cream and then reduce heat to medium.
- Allow the liquid to simmer until reduced by half, about 8 minutes.
- Add the cooked pasta, spinach and sundried tomatoes to the skillet until spinach is completely wilted.
- Add the Parmesan cheese to taste, then finish off with the lemon juice.
Christina’s Notes
- Extra Creamy Sauce: For an extra creamy sauce, you can also add cream cheese along with the chicken broth and heavy cream.
- Instant Pot: Make Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta an instant pot recipe but cooking on the sauté setting.
- Add Heat: To make this recipe spicier add crushed red pepper flakes to taste.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
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