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One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

July 12, 2016 by Taylor 10 Comments

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One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta is a healthy, no-cream pasta filled with season veggies, chicken, and topped with fresh basil!  It’s a perfect summertime pasta!One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

When it comes to food blogging, there are few things that excite me more than developing a *really* delicious recipe that I can’t wait to share with you all.  While I don’t post anything that I don’t believe in 100%, of course there are some recipes that I love more than others.

This one pot pasta is one that I am SO excited for you to make!One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

Why am I so excited about this recipe?  For one, it’s EASY!  Like, you know those nights when you come home and you just want to dump things in a pot and call it dinner?  Well, you can actually do this with this recipe.  After you cook up the chicken, you literally just dump the rest of the ingredients in and let it cook.  Ridiculously easy.

Another reason, it’s seasonal.  I’m almost certain you’ll be able to find all of the veggies for this at your farmers market.  Zucchini? Check. Tomatoes? Check.  Sweet corn and basil? Check and check.

One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

Reason number 3 is pretty obvious: it’s delicious!  While you really could use any type of pasta, I’ve been craving a good creamy angel hair pasta dish.  This satisfied that craving and so much more.  There’s something about twirling long strands of thin pasta around a fork that I just love.  The pasta, paired with the simple cream sauce (which BTW actually has no cream in it) and the veggies were exactly what I was hoping it would be.  And don’t skip that basil on top – it adds so much!

And as if that’s not reason enough, I think it’s worth mentioning that Lars devoured this pasta!  He’s been a little picky lately when it comes to eating anything other than blueberries, so I did a little happy dance when he was shoveling this in.  It felt like a mom-win and I’ll take those whenever I can.

One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

Tools I use for this recipe:

OXO Corn Peeler

Le Creuset Dutch Oven

One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

Print Rate
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
  • 16 ounces whole wheat angelhair or spaghetti pasta
  • 3 cobs sweet corn kernels cut from the cob
  • 1 1/2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes halved
  • 1 large zucchini cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1 1/2 cups milk I used whole milk
  • juice from 1 lemon
  • 5 ounces shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 3 tablespoons fresh basil for topping

Instructions

  • In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium high heat.
  • Add chicken and season with salt and pepper.
  • Cook until browned on all sides. It's okay if the chicken isn't cooked through.
  • Add pasta, corn, tomatoes, zucchini, chicken broth, and milk.
  • Over medium heat, bring to a simmer, pushing pasta so it is submerged under the broth.
  • Let simmer, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes, or until the pasta is softened and the broth/milk mixture is mostly absorbed.
  • Add lemon juice and Parmesan cheese, and stir to combine.
  • Serve topped with fresh basil.
  • Enjoy!
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One Pot Creamy Chicken and Summer Vegetable Pasta

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  1. Ashley says

    July 13, 2016 at 9:56 am

    I so know that feeling! I only share recipes we love … but there are some that I get SUPER pumped to share!! haha This one pot pasta sounds fantastic! Love all those colorful veggies!

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  2. Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says

    July 14, 2016 at 2:26 pm

    What a great use for all of the summer veggies available right now! Love this!

    Reply
  3. Mary Cooper says

    July 19, 2016 at 10:12 pm

    This looks delicious!! I want to make it but I’m allergic to dairy! Is there any substitute I can use for the milk–tomato sauce or extra broth or something?

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    • Taylor says

      July 24, 2016 at 8:44 pm

      Mary, You could certainly try extra broth for liquid but it won’t be as creamy. I have seen recipes for dairy free pastas that use unsweetened plain almond milk, which you could try, too!

      Reply
    • Tanya Miller says

      September 6, 2016 at 8:44 am

      I am lactose intolerant and used plain, unsweetened almond milk along with an Italian cheese that is lactose-free and it turned out great!

      Reply
      • Taylor says

        September 6, 2016 at 9:25 am

        So glad to hear this Tanya! Thanks for the feedback 🙂

        Reply
  4. Jenna says

    July 27, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Just wondering, did you cook the corn first?

    Reply
    • Taylor says

      July 28, 2016 at 9:36 pm

      Hi Jenna! It cooks when you add it in with the pasta. I cut it off the cob raw. Hope this helps 🙂

      Reply
  5. Dina says

    August 3, 2016 at 4:16 pm

    Hi Could you make this without the chicken? Would you cook veggies first ?

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    • Taylor says

      August 3, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      Hi Dina! You could definitely make this without the chicken, but I would increase some of the veggies to make up for the lack of chicken. You don’t need to cook the veggies first – they cook in the liquid with the pasta.

      Reply

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