This creamy chicken spinach pasta recipe is a total comfort food dinner! It comes together quickly – it can be on your table in about 30 minutes.
This spinach chicken pasta is great for busy weeknights. The chicken melts in your mouth, and the spinach adds some freshness to a dish that’s otherwise fairly rich.
You may also like my chicken bacon spinach pasta recipe – it’s quite similar. Or my easy creamed spinach!
The little bit of lemon juice and Dijon mustard add some extra “je ne sais quoi” to the recipe. It’s kinda hard to describe, but I love adding a little bit of Dijon to various recipes to give them that extra something-something. It’s one of my favorite cooking tricks, and if you’ve made some of my recipes already, you’re probably encountered my love for Dijon. 🙂
How to make chicken spinach garlic pasta
- Boil your pasta water (you can use any shape you wish);
- Prep your chicken. Cut it up, season it, and coat it in flour;
- Cook the chicken in the butter and oil until it’s no longer pink on the outside, then take it out of the pan;
- Start the sauce. Add the garlic, chicken broth, lemon juice, Dijon, and Italian seasoning to the pan;
- Finish cooking the chicken. Add the chicken, spinach, and cream to the pan and cook it until the chicken’s done;
- Almost done! Drain the pasta and toss it with the sauce. Stir in the parmesan. Enjoy!
Other creamy chicken pasta recipes: creamy chicken pesto pasta, this creamy balsamic chicken bacon mushroom pasta, my creamy Tuscan chicken pasta.
Hope you will enjoy this creamy chicken spinach parmesan pasta!
Questions? Ask me in the comments below.
Creamy Chicken Spinach Pasta
This creamy chicken spinach pasta recipe is a total comfort food dinner! It comes together quickly - it can be on your table in about 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces uncooked pasta
- 2 chicken breasts cut into small bite-size pieces
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Flour, for dredging
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 dash Italian seasoning
- 1 cup heavy/whipping cream
- 5 ounces fresh baby spinach
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
Boil a large, salted pot of water for the pasta. Cook it al dente according to package instructions.
Cut up the chicken and season it with salt & pepper. Coat the pieces with flour.
Add the butter and oil to a skillet over medium-high heat. Once the pan's hot, add the chicken and cook it until it's no longer pink on the outside. Take the chicken out of the pan and set it aside.
Take the pan off the heat and add the garlic, chicken broth, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, and Italian seasoning. Return the pan to the heat and let it bubble for a minute or so. Scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
Add the chicken, cream, and spinach to the pan. Let it cook for around 5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. You may want to reduce the heat if it's bubbling a lot or if the sauce is thickening too fast.
Drain the pasta and toss with the sauce. Stir in the parmesan. Season with more salt & pepper if needed.
Recipe Notes
- I've made this without the parmesan cheese before, and it will still taste good if you want to leave it out for whatever reason.
Stephanie says
What is your favorite Italian seasoning brand?
Natasha says
McCormick ☺️
Esmeralda says
Made this after years of buying premade sauce and ending disappointed. Literally tasted better than Olive Garden, I’m making this sauce from now on OMG
Natasha says
Aww that’s awesome!! Thanks for letting me know!
Leonora Gonzales says
I just made this tonight and my whole family loved it! My twin boys are usually so picky with what I make and they ate every single bite off their plate! My hubby said that this recipe is a keeper! Thank you!
Natasha says
So pleased to hear it! 🙂
Richard Cockbain says
I decided to play around a bit and added small slices of Sun Dried Tomato and fried onion pieces.
PERFECT!
Natasha says
Good idea!! Yum!!
Fawn says
This was so easy and delicious. My young children even really liked it. I am always looking for ways to incorporate (hide) veggies that they would normally avoid.
Natasha says
I am so happy to hear that, Fawn!! 🙂
Liv says
Made this for my family as I’m vegetarian, they loved it! Will use again x
Natasha says
Wonderful! 🙂
Amanda says
So quick and yummy! Always on the hunt for something that can be cooked and on the table in under an hour.
Natasha says
So pleased you liked it, Amanda! 😀
Kyrsten says
This was so so good! An easy dish for me to whip up with GF pasta and GF flour for me and my family! The dijon and lemon give it a unique flavor that stands apart from the average creamy alfredo-type of recipes flooding pinterest.
Can’t wait to try this recipe again, thanks!!
Natasha says
So glad you were able to make it GF, Kyrsten!
Nicole Burns says
I did too with GF fettuccine and the whole family loved it even though i ommited the mustard. Thank you!
Natasha says
So glad to hear it!
Margarita Munoz says
This was so delicious, so easy, so simple, and so perfect! Made this with leftover pasta, some heavy cream + half & half (didn’t have enough cream), when it wasn’t thickening, threw in a little arrowroot powder and voila. The only downside is I had to share this dish 🙂 Saving this one to repeat in the very near future. Thank you!
Natasha says
Wonderful! So glad it was a hit. 😊
Judith says
I made this tonight. It was delicious!!! The only thing I did different is add more lemon juice and chicken broth. Also. Not as much pasta so I would have more sauce. Next time, I would double the sauce.
Natasha says
I am so happy you liked it, Judith!
Rachel says
Made this for my family, Natasha, and they loved it!! Many thanks. Liked the additional lemon and mustard idea. Like the look of some of your other recipes so I’ll be following you. Thanks again.
Natasha says
So pleased to hear it, Rachel! You’re very welcome. 🙂 Thanks for following along!
Candy Timberlake says
Made this tonight for dinner my daughter needs the spinach for her iron so I made it. I had to chop up the spinach first and the chicken for her (she’s 19 months) but it was a success with my 3 year old as well!!! I added a touch more lemon and Parmesan cheese!!! Me and my husband enjoyed it as well!!
Natasha says
That makes me so happy!!
Simon knox says
Hi Natasha,
I made this tonight for my family and it was truly wonderful. Thanks for a great recipe I will be trying others from your menu 😉
Natasha says
Yay! So happy to hear it. Thanks, Simon 😀
Claus Thelen says
Hej,
why do you not tell us the amounts in Grams, Kilograms, LIter and Mililiter…
I do not even know how much is 1 ounce…., how big is the cup? A small one or a big one?
Kind regards from Afrika,
Claus
Natasha says
Hi Claus! I’m in North America, so that’s why I use the US measurement system (most of my readers are from the USA). A cup is 236 ml. An ounce is 28g… so the spinach would be 142g, for example. He’s a handy website that shows how to do many of the conversions: https://opentextbc.ca/basickitchenandfoodservicemanagement/chapter/imperial-and-u-s-systems-of-measurement/ – hope this helps!
emily says
Do you leave the butter in the pan or do you take it out after removing it from the heat?
Natasha says
Leave it in 😊
Natasha's Sister says
Hi I’d like you to deliver this to me but without chicken thanks.
Natasha says
No.