Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta is rich, comforting, and packed with flavors like garlic, cream, sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach—very inspired by Italian-style cooking 🍝✨
🍝 Creamy Tuscan Chicken Pasta Recipe
🧾 Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts (boneless, sliced)
- 250–300g pasta (penne or fettuccine works best)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3–4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes (chopped)
- 2 cups fresh spinach
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- Salt & black pepper (to taste)
- Optional: chili flakes for heat
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Cook the pasta
- Boil pasta in salted water until al dente
- Reserve ½ cup pasta water, then drain
2. Cook the chicken
- Heat olive oil in a pan
- Season chicken with salt & pepper
- Cook until golden and fully done
- Remove and set aside
3. Make the creamy sauce
- In the same pan, sauté garlic until fragrant
- Add sun-dried tomatoes
- Pour in cream and bring to a gentle simmer
- Stir in parmesan until melted
4. Add greens & combine
- Add spinach and let it wilt
- Return chicken to the pan
- Add cooked pasta and toss everything together
- Use a little reserved pasta water if needed to loosen sauce
5. Finish
- Taste and adjust seasoning
- Sprinkle extra parmesan and chili flakes
🌟 Variations
- Lighter version: use milk + a little flour instead of heavy cream
- Extra rich: add a knob of butter at the end
- Mushroom Tuscan: sauté mushrooms with garlic
- Shrimp version: swap chicken for shrimp
💡 Tips
- Don’t overcook the cream—keep it at a gentle simmer
- Fresh parmesan melts smoother than pre-grated
- Sun-dried tomatoes in oil give the best flavor
If you want, I can show you a restaurant-style version like Olive Garden or a one-pot quick recipe 👍
