Best 6 Creamy Chipotle Chicken Pasta Bake Recipes
Are you ready to tantalize your taste buds with a creamy and smoky culinary masterpiece? This creamy chipotle chicken pasta bake is the perfect dish to add a touch of zest and excitement to your weeknight dinners or special occasions. With its succulent chicken, rich chipotle sauce, al dente pasta, and creamy blend of cheese, this bake promises an explosion of flavors that will leave you craving more. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and let's embark on a culinary journey to create a dish that will become a family favorite.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
SPICY CHICKEN CHIPOTLE CREAM SAUCE PASTA
Today's recipe is copycat of Cheesecake Factory's Spicy Chicken Chipotle Cream Sauce Pasta. I simply love their Chipotle Pasta... The hint of spice, creamy sauce, crunchy veggies, and succulent chicken.... oh, and crispy tortilla chips!!! yumm! There is nothing in this dish which I don't like. You know the best part? You can skip chicken and it still is flavorful Italian vegetarian dinner or lunch. With just 15 minutes of cooking time, Chipotle Sauce can be blended in advance and used multiple times for quick weekday dinner! Sounds even better! Isn't it? And it costs just fraction of what you will pay for dinner of four!Original recipe calls for Honey Glazed Chicken. I shared a healthier version of Honey Glazed Chicken a few days ago. If you want to try that with Chipotle Pasta, follow the recipe link in notes.I'm sure you know by now that I LOVE pasta! In India, few years back, there were not many restaurants offering pasta in menu. So obviously I have not grown up on it.Close to my office in India, there was a Pasta House by name 'Noodle Company'. Once my colleagues took me for lunch there and I ordered Fettuccine Alfredo. Oh boy, did I enjoy it? loved it.. adored it... dreamed about it for days! Perfect sign of a foodie! Isn't it? Though I was not THAT foodie kind those days.... Or should I say, I thought I wasn't. :-)So, I visited that restaurant a couple of times and every time felt like 'kid in a candy store'......... Never ever bothered to even think about the recipes. Just enjoyed eating good pasta varities. It's funny, my hometown was 3 hours drive from my office. One weekend, when I was visiting my parents, I even packed a few pastas to-go. I'm sure you can imagine, what they become by the time I reached home -pasta pancakes!!! And I felt chef not made them good. lol!!These days, story is totally different. Everything I eat out, I wanna make at home!! Often I'm not enjoying food rather thinking about recipe and ingredients. Can you relate?Not sure which days were better... though I enjoyed both! :-)We both love eating at Cheesecake Factory once-in-a-while. They happen to make a lot of my favorite foods and I wanna try cooking all of them at home. This Chicken Chipotle Cream Sauce Pasta... I can eat by buckets! and Sauce!! I can drink with straw! Specially the copycat version I made at home is utterly delicious! Lacking words to describe the flavor! I guess my chipotle-love making me speechless.This Creamy Chipotle Sauce Pasta has ton of flavor on it's own. That's why I decided to share this recipe without instructions to make chicken. You can use simply use rotisserie chicken, or sauteed mushrooms (vegetarian option) instead. Or if you wanna make exact copycat of Cheesecake Factory's 'Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta' then cook chicken following recipe here. (go for glazed version)My version of Chipotle Pasta differs slightly from cheesecake factory's original. Here is what I did differently:1. I have used broccolini instead of asparagus and zucchini instead of red bell peppers. (feel free to bring your own veggies.)2. Used no-oil healthy Baked Honey-Lemon chicken instead of spiced honey-glazed chicken. Get the recipe. here.3. Cheesecake Factory uses chipotle chili powder and no citrus in the sauce. I, however, have used Chipotle Adobo for pronounced chipotle flavor and lime juice to balance the richness of creamy sauce. You can skip both of these. Yet, I recommend trying it once! Chances are you will forget Cheesecake Factory's Chipotle Pasta. ;-)That's it! I believe, the 'heart' of this dish is in creamy Pasta Cream Sauce and I'm telling you that it will not disappoint you! Make a big batch of sauce because you gonna want to repeat it the very next day! It's THAT scrumptious!PS: I've been little absent from blog lately due to a sudden short trip to San Jose, California. It's mid of week and my routine is still not streamlined due to busy-busy weekend..... long nights and early mornings... and what not!! However, even though it was Vishal's work trip.... we had great time while driving back... kinda mini road trip :) I'll be sharing some delicious pictures in coming post.Wish you great day ahead. - Savita
Provided by Savita
Categories Pasta Main Course
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Combine all Chipotle Sauce ingredients in blender, puree to a smooth paste, transfer to a bowl, and refrigerate if not using immediately. (yields about 1/2 cup sauce)
- Bring a large pot of water to rolling boil. Season with salt. Add half-moon sliced zucchini, and broccolini. Boil for 1 minute or until just crisp tender. Remove to a plate. In same boiling water, add pasta and cook until al-dente or follow the package directions. Once cooked, drain the pasta (reserve pasta liquid) and set aside both.
- If serving tortillas chips. Heat oil for frying in a shallow frying pan. (you don't need a lot of oil. Just fill a small pan 1/2 inch). Slice corn tortilla into thin strips. When oil is hot, add strips and fry until light golden. Remove on a plate lined with paper towel. Season with salt. Set aside.
- Heat a pan on medium heat. Add chipotle pasta sauce and let it sizzle for 15 seconds. Now add cream and 1/4 cup pasta water and let it cook for 30 sec more or until warms through.
- Mix well and switch off the heat.
- Add in pasta, boiled veggies, frozen peas, and toss to combine.
- Transfer to serving plates. Top with sliced chicken and tortilla strips. Garnish with grated parmesan and chopped parsley. Serve and enjoy!
CHIPOTLE CHICKEN PASTA BAKE
Was in the mood to be creative last night. LOL This what I came up with and my family LOVED it. It is quite hot for me anyway LOL I served it with a Pepper cornbread.You can switch up the cheeses to suit your taste. I added the juice from the chipoltes a teaspoon at a time until I got the heat I wanted , ended up using it all LOL
Provided by wicked cook 46
Categories Chicken Breast
Time 45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- In the 1/2 cup hot water soak the sundried tomatoes until soft, discard water and chop the tomatoes. Chop all other ingredients and shred the cheese.
- Cook elbow pasta , drain and set aside.While pasta is cooking heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a LARGE skillet and brown chicken until no longer pink and it has a golden colour, remove from pan add extra oil if needed and saute the celery, garlic and onion.
- Once these are softened remove from pan . Melt butter in same pan , scraping up any brown bits, wisk in flour and cumin and cook until it bubbles and gets a bit foamy , slowly wisk in the milk, cook until it thickens add the cheeses EXCEPT the 1/2 cup listed at the bottom of the recipe. Stir until melted over a low heat add the sundried tomatoes and chilpotles cook for a couple minutes for the flavours to meld. Add the liquid from the canned chilpotles a couple teaspoons at a time to suit your taste. Add pasta, chicken, corn and cooked veggies. Mix well .Pour into a large casserole . I used a 2 quart oval casserole.
- Top with the crushed nachos and cheese.
- Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 779.6, Fat 39.5, SaturatedFat 20.8, Cholesterol 122.1, Sodium 737.1, Carbohydrate 70.8, Fiber 9, Sugar 13.4, Protein 39.4
CREAMY CHIPOTLE CHICKEN PASTA BAKE
If you've got leftover chicken and cooked egg noodles, you're just 30 minutes away from serving this Creamy Chipotle Chicken Pasta Bake.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Home
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Melt butter in large skillet on medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir 5 min. or until crisp-tender. Add Neufchatel and peppers; cook 5 min. or until Neufchatel is melted, stirring frequently. Add chicken and sour cream; mix lightly.
- Place noodles in 2-qt. baking dish. Add chicken mixture; mix lightly. Sprinkle with shredded cheese.
- Bake 15 min. or until heated through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 400, Fat 24 g, SaturatedFat 13 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 120 mg, Sodium 370 mg, Carbohydrate 23 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 3 g, Protein 23 g
CREAMY CHIPOTLE CHICKEN
A delicious slow-cooker recipe of creamy chicken with a slight kick, yumm! Serve chicken with rice and spoon some sauce over the top.
Provided by tnahinu
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Chicken Breast Recipes
Time 6h15m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Place the chicken breasts into a slow cooker, brush with butter, and sprinkle with salt, pepper, and minced garlic. Pour in the cream of chicken soup and chicken broth, and add the cream cheese, peppers, and adobo sauce. Stir the mixture gently. Cover, set the cooker to Low, and cook for 6 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494.3 calories, Carbohydrate 8.4 g, Cholesterol 159 mg, Fat 38.1 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 29.2 g, SaturatedFat 21.5 g, Sodium 862 mg, Sugar 0.5 g
CREAMY CHICKEN AND PASTA CASSEROLE
This chicken and pasta casserole gets its creamy from milk and cream cheese-and plenty of color from crisp-tender celery, red onions and red peppers.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Home
Time 40m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350ºF.
- Cook and stir vegetables in large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray on medium heat 3 min. or until crisp-tender. Add cream cheese, milk and garlic salt; cook on low heat 3 to 5 min. or until cream cheese is melted, stirring frequently.
- Add pasta, chicken and 1/4 cup Parmesan; spoon into 2-1/2-qt. baking dish.
- Bake 20 to 25 min. or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 480, Fat 21 g, SaturatedFat 11 g, TransFat 1 g, Cholesterol 125 mg, Sodium 460 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 36 g
CHICKEN PASTA BAKE
Enjoy this gooey cheese and chicken pasta bake for the ultimate weekday family dinner. Serve straight from the dish with a dressed green salad
Provided by Esther Clark
Categories Dinner, Main course, Pasta
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a pan over a medium heat and fry the onion gently for 10-12 mins. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and cook for 1 min. Tip in the tomatoes and sugar and season to taste. Simmer uncovered for 20 mins or until thickened, then stir through the mascarpone.
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a non-stick frying pan. Season the chicken and fry for 5-7 mins or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Cook the penne following pack instructions. Drain and toss with the remaining oil. Tip the pasta into a medium sized ovenproof dish. Stir in the chicken and pour over the sauce. Top with the cheddar, mozzarella and parsley. Bake for 20 mins or until golden brown and bubbling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 575 calories, Fat 30 grams fat, SaturatedFat 14 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 41 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 9 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 33 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- Mise en place: Before you start cooking, make sure you have all the ingredients and equipment you need. This will help you stay organized and avoid scrambling.
- Use fresh ingredients: The fresher the ingredients, the better the dish will taste. If possible, use organic or locally-sourced ingredients.
- Don't overcook the pasta: Cook the pasta according to the package directions, or slightly al dente (firm to the bite).
- Use a good quality cheese: The cheese is one of the key ingredients in this dish, so use a good quality cheese that melts well. Cheddar, mozzarella, and Parmesan are all good choices.
- Don't be afraid to experiment: This recipe is a great starting point, but feel free to experiment with different ingredients and flavors. For example, you could add some chopped bacon, vegetables, or herbs.
Conclusion:
Creamy Chipotle Chicken Pasta Bake is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal. It is also a great dish to serve to guests. The creamy sauce is rich and flavorful, and the chipotle peppers add a touch of spice. The chicken is tender and juicy, and the pasta is cooked to perfection. This dish is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it!
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