25 Crave-Worthy Chicken Pasta Recipes for Winning Weeknight Meals (2024)

Updated January 12, 2023

• Chicken Scampi with Angel Hair Pasta

  

  Chicken scampi with angel hair pasta is a 20-minute meal that’s bursting with flavors. Bright lemon juice combined with acidic white wine creates a light pan sauce. If you’re not a fan of cooking with wine, replace it with chicken stock. This is a true pantry meal as most of its components come from your kitchen cabinets.

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• One Pot Chicken and Orzo

  

  One-pot chicken and orzo is a succulent twist on arroz con pollo. Devote a little over half an hour to this one-skillet meal, and you’ll be rewarded with fewer dishes and tons of flavor. Speaking of time, you can sub out the bone-in, skin-on thighs for boneless, skinless thighs for a quicker cooking time.

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• Chicken Carbonara

  

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  Eggs, Parmesan cheese, and pasta sauce create a creamy sauce for this simple pasta dish. The sauce goes over spaghetti with chicken and bacon (or guanciale or pancetta), and it all comes together in 30 minutes.

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• Rasta Pasta with Jerk Chicken

  

  A popular Caribbean dish that’s perfect for a weeknight meal, Rasta Pasta is sort of an Italian-meets-Jamaican dish. This recipe calls for penne pasta, but you can use whatever pasta you want. However, the jerk part with its heat is mandatory.

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• Chicken Pad Thai

  

  Chicken Pad Thai brings your favorite Thai takeout home. Taking less than a half-hour to make, this dish will become part of your weekly dinner rotation.

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• Tuscan Chicken Pasta Skillet

  

  Tuscan chicken pasta skillet is a true one-pot dish, though you can serve it with a green salad on the side for a heartier meal. If you marinate the chicken a day ahead, you’ll have less prep come dinnertime. Use linguine, spaghetti, or even fettuccine in this skillet meal.

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• Chicken Pasta with Thyme-Mint Cream Sauce

  

  Chicken pasta with thyme-mint cream sauce is infused with floral thyme and bright mint, and it’ll be ready in less than an hour. Use chicken breasts or thighs, depending on your preference. If you don’t have chicken stock, just replace it with some pasta water.

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• Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

  

  Penne pasta, chicken, and broccoli combine to make one tasty dish. The secret to the full flavor is flavorful boneless, skinless chicken thighs plus some white wine and Parmesan cheese. Don't forget to save some of the pasta water to make the sauce silky.

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• Skillet Chicken Parmesan

  

  Use an oven-safe skillet like cast iron to go from stovetop to oven seamlessly with this skillet chicken parmesan. Eliminate the breading for a low-carb chicken parm option. If you have a bit more time, make your pasta sauce from scratch. You’d be remiss if you didn’t turn leftovers into a chicken parmesan sandwich for the following day’s lunch!

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• Roast Chicken on Angel Hair Pasta

  

  Roast chicken on angel hair pasta is a true meal-in-one, but you can bulk it up by serving it with warm, crusty bread. Chicken legs and breasts bake over the pasta that comes out tender—like magic. The chicken juices and tomatoes seep into the pasta to make an effortless sauce on its own.

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• Chicken Piccata Pasta

  

  Chicken piccata pasta has basically elevated chicken nuggets, which means it's especially kid-friendly. Its bright lemony sauce is punctuated with briny capers. This recipe makes a lot, so you can enjoy leftovers the following day.

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• Easy Chicken Parmesan

  

  The classic breaded chicken cutlet—topped with a quick homemade sauce and bubbly, melted cheese—sits on a bed of spaghetti. It's as satisfying and delicious as it sounds.

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  Pasta skillet with chicken sausage, cheese, and spinach is another great one-skillet meal, with only 5 ingredients. This rich, tomato-y dish is ready in 30 minutes—that’s faster than ordering and receiving your takeout. But you can make it even faster by using a jarred marinara sauce.

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• Chicken Florentine Pesto Pasta

  

  Chicken Florentine pesto pasta is a mashup of chicken Florentine and pasta with herbaceous pesto that’s ready in 30 minutes. Choose a broad pasta, like penne, farfalle (bowties), or conchiglie (shells), to hold all of that luscious sauce. You can use fresh spinach or grab a pack of frozen spinach and thaw and strain it before using it in the recipe.

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• Lemon Chicken with Pasta, Olives, and Herbs

  

  Lemon chicken with pasta, olives, and herbs features tender, yogurt-marinated chicken breasts, which you can marinate a few hours ahead. The chicken bakes in the oven while the pasta cooks on the stove, so you can kill two chickens with one stone.

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• Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta

  

  Creamy chicken and asparagus pasta has extra tang thanks to goat cheese. A hint of nutmeg adds more warmth and excitement to an already flavorful cream sauce, but you can go a step further and add a bit of crushed red pepper flakes to make it spicy. If it isn’t asparagus season, swap green beans for them.

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• Rotisserie Chicken Alfredo

  

  Rotisserie chicken alfredo snatches help from the grocery store to make a (less than) 30-minute dinner. You’ll find that the creamy alfredo tastes richer when made from scratch, so be sure to use a wider noodle, like fettuccine or linguine, to hold the sauce. If you don’t feel like picking up a rotisserie chicken from the store, use poached boneless, skinless chicken breast instead. Toss in a couple of handfuls of peppery arugula or green spinach for a complete meal.

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• Skillet Chicken with Cheesy Orzo and Zucchini

  

  Skillet chicken with cheesy orzo and zucchini is a one-pot, stand-alone meal. Everything cooks in the same skillet, which you can also serve straight from the pan. You can always swap the zucchini (if it’s not in season) for broccoli florets, sliced asparagus, or haricot verts. Add another level of tang to this cheesy meal by adding 1/4 cup of finely shredded pecorino cheese to the fontina or Havarti.

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• Chow Mein Noodle Chicken Salad

  

  This American salad uses some traditional Asian ingredients in the dressing—soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil—plus chow mein noodles that give the salad some great crunch. If you already have cooked chicken, it's a quick, easy, and satisfying salad.

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• Easy Chicken Mac and Cheese

  

  Use leftover chicken, rotisserie chicken, or quickly poach chicken breasts to add to macaroni and cheese made with a homemade cheese sauce that includes onions and garlic. Roasted cauliflower makes a great side. The family will love it!

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• Buffalo Chicken Lasagna

  

  If you love chicken wings or buffalo chicken dip, you'll love this lasagna. Shredded chicken covered in hot sauce and a creamy blue cheese sauce is piled between layers of lasagna noodles. It's all topped with mozzarella cheese. Yum.

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• Chicken Minestrone With Basil Pesto

  

  Chicken and pasta get the soup treatment. This healthy soup has fresh vegetables and beans, too. It's topped with a drizzle of basil pesto to pump up the flavor of the soup.

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• Chicken Noodle Casserole

  

  A sauce made from stock thickened with beurre manie (butter and flour)takes the place of canned cream soup in this classic casserole that's sure to hit the spot. It's a great way to use up leftover chicken.

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• Rotisserie Chicken Stroganoff

  

  Rotisserie chicken is the hero of so many meals, including this stroganoff with mushrooms, butter, onion, and sour cream. It all tops light and fluffy egg noodles.

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• Chicken Udon Soup with Bok Choy

  

  This chicken soup with a twist is full of chewy udon noodles and gochujang chicken. Ginger and garlic flavor the broth and bok choy and scallions add some greens. It's an out-of-the-norm way to use up leftover chicken.

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