A delicious creamy pasta with chicken, fresh herbs, and sundried tomatoes. You will fall in love with this rich, decadent Marry Me Chicken Pasta recipe.
This dish is perfect for both family dinners and romantic home-cooked meals for two on any weeknight or even a treat for yourself.
This recipe will make you fall in love with chicken pasta dinners all over again, you will be saying I do to each and every mouthful.
Picture yourself twirling al dente pasta on your fork with seasoned chicken pieces that is smothered in a creamy sauce, savoring the rich and indulgent flavor with every mouthful. This recipe sounds fancy, but don’t be intimidated! It is very easy and quick to make.
Marry Me chicken with pasta is like creamy Tuscan pasta but without spinach and parmesan cheese.
This dish is packed full of flavor, a restaurant-worthy meal you can easily make at home. This will make any hungry tummy happy. Just be careful who you make this for as it will surely be love at first bite!
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
Wow your dinner guest(s): This meal is luxurious and rich, without requiring a ton of time or effort. Layering ingredients like heavy cream, chicken broth, and sundried tomatoes allows you to build maximum flavor without having to stand over a stove for hours. Your dinner guests will think you have spent all day cooking them this special meal!
The perfect balance of creamy and savory: Marry Me Chicken with Pasta has the best of both worlds. Creamy, richness comes from the heavy cream, butter, and parmesan cheese, while the sundried tomatoes and herbs add a savory depth of flavor.
Makes incredible leftovers: If you happen to have leftovers from this meal, you are in luck because they make a great leftover to bring to school, work, or on the go. Simply reheat in a microwave and enjoy another delicious meal.
What you will need
You will need the following ingredients to make this recipe, don't be intimated by the list it actually comes together than you think with simple steps
- Chicken breast cut into cubes: This cuts down on cooking time and allows the meat to brown evenly. Substitute with boneless skinless chicken thighs.
- Olive oil: Use good-quality olive oil to cook your chicken.
- Butter: Butter contributes to the creamy richness of the Marry Me Chicken pasta sauce.
- Onion: Sauteeing your fresh onion helps to build the savory, rich flavor of this dish.
- Garlic: Nothing is better than the smell of fresh garlic cooking in butter.
- Basil leaves: Sweet, fresh basil adds another layer of flavor to this mouthwatering meal.
- Smoked paprika: substitute with regular paprika or hot paprika
- Herbs de Provence: substitute with Italian seasoning
- Garlic granules
- Garlic herb seasoning: optional but I like to use my homemade garlic herb seasoning to build flavor in dishes.
- Heavy cream: Adds an irresistible, luxurious creaminess to the dish.
- Sun-dried tomatoes: I used sundried tomatoes packed in oil.
- Parmesan cheese
- Pasta: Choose a smaller pasta like rigatoni, penne, or bowtie pasta for quicker cooking.
- Chicken broth
- Salt and black pepper
How to make marry me chicken pasta
Cook the pasta: in a large salted boiling water add pasta and cook until al dente. Drain set aside and reserve some pasta water for later.
Cook the chicken: Add the cubed chicken to a bowl and season with (smoked) paprika, salt, black pepper, herbs de Provence, garlic, and onion granules, toss to combine.
Place a skillet on medium high heat, add olive oil and 1 tablesppon butter and once it is hot and the butter melted, add the seasoned chicken pieces and cook for 4-5 minutes or until it is golden brown on the outside and no longer pink in the middle.
Remove the cooked chicken from the skillet to a plate
Make the marry me chicken sauce: still using the same skillet, add butter to the skillet, add chopped onions and garlic, and cook until soft, translucent, and fragrant. Add chopped sundried tomatoes, Herbs de Provence, chili flakes, and chicken broth and stir to combine. Bring to a simmer for 1-2 minutes for the flavors to meld nicely.
Stir in heavy cream, and grated parmesan cheese and stir until combined. Return the cooked chicken back into the creamy sauce and stir to combine. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust accordingly. shred some fresh basil to the sauce and stir to combine.
Lastly, add the cooked pasta to the creamy sauce and stir until all the pasta is coated in the delicious sauce. Add some of the reserved pasta water if the sauce is too thick.
Take it off the heat and serve immediately as is or with garlic bread. Enjoy
How to Store
Store leftover Marry Me Chicken and Pasta in an airtight container in the fridge and consume within 3-4 days.
FAQs
What is marry me chicken made of
The main ingredients in Marry Me Chicken are chicken breast (floured and panfried) heavy cream, chicken stock, sundried tomatoes, parmesan cheese, sauteed garlic and onions, basil, and dried herbs and seasoning. To make it a complete meal, add gnocchi, tortellini or pasta.
What can you substitute for sun-dried tomatoes
There are several ways that you can make Marry Me chicken without sundried tomatoes.
- Add fresh, diced tomatoes to the dish along with the onions and garlic.
- Add some roasted cherry tomatoes to the sauce a few minutes before it’s done cooking.
- Add a small amount of tomato puree before adding your chicken broth and cream.
- Use roasted red bell peppers in place of the sun-dried tomatoes.
Can I replace Herbs de Provence with Italian seasoning?
While the herbs in each mix are slightly different, you can substitute Italian seasoning for Herbs de Provence in this dish. Here is a quick recipe for herbs de Provence from the 'the dinner bite' website.
Can I make marry me chicken with angel pasta
Yes, absolutely! Angel pasta or spaghetti works just as well in this recipe. The only difference is that angel pasta cooks faster so I recommend you cook it at the same time you cook the creamy sauce.
What other vegetable can I add to this pasta dish
Add baby spinach, cooked bacon, mushrooms, asparagus or any other veggies you fancy to your marry me pasta.
Marry Me Chicken Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless chicken breasts cut into cubes
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- ½ cup onion finely chopped
- 1 Tablespoon garlic finely chopped
- 10 g fresh basil leaves or as needed
- ½ Tablespoon smoked paprika
- ½ Tablespoon Herbs de Provence sub with Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon onion granules
- ½ Tablespoon garlic herb seasoning use salt free one
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup sundried tomatoes chopped
- 1 cup parmesan cheese grated
- ½ lb fusilli pasta
- ⅓ cup low sodium chicken broth
- Salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta: in a large salted boiling water add pasta and cook until al dente. Reserve some pasta water for later.
- Cook the chicken: Add the cubed chicken to a bowl and season with (smoked) paprika, salt, black pepper, garlic herb seasoning, onion granules, toss to combine.
- Place a skillet on medium high heat, add olive oil and 1 tablesppon butter and once it is hot and the butter melted, add the seasoned chicken pieces and cook for 4-5 minutes or until it is golden brown on the outside and no longer pink in the middle.
- Remove the cooked chicken from the skillet to a plate.
- Make the marry me chicken sauce: still using the same skillet, add butter to the skillet, add chopped onions and garlic, and cook until soft, translucent, and fragrant. Add chopped sundried tomatoes, Herbs de Provence, chili flakes, and chicken broth and stir to combine. Bring to a simmer for 1-2 minutes for the flavors to meld nicely.
- Stir in heavy cream, and grated parmesan cheese and stir until combined. Return the cooked chicken back into the creamy sauce and stir to combine. Reduce the heat and simmer for 2-3 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper and adjust accordingly. shred some fresh basil to the sauce and stir to combine.
- Lastly, add the cooked pasta to the creamy sauce and stir until all the pasta is coated in the delicious sauce. Add some of the reserved pasta water if the sauce is too thick.
- Take it off the heat and serve immediately with more grated parmesan cheese and fresh basil. Enjoy
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