Delicious Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes cooked over the stove top in a delicious and creamy flavorful sauce. This easy one skillet dinner is perfect for a busy weeknight dinner. Your family will love it!
Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes. A Delicious pasta one skillet dinner with a zingy Italian taste!
This recipe is fantastic with homemade sun dried Tomatoes and homemade Roasted Peppers. Find out how to freeze and roast peppers in this post. They are so handy to have on hand for recipes like this! The one skillet instructions are mine. And no high heat required 🙂
My Mom left to go help my sister move into a new house in Montana for a few days. Since leaving she has entrusted the care of the blogging and cooking to me!
I fancy myself more of a sweets connoisseur than a chef. I have given it my best the past couple of days. My poor spoiled father is left with noone to cook for him. So I went over to my parents house with my husband to make this pasta dish.
Sadly; I very nearly burnt the house down. Heed my warning when I tell you…Do not add oil to a boiling hot pan! Oh my goodness! As a rookie cook I made a silly mistake that I am sure anybody experienced in cooking would never make.
I got overly excited about cooking with sun-dried tomatoes. I went a little crazy with the olive oil. As any self respecting newbie would I poured 2 tablespoons of olive oil into a pan that was on high heat.
Flames were shooting to the ceiling. I thought to myself “this is it, I’m going to burn my mother’s kitchen to the ground while she’s away and I’ll never forgive myself.”
Chicken Pasta with Sun Dried tomatoes
Thankfully I wasn’t alone in the kitchen. While I was staring in sheer terror at the flames lapping up at the kitchen ceiling, my wonderful husband was snapping into action and taking care of the fire.
One blackened pan later, I started over. This time with the oil on low heat.
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Thank goodness this dinner turned out to be really good! It’s simple to make as long as you don’t catch your kitchen on fire!
Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes Recipe:
Chopped roasted peppers and garlic are where this flavorful meal begins. The Sun Dried tomatoes work so well with these zingy flavors. Your house will smell amazing when this meal is cooking!
Lots of flavor in this skillet. Add the cream to make the sauce and enjoy a lovely, easy meal with your family.
Serve garnished with smoked paprika. So good!
Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Delicious Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes cooked over the stove top in a delicious and creamy flavorful sauce. This easy one skillet dinner is perfect for a busy weeknight dinner. Your family will love it!
Ingredients
- 1-4 oz. Jar Sun-Dried Tomatoes in Olive Oil
- 1/2 Cup roasted peppers-chopped
- 2 large cloves garlic chopped fine
- 1 Cup of Half and Half
- 2 Cups of chicken broth-(more as needed)
- 1 lb. of Chicken Tenders
- 1 Cup of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese or sliced as you prefer
- 8 oz. Pasta Noodles-(I used bow tie)
- 1/2 Tablespoon Italian Seasonings
- 1/2 Tablespoon Crushed Basil leaves (dried)
- 1 tsp. Smoked Paprika (to taste)
- 1 tsp. Salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Lightly coat the chicken in smoked paprika and salt.
- Lay the pieces of chicken into a large skillet with some of the oil from the tomatoes.
- Cook 10 minutes covered on low heat.
- When the chicken is about half done push the chicken to the side.
- Add the sun dried tomatoes, roasted peppers and garlic on a medium heat in the same large skillet with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil from the jar of sun dried tomatoes.
- Add the Italian Seasoning and basil. Stir.
- Pour 2 Cups Chicken Broth into the skillet and add the pasta.
- Stir COVER and simmer on low for 20 minutes.
- Cook until the pasta is done al dente.
- Pour the cream into the skillet and mix to form a sauce.
- Add the mozzarella cheese and stir until thoroughly mixed or rest slices on top as pictured. Reduce heat to a simmer immediately and cover for 10 minutes until cheese is melted.
- If the sauce is too thick add more chicken broth to thin it out. If the sauce is too thin, then add more half and half and cheese until it is creamy.
- Adjust the spices to your taste. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 464Total Fat 23gSaturated Fat 7gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 60mgSodium 1444mgCarbohydrates 42gFiber 4gSugar 10gProtein 25g
Our chicken pasta gets a mediterranean twist with sun-dried tomatoes and fresh melted mozzarella. This recipe is easy to make and full of flavor with a creamy texture. #chickenpasta #healthy #creamy #sundriedtomatoes #recipe #chicken
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Recipe Adapted from: juliasalbum.com
Jeff
What is thy type of roasted peppers. I realize you can probably use whatever kind to your liking, but what do you use. I’m making this over the weekend and would like to know.
Diane
Hi Jeff, We use our garden peppers. Usually Tiburon variety. The closest you can find in the grocery store in my area are poblano or pasilla peppers. On the heat pepper heat scale they fall about number two. slightly hot and very flavorful but not blistering. I hope that helps!Thank you for your question. Please let us know how it turns out for you!
April @Girl Gone Gourmet
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said “don’t worry! It’s all under control!” as my boyfriend runs around opening windows to vent all the smoke out of the kitchen ? Despite the hot pan/oil issue this pasta sounds delicious!
Kayti Lavergne
Lol yes it can be hectic sometimes!
Kayti Lavergne
Thank you Nicky! I do have a great story to connect with this dish for sure! Looking back it was a pretty funny scene, however I never want to revisit another grease fire again! Lol
Nicky
Oh My Goodness! I;m sure that was a site in the kitchen. I think we’ve all had that happen to us. This pasta dish looks great and now you have a great story to tell along with it.
KC the Kitchen Chopper
If I looked up “comfort food for KC” in the dictionary, this would be the description! 🙂
Katerina
I love the intensity of flavor of the sun dried tomatoes. This creamy pasta looks heavenly!
KC the Kitchen Chopper
I love adding chewy sun dried tomatoes to dishes. So delish. This pasta dish looks so comfort foody!
Joanne/WineLady Cooks
Well your mom will be proud that you recovered and made a delicious chicken pasta with sun dried tomatoes. Your recipe sounds delicious and I’m sure you dad enjoyed it as well. Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer Johnson
This pasta looks delectable!
Kayti Lavergne
Thank you Jennifer! It’s got a great flavor!