A delicious creamy pasta dish with chicken, spinach, and lemon sauce, just what your family wants for dinner tonight.
Sometimes recipes are created based on what is in your kitchen, sometimes recipes are based on what someone else is having for dinner tonight, and sometimes recipes are created from the memory of a previous dinner out. This chicken spinach pasta in lemon cream sauce was created from all three.
If you love pasta, chicken, and lemon then this is what’s for dinner tonight! This pasta is creamy, healthy, and yummy. The lemon sauce is perfectly paired with the chicken and spinach. I always love to add just a touch of garlic, garlic makes every pasta dish delicious. The half and half cream add to the richness but mixed with milk it makes it not too rich and not too calorie laden. White pepper is a flavorful pepper but not too strong, try it if you haven’t before.
And chicken spinach pasta in lemon cream sauce is so easy, it is just a few ingredient. Plus most everything is made in 1 pan.
Chicken Spinach Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce
Ingredients
Chicken Spinach Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce
- 1 lb fusilli pasta
- 1 TBS olive oil
- 1 clove garlic (minced)
- 4 chicken tenders
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tsp flour
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp white pepper (to taste)
- 1 tsp salt (to taste)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (grated)
- 1/3 cup fresh spinach (chopped)
Instructions
Chicken Spinach Pasta in Lemon Cream Sauce
- Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain, and set aside
- Cut chicken tenders into bite size pieces, season with white pepper, and 1 tsp lemon juice
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high, add garlic, stir 1 minute until fragrant
- Cook chicken, lightly browning; remove from pan once cooked throughout
- In a shaker container add 1/2 cup milk and 2 tsp. flour, place lid on container and shake to mix flour and milk
- Add flour/milk mixture, half and half, and rest of milk to pan. Heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens slightly
- Add 1/4 cup lemon juice, stirring and simmer for 5 minutes
- Add Parmesan cheese, spinach, and diced chicken; stir everything till heated through out, a minute or two
- Add pasta, stir it all together and warmed
- Serve, feel free to add more fresh grated Parmesan cheese on top
After being served this chicken spinach pasta in lemon cream sauce, our family decided it was a keeper.
wry says
March 3, 2010 at 3:47 AMDefinitely love the addition of half and half! 🙂 also, Zoe's dress is gorgeous. Simply stunning.You have an amazing skill!