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A super easy and tasty dinner that is ready in under 30 minutes. With crispy chicken, broccoli and pasta – this one is great for the whole family, and so delicious!
Hi there! Can you believe we’ll be in the throes of back to school in just a few short weeks? The more relaxed schedules of the past few months will soon be replaced with drop off, pick up, after-school activities, lunch packing, and homework supervision.
I’m exhausted just thinking about it.
My son, H will be headed into 1st grade, and as working parents, The Husband and I sometimes get home and just want to slump on the couch and order take out. Of course, we actually don’t DO that on a regular occasion, I like to cook most of our meals so I can control is in them and ensure we get some of the right nutrients on our plates at least a good part of the time.
A little shortcut: Frozen chicken strips. I throw these in the oven at 400°F for 20 minutes, then let them cool a little before slicing them and adding them to my finished pasta dish.
Why this recipe works:
- I LOVE cooking pasta WITH the sauce, saving me from having to dirty up another saucepan.
- Basic ingredients – no trips to the store for extra items!
See? H loves it!
Ingredients:
- OLIVE OIL
- CHICKEN STOCK – make your own chicken stock, or grab a carton.
- MILK
- BUTTER
- PASTA – this can be any kind of pasta, regular, gluten-free or whole wheat pasta.
- SEASONINGS: salt, pepper, red pepper flakes
- PARMESAN CHEESE
- BROCCOLI
- CHICKEN – for this recipe I use frozen chicken strips from the store, but any chicken you have (be it grilled chicken breasts or leftover rotisserie chicken)
How to make Chicken & Broccoli Pasta
- Gather your ingredients, in this case, frozen chicken strips, garlic, pasta, stock, milk, butter, and broccoli.
- Heat the oven and cook the chicken strips, meanwhile get started on the pasta!
- Heat a large pot or dutch oven to medium high heat, cook some garlic in olive oil for a minute, then add the pasta, chicken stock , milk, and butter – and bring to a boil.
- Turn down the heat and let it simmer until tender – usually about 10-15 mins, then add salt and pepper and the parmesan.
- Add the chicken and some cooked broccoli.
- Devour
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Chicken & Broccoli Pasta
Suggested Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup milk
- 1 Tbs butter divided
- 8 ounces uncooked pasta
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 2 cups broccoli steamed
- Tyson® Crispy Chicken Strips
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400F and cook the chicken strips for 18-20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat ½ Tbs butter in a large skillet or saucepan over medium high.
- Cook the garlic for a minute or two, then add the stock, milk, remaining butter, pasta and some salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer until pasta is tender.
- Add the parmesan (more to taste) and check for seasoning.
- Stir in the steamed broccoli, and parmesan.
- Top with sliced (or whole) chicken strips.
- Devour.
nutrition facts
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Becky says
I haven’t made the recipe yet but I was just wishing you could post the volume bag of chicken strips you used or a link to the product on amazon or the like, as I’m trying to use this recipe for meal prepping and that would make it much easier to scale properly while I also have to convert units from imperial to metric. Also, on a related note, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the fact that you have a slider for how many servings; it makes my life way easier, and I will most likely be returning to your site often because of it.
Kylee says
Hey, Becky – it’s a 25oz bag
Monika says
this alfredo pasta looks like everyone in the family would love it, cant wait to give it a try!
Kathy says
This pasta dish was a winner at my house! The kids went for seconds! Putting it on my menu rotation. Thanks
Melissa says
I love a good hearty pasta dish and this one does not disappoint!! The addition of the crispy chicken sounds delish, will have to try this for a quick weeknight meal!
Natalie says
Looks so flavorful and super delicious. I bet my kiddo would love this too. I love how chicken looks so crispy. Just lovely family meal.