Here is another one-pot, no boil recipe (loving these dishes). I really, really loved this dish. It tasted amazing! I loved the creamy tomato Alfredo sauce and the smoky flavor from the bacon. It was as good, if not better, than most pasta dishes I’ve eaten in restaurants. I am already planning on making this again. I can’t stop thinking about it!
This dish only takes about 30 minutes from start to finish. If you want to save time, you can substitute 2 cups of cooked, chopped chicken and skip cooking the chicken in the skillet. I love to use half a rotisserie chicken for this dish. I literally just dump everything in the skillet, cover and let it do its thing. Easy and delicious!
Chicken Bacon Tomato Alfredo Skillet {One Pot}
serves 6
(Printable Recipe)
- 1 lb boneless chicken breasts
- 1-2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ⅓ cup cooked, chopped bacon
- 8 oz tomato sauce
- ¾ cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 ¼ cups heavy cream
- 8 oz penne or campanelle pasta
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- salt to taste
pepper to taste
Cut chicken into bite sized pieces. Pour olive oil into large skillet and add chicken. Cook chicken until browned, about 6 minutes. Add garlic. Cook 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add pasta, tomato sauce, bacon,chicken broth and heavy cream.
Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until pasta is tender. Stir in parmesan cheese (I used fresh grated, but the green can will work too), salt and pepper.
CONNECT WITH PLAIN CHICKEN
I don't have cream on hand, do you think milk would work?
Just made this – I wasn't going to have time to cook tonight, so I went ahead and made it at lunchtime – I used the rotisserie chicken, and it really didn't take very long at all!! I had a "little" taste for my lunch, and oh my yes, it is yummy!!
Sounds delicious, but I have a question. The pic looks more like an egg noodle than penne. Can I ask-did you use a regular semolina pasta? I usually use ones that are either whole wheat or fiber rich, and they require more cooking time than regular pasta. Just want to make sure the pasta I use gets cooked enough for my liking!
I actually used campanelle pasta in this.
I used fiber-rich pasta in this recipe but I did cook it halfway prior to adding it to the other ingredients. We loved this! I will make it again. Thanks!
I really like one-pot meals, especially while on the road, and this looks like a good one.
do you think this would still taste good without the bacon??
Yes – It will be fine without the bacon.
Sounds wonderful!! I just recently saw your chili recipe and discovered from it the existence of Rotel Tomato Sauce (I just knew about the Rotel Tomatoes, not the sauce). Anyway, I bet this would be good with the Rotel Tomato sauce instead of the plain, if you wanted to give it a little bit of a kick!
I love anything with tomato cream base…then you add bacon and parmesan and it's magic š
that looks delicious! I'm a huge fan of one pot recipes.
Pinning now – making soon!!
This looks delicious, I can't wait to try it! We are all about one pot meals at our house-less clean up!
I can't wait to try this!!! YUM!!!