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Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta

This creamy one-pot pasta dish is so delicious but easy to make too.

Erren Hart

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last Updated:

10/27/2021
4.66 from 23 votes
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Serves: 4 servings
Prep: 15 minutes mins
Cook: 15 minutes mins

This recipe for Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta from Erren's Kitchen is a rich and delicious one pot dish that's simple to make and ready in just 20 minutes.

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This easy recipe for Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta is a rich and delicious one-pot dish that’s simple to make and ready in just 30 minutes.

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There are a lot of pasta dishes out there, but there’s nothing better than a really good, classic pasta dish. So I give you this Creamy Chicken Bacon Pasta recipe. This is a foolproof dish the whole family will love.

Why This Recipe Works

  • Chicken, bacon and spinach comes together to create a pasta dish the whole family will love.
  • This recipe is quick and easy, a no brainer for a convenient weeknight meal.
  • The combination of a creamy garlic sauce and the smokiness of bacon is hard to beat!

There’s nothing complicated about this Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta recipe, but it’s everything you could want when we need a comforting, tasty dinner at the end of a busy day.

So serve up this Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta recipe for a last minute dinner guests and impress your friends with this quick dish.

How To Make Creamy Chicken & Bacon Pasta

  1. Brown the chicken and bacon in a pan.
  2. Add the onions, mushrooms and garlic.
  3. Pour in the wine and cook until nearly evaporated.
  4. Add the spinach, the cream, pasta, and parsley.
  5. Season to taste.
  6. Cook until chicken is cooked through.
  7. Serve and enjoy!
Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta piled high in a pasta bowl with a fork next to it.

Which Wine For Cooking

Bottles of white wine

A good rule of thumb is to choose a wine you’d like to drink. If you don’t like it by the glass, you probably won’t like it in your food.

White wine is best for this creamy chicken dish, I use a pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc. Of course if you can’t use alcohol in your cooking for any reason simply replace with the same amount in chicken or vegetable stock and add a little acid such as a squeeze of lemon juice.

A pan with Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta cooking with a spatula mixing.
The Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta piled high with mushrooms, spinach and chicken.

Erren’s Top Tips

  • When cooking the bacon and chicken, if the oil gets too brown just discard it and wipe the pan before starting the next step.
  • Don’t crowd the pan when cooking the meat or mushrooms.  This will add steam and won’t allow it to brown properly.  Make sure your pan is large enough.
  • Adding different vegetables can give you a new dish every time you make it!  The day I took the photos for this post I used onions, mushrooms, and spinach, but I’ve made this recipe using anything from asparagus, peas, shallots, red onions and broccoli.  It’s really versatile and absolutely scrumptious!
  • Omitting alcohol from the recipe – White Wine (or vermouth) adds a wonderful complexity this sauce, but if for some reason you don’t cook with alcohol, to deepen the flavor, try breaking up a stock or bouillon cube and a tablespoon of lemon juice at the end for an extra kick if flavor. 

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This recipe for Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta from Erren's Kitchen is a rich and delicious one pot dish that's simple to make and ready in just 20 minutes.

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Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta

This creamy one-pot pasta dish is so delicious but easy to make too.
4.66 from 23 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
Cook Time: 15 minutes mins
Total Time: 30 minutes mins
Serves 4 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 chicken breasts (boneless skinless cut into bite-sized pieces)
  • 4 ounces chopped bacon
  • 1 onion (medium sized, chopped)
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 8 oz Crimini mushrooms (sliced)
  • ½ cup white wine
  • 5 Tablespoons half and half
  • 1 cup baby spinach
  • 8 ounces cooked pasta
  • salt and pepper (to taste)
  • a good handful of fresh parsley (chopped)

Instructions

  • Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in a deep, nonstick frying pan.  Add the chicken breasts and bacon. Cook over a high heat for 4-5 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink and the bacon is crisp.
  • Heat the second tablespoon of olive oil.  Add the onions and mushrooms, cook until the onions are translucent and mushrooms are cooked (about 5 minutes).  Add the garlic and cook another minute. 
  • Pour in the wine and let it bubble over a high heat until it has virtually evaporated.
  • Add the spinach, the cream, pasta, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, stir well. Cover the pan and cook for 4 minutes more until the chicken is cooked all the way through. Serve hot.

Tips

COOKING TIPS:
When cooking the bacon and chicken, if the oil gets too brown just discard it and wipe the pan before starting the next step.
Don’t crowd the pan when cooking the meat or mushrooms.  This will add steam and won’t allow it to brown properly.  Make sure your pan is large enough.
Adding different vegetables can give you a new dish every time you make it!  The day I took the photos for this post I used onions, mushroom, and spinach, but I’ve made this recipe using anything from asparagus, peas, shallots, red onions, and broccoli.  It’s really versatile and absolutely scrumptious!
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Nutrition

Calories: 410 | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 273mg | Potassium: 671mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 785IU | Vitamin C: 5.3mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1.6mg
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34 responses

  1. Sarah Hope Avatar
    Sarah Hope
    06/02/2020

    This recipe for creamy chicken and bacon pasta was really delicious and filling a really good meal.

    Reply
    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      06/02/2020

      Thank you Sarah 🙂

      Reply
  2. Julian Avatar
    Julian
    07/18/2019

    looks nice,Should taste good! I will ask my father to cook it.

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    1. Erren's Kitchen Avatar
      Erren’s Kitchen
      07/22/2019

      Awesome, touch base and let me know how it went, Julian!

      Reply
  3. Catalina Avatar
    Catalina
    05/31/2019

    Pasta is always a hit in our house! This pasta dish looks so good!

    Reply
  4. Vik Avatar
    Vik
    05/30/2019

    I made this for dinner and it tastes wonderful, very creamy and flavorful. I did leave the bacon out because I don’t like bacon but the dish does just as well without it

    Reply
  5. Taylor Avatar
    Taylor
    05/30/2019

    This pasta has all my favorite flavors! So creamy and delicious!

    Reply
  6. Katerina @ diethood .com Avatar
    Katerina @ diethood .com
    05/30/2019

    The perfect weeknight meal!! It looks incredibly delicious!!

    Reply
  7. Chrissie Baker Avatar
    Chrissie Baker
    05/30/2019

    Creamy. Chicken. Bacon. Pasta. Four of my favorite words in one dinner? I’m sold!

    Reply
  8. Krista Avatar
    Krista
    05/29/2019

    The magic ingredient, BACON! And of course everything else about this amazing dish looks awesome! Yum!

    Reply
  9. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie
    03/20/2018

    MORE THAN ANNOYED.. went out and got the ingredients I needed.. It’s now 7pm and I’m about to start making it and come across the method section which says “Add the wine..”.
    No mention of wine in the ingredients or anywhere else in the whole page. Thanks a lot. 😠

    P.S. Begs the question of why has nobody noticed this yet? All your comments sound like they’re written by the same FAKE person. 🤔

    Reply
    1. Erren Avatar
      Erren
      03/20/2018

      Hi Natalie, I’m so sorry about this. I recently republished the post and recipe (it’s even stated ar the bottom of the post) when I updated the recipe for nutritional information, I must have unintentionally left out the wine (It’s a half cup of white wine). I can assure you all of the comments are left by people who made the recipe. As a side note, the recipe will work just fine without the wine if you still want to make it.
      Thank you for letting me know about the error. I depend on my readers to inform me of problems. I apologise again for any inconvenience.

      Reply
    2. Anna Avatar
      Anna
      03/24/2018

      Hi Natalie, I’ve made this recipe a few times now and loved it (although the wine wasn’t missing when I made it), I’m a regular visitor on here and can tell you my comments are for real. Thanks Erren for all the great food!

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      1. Erren Avatar
        Erren
        03/24/2018

        Thank you, Anna! 🙂

  10. Angie | Big Bear's Wife Avatar
    Angie | Big Bear’s Wife
    02/12/2017

    This is my kind of meal! I also love that you can turn it into something completely different just by switching out for veggies you have on hand!

    Reply
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      The Guy
      03/05/2019

      Lol half these comments sound so fake. Personally I think it’s a wonderful dish. My critisism is that people don’t know how to write comments that don’t feel like the author is trying to write they’re own reviews.

      Reply
      1. Erren Avatar
        Erren
        03/05/2019

        I’m not sure that’s a relevant comment, but I’ll post it anyway as I post all my comments – good, bad or indifferent. I can assure you, Guy, I don’t have the need to leave my own feedback.

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