Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe With Tomatoes And Basil is an easy weeknight dinner to make on those busy days. Pasta and chicken combine with a store-bought creamy cheese pasta sauce. Adding fresh tomatoes, sundried tomatoes and white wine elevates the sauce to a new level.
The finishing touch of fresh basil transforms this chicken and pasta into a gourmet recipe!
Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe
Our Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe is quick and easy enough for a weeknight dinner and delicious and impressive enough for entertaining.
I typically don't use a jarred sauce often but sometimes you just don't have the time to make a creamy cheesy sauce from scratch.
Having raised four sons, trust me, I understand busy family schedules. And I understand the need for an easy dinner recipe.
So today I say, use that jarred sauce. This recipe will make that jarred sauce taste amazing. Did someone say creamy tomato basil sauce? Yeah baby, now we’re talking!
By adding onions, plum tomatoes, sundried tomatoes, and a little white wine of course, to a creamy pasta sauce you'll create a dinner worthy of praise!
Serving chicken and pasta together in the same bowl makes for a hearty, stick to your bones, dinner. I love the texture of bowtie pasta so I always make this is always a creamy tomato bowtie recipe in my house. You can use your favorite past shape too!
Top it off with fresh basil and you'll swear you're dining out at a restaurant!
Just like dining on a Tuscan chicken pasta entrée at your favorite Italian restaurant!
Add your favorite greens tossed in our homemade balsamic salad dressing and you’ll be all set.
If you love this sundried tomato chicken pasta, then be sure to check out the many easy pasta recipes here at Swirls!
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Make this recipe with your favorite pasta shape
- Substitute chicken broth for the white wine
- Use whatever tomatoes you have on hand in place of the plum tomatoes
Variations
- Spicy Chicken Pasta - add red pepper flakes when cooking the tomatoes and onions
- Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta - add sliced mushrooms when cooking the tomatoes and onions or stir in a can of sliced mushrooms, drained
- Chicken with Pasta and Peas – add frozen peas when cooking the tomatoes and onions
Just look at that creamy sauce! Yum!
How to make tomato chicken pasta
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- In large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat cook chicken until lightly browned; reserve.
- In same skillet cook plum tomatoes, onion, sundried tomatoes, dried basil, salt and pepper until mixture is tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add wine; cook 1 minute.
- Add cheese sauce and reserved chicken, stirring until combined.
- Reduce heat to medium; simmer until chicken is cooked through and mixture is hot. Add reserved 1/4 cup pasta water, if desired.
- Toss sauce with cooked pasta until evenly coated. Top with fresh basil.
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Ingredients for creamy tomato chicken pasta
- olive oil
- chicken breasts
- plum tomatoes
- onion
- sundried tomatoes
- dried basil
- kosher salt
- pepper
- white wine
- your favorite creamy cheese sauce, such as Alfredo sauce or three cheese pasta sauce
- bowtie pasta
- fresh basil
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Creamy Chicken Pasta Recipe With Tomatoes And Basil
Ingredients
- 1 Tb. olive oil
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced in strips
- 2 plum tomatoes, chopped, about 1 1/2 cups
- 1 small onion, chopped, 1/2 cup
- 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 jar your favorite store bought creamy cheese sauce , such as Alfredo Sauce or Three Cheese Sauce
- 8 ounces bowtie pasta, cooked and drained, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
Instructions
- In large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat cook chicken until lightly browned; reserve.
- In same skillet cook plum tomatoes, onion, sundried tomatoes, dried basil, salt and pepper until mixture is tender, 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add wine; cook 1 minute.
- Add cheese sauce and reserved chicken, stirring until combined.
- Reduce heat to medium; simmer until chicken is cooked through and mixture is hot , 5-7 minutes. Add reserved 1/4 cup pasta water, if desired.
- Toss sauce with cooked pasta until evenly coated. Top with fresh basil.
Notes
- Make this recipe with your favorite pasta shape
- Substitute chicken broth for the white wine
- Use whatever tomatoes you have on hand in place of the plum tomatoes
- Spicy Chicken Pasta - add red pepper flakes when cooking the tomatoes and onions
- Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Pasta - add sliced mushrooms when cooking the tomatoes and onions or stir in a can of sliced mushrooms, drained
- Chicken with Pasta and Peas – add frozen peas when cooking the tomatoes and onions
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