Quick & Easy Creamy Chicken Spinach Mushroom Pasta
Pasta tossed in a creamy mushroom spinach sauce with tender chicken. This quick and easy creamy chicken spinach mushroom pasta is made with simple ingredients in 30 minutes! It's a comforting meal for dinner or lunch!
Ingredients
- 14 oz rotini pasta or penne/rigatoni/seashell pasta
- 1 lb skinless boneless chicken thighs or chicken breast, thinly sliced
- 2 cups heavy cream 36% M.F
- 2.5 cups white button mushrooms or cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 5 oz baby spinach
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2.5 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp butter unsalted
Instructions
- Season sliced chicken with ½ teaspoon salt, garlic powder and black pepper on both sides. Set aside.
- In a large pot filled with water, season with 2 teaspoon salt. Boil pasta until al dente according to packet instructions. Reserve ¼ cup pasta water and set aside. Strain cooked pasta.
- Heat olive oil in a large pan on medium heat. Sauté minced garlic. Cook chicken until halfway cooked.
- Then melt butter and toss in mushrooms. Cook until they’re soft and browned on the edges.
- Stir in heavy cream and reserved pasta water and let this simmer on low-medium heat until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Mix in baby spinach and cook until they have softened. Remove the pan of sauce off the heat.
- Mix in the cooked pasta and serve hot.
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Nutrition
Calories: 959kcal | Carbohydrates: 82g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 52g | Saturated Fat: 30g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 244mg | Sodium: 1627mg | Potassium: 1024mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5130IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 156mg | Iron: 4mg