Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe

Creamy Pasta, Everyone needs a delicious recipe for creamy pasta on their repertoire. Not everyone seems to be a fan of tomato pasta or white sauce pasta. This can be a mild, not so heavy creamy pasta made with chicken, mushrooms. This creamy pasta is my go-to recipe for busy weeknight dinner since it uses ingredients that I have already got available and it’s healthy since it is made with milk and never cream like my alfredo pasta. Learn find out how to make cream pasta with step-by-step pictures and video.

Creamy Chicken Pasta

Staying away from creamy style pasta due to calorie conscious not anymore. I made this pasta dish made with peppers, chicken, mushrooms and milk which seems creamy and delicious. This dish is ideal for weeknight or weekend dinner.

About Creamy Chicken Pasta

Delicious pasta tossed in a creamy chicken, mushroom garlic sauce made with milk, butter and parmesan cheese. This creamy chicken pasta is just not only yummy but is simple to make and likewise light due to use of milk.

This pasta is created because many individuals including me keep away from my chicken alfredo due to use of heavy cream. Not anymore, this pasta taste so creamy yet light since it uses a mix of milk and parmesan cheese to create the creaminess.

The starch from the pasta water is added into the sauce which creates a emulsification makes this cream pasta chicken so good.

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Creamy Chicken Pasta Ingredients

Pasta – I used spaghetti. but I actually have made this pasta with many alternative pasta shaped like bowtie, fettuccine, penne and macaroni.

Chicken – you need to use whole chicken breast, season them, sear and chop them and add into pasta. Sliced chicken breast is simple option.

Vegetables – I used mushrooms and peppers. You should utilize corn, peas, broccoli, cauliflower.

Garlic – Most significant flavouring within the pasta dish is garlic. Add amount of chopped garlic for flavour.

Milk – to create the creamy sauce, I used whole milk. As a substitute of milk you need to use any plant based or nut milk.

Parmesan cheese – parmesan cheese emulsify with milk and starch within the pasta to create a creamy sauce.

Butter or Olive Oil – I used these two on this pasta dish. For vegan option, use olive oil as an alternative of butter. You should utilize vegan butter as well. 

Make Creamy Pasta Sauce with Milk

The above picture is identical recipe which I made few years back. I used bowtie pasta and likewise skipped adding vegetables.

You may make creamy pasta sauce without cream. I used milk for making the pasta sauce. The starch within the pasta will emulsify with the parmesan cheese and milk to create the creamy texture, so allowing it to rest covered is crucial.

Make Creamy Chicken Pasta (Stepwise Pictures)

Cooking Pasta

1)Cook pasta in boiling salted water. Cook pasta 2 mins lower than the timing mentioned within the package. Drain and put aside. I used spaghetti, but you need to use bowtie or any shaped pasta.

Cooking Chicken

2)Heat olive oil in a saute pan. You can use butter for cooking chicken as well. Let the oil heat.

3)Add in sliced chicken breast and sprinkle generously with salt and black pepper powder. In truth you might season the chicken with any of your favorite seasoning like cajun, peri peri.

4)Saute the chicken for two to three minutes till it’s cooked. Chicken breast won’t take much time in any respect.

5)Remove the chicken to a clean bowl and put aside.

Making creamy chicken sauce

6)In the identical pan, add i some butter. I used garlic herb flavoured butter. But you might use regular butter. I also added 1 tbsp of olive oil which prevents the butter from burning.

7)Add in chopped onions or shallots. Saute the onion in butter for 1 minute till it starts to melt.

8)Add in chopped garlic and saute for 1 more minute till the garlic is fragrant.

9)Now add in sliced bell peppers and mushrooms. You may add any vegetables of your alternative like baby corn, corn, carrots, green peas.

10)Add in red chilli flakes, salt and black pepper powder. Toss well.

11)Now pour in milk. I used full fat milk. You may add a splash of cream if you happen to want.

12)Add within the cooked chicken into the milk and blend well.

Making Creamy Chicken Pasta

13)Add within the cooked pasta into the sauce.

14)Add in chopped parsley and parmesan cheese into the pasta. Toss well.

15)Mix all the things well and lower the flame. Cover with lid and cook on low heat for 3 mins.

16)Remove the lid and blend all the things well. The pasta would have absorbed all of the milk and turn into really creamy. Finish with parmesan cheese and serve hot.

Expert Suggestions

• I used whole milk. You may add a splash of cream together with milk for more thickness.
• The starch within the pasta will emulsify with the parmesan cheese and milk to create the creamy texture, so allowing it to rest covered is crucial.
• Serve this pasta dish immediately, else it might thicken more.
• You may add any vegetables of your alternative like broccoli, corn, carrot, peas.
• You may skip chicken if you should keep it vegetarian. 

For Vegan Creamy Pasta

• For vegan option, use olive oil as an alternative of butter. You should utilize vegan butter as well. 
• Skip chicken and add any vegetables of your alternative like broccoli, corn, carrot, peas.
• As a substitute of milk you need to use any plant based or nut milk.

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