Garlic Chicken Pasta

There’s noth­ing quite like dig­ging into a bowl of creamy pas­ta after a long day—especially when it’s rich, gar­licky, and absolute­ly loaded with fla­vor. This Creamy Gar­lic Parme­san Chick­en Pas­ta deliv­ers all the indul­gence of a fan­cy Ital­ian din­ner, but with­out the hours in the kitchen. It’s a one-pan won­der built with pantry sta­ples and fin­ished in just half an hour. Think juicy gold­en chick­en, per­fect­ly al dente pas­ta, and a vel­vety Parme­san gar­lic cream sauce that wraps every­thing in cozy good­ness. It’s the ulti­mate week­night win—fast, sat­is­fy­ing, and sure to become a reg­u­lar in your din­ner rota­tion.

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 Ingredients You’ll Need

• Prep Time: 10 min­utes
• Cook Time: 20 min­utes
• Total Time: 30 min­utes
• Serv­ings: 6

1. Cook Pasta & Sear the Chicken

• Boil pas­ta in a large pot of salt­ed water until just al dente. Reserve ½ cup of pas­ta water before drain­ing.
• While the pas­ta cooks, pat chick­en dry and sea­son with salt, pep­per, and half the Ital­ian sea­son­ing.
• Heat 1 tbsp but­ter in a large skil­let over medi­um-high. Add chick­en in a sin­gle lay­er and sear 3–4 min­utes per side until gold­en and cooked through. Trans­fer to a plate.

2. Build the Garlic Parmesan Sauce

• Reduce heat to medi­um. Melt remain­ing 2 tbsp but­ter in the skil­let.
• Add minced gar­lic and option­al red pep­per flakes; sauté for 30–60 sec­onds until fra­grant (don’t let it brown).
• Pour in chick­en broth to deglaze the pan—scrape up all the fla­vor­ful bits.
• Stir in heavy cream and the remain­ing Ital­ian sea­son­ing. Let it sim­mer for 2–3 min­utes to slight­ly thick­en.
• Reduce heat to low, then slow­ly whisk in grat­ed Parme­san until the sauce becomes smooth and creamy.

3. Bring It All Together

• Return the cooked chick­en (with any juices) to the pan. Add drained pas­ta.
• Toss every­thing gen­tly to coat in the sauce. If need­ed, add reserved pas­ta water a splash at a time until the sauce reach­es your desired con­sis­ten­cy.
• Taste, adjust sea­son­ing, and serve hot with a sprin­kle of fresh pars­ley.

Serving Ideas

Pair your creamy chick­en pas­ta with:

• A crisp green sal­ad with lemon vinai­grette
• Warm, but­tery gar­lic bread (per­fect for sauce dip­ping!)
• Light­ly steamed broc­coli or aspara­gus for fresh­ness

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