Asiago Chicken Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Spinach – with everything smothered in a delicious Asiago cheese sauce. Easy recipe that tastes great and looks great.
If you love Asiago cheese, this is a great recipe to try! Asiago definitely has a very strong and distinctive flavor, and when melted into a creamy sauce for this Asiago Chicken Pasta, that flavor becomes more smooth yet you can still recognize it’s an Asiago cheese. To me, using Asiago cheese in a pasta sauce is my favorite way to use it. And it is perfectly complemented by chicken sauteed with garlic, spinach, and sun-dried tomatoes!
Short pasta, such as penne, is perfect for creamy pasta recipes like this one – Asiago cheese cream sauce perfectly coats every single pasta bite. Both pasta and chicken are literally drowning in the Asiago sauce deliciousness! This recipe can easily be made gluten free by using gluten free brown rice penne.
In this recipe, everything is smothered in a delicious Asiago cheese cream sauce: chicken sauteed with garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach.
- 8 oz penne pasta (use gluten free brown rice penne, for gluten free version)
- 1/3 cup sun-dried tomatoes with oil 2 tablespoons
- 1 lb chicken breast sliced in half, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 cup half and half and more - (half milk - half cream to form a lighter cream)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup Asiago cheese shredded
- 2 cups spinach fresh
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain, rinse.
Use sun-dried tomatoes in oil - if the sun-dried tomatoes are too big, chop them into smaller bites.
- Heat sun-dried tomatoes (cut them) in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and chopped garlic on medium heat. Add chopped chicken breast to the sun-dried tomatoes and oil - generously season the chicken in the skillet with salt and paprika. Cook chicken until it's cooked through completely.
To the same skillet with chicken and sun-dried tomatoes, add 1 cup of half and half and 1/4 teaspoon salt - bring to boil. Add 1/2 cup of grated Asiago cheese (half of what the recipe calls for) and stir for about 30 seconds to melt the cheese. Reduce the heat from boil to medium and continue stirring to make sure all cheese melts. At this point, if the sauce is too thin, gradually add the remaining 1/2 of Asiago cheese on medium heat, constantly stirring all around the skillet.
If the sauce gets too thick, add another 1/3 cup of half and half and stir.
Taste the sauce - if 1/4 teaspoon salt was not enough, add more.
- Add cooked and drained pasta to the sauce. Add spinach, mix everything - cover with the lid and let the pasta sit to allow spinach to wilt, on low simmer. After spinach has wilted, stir everything together to combine, taste and add more salt, if needed.
WHAT IS HALF AND HALF? Half and half is the US milk product that combines half milk half heavy cream (whipping cream) to form a lighter cream (unlike heavy cream). You can easily make it yourself by combining half milk half heavy or whipping cream. If you live in the UK, half and half would be the equivalent of single cream. Alternatively, you can mix half double cream and half regular milk (if you live in the UK).
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This is amazing. I never really believe too much in online recipes . Unless this one was just that easy to follow. This is delicious. Thank you!!
You’re very welcome! So glad you enjoyed this dish! 🙂
This was awesome!!
Thank you! 🙂
I made this recipe and have to say it is one of the best dishes I have ever eaten… made at home or at any restaurant. I totally recommend it. Delicious!!!
Thank you for such a sweet comment! It made my day! 🙂
I made this recipe and have to say it is one of the best dishes I’ve ever eaten … made at home or at any restaurant. I totally recommend it. DELICIOUS!!!
Thank you, thank you! So nice to hear something like that! 🙂
Making it tonight wish me luck!!
I hope you enjoyed this dish! 🙂
It smelled so good, but wasn’t really my flavor. My husband really liked it though. I’ve been subbing out white noodles for whole wheat for a while now, I think this is one of those dishes that needs white noodles.
I am glad your husband liked it! Thank you for stopping by and sharing your feedback!