Garlic Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Pasta

Garlic Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Pasta – easy, comfort food dinner recipe. Chicken cooked in olive oil, with garlic, paprika, chili powder, and Italian seasoning, then combined with bacon, Ranch dressing and pasta makes a winning combination!

This bacon ranch pasta with chicken is a super easy recipe made with simple ingredients.  In this recipe, I used gluten free penne pasta and gluten free Ranch dressing, which makes this whole dinner completely gluten free friendly!

This is an easy weeknight dinner recipe that will be liked by the whole family: you just can’t go wrong when you combine bacon and Ranch dressing with chicken and pasta.

What makes this recipe special and super tasty is that first you cook chicken in olive oil, garlic, and spices (paprika, chili powder, Italian seasoning). Then you combine the rest of ingredients together:

I added about 1 cup of Ranch dressing, just because I like my pasta very creamy, but 1/2 cup of dressing could be enough, too, if you don’t like overly creamy dishes.

I hope you will enjoy this bacon ranch pasta with chicken dinner as much as I did!

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Garlic Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Pasta

Prep Time

3 hrs 30 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

This Garlic Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Pasta is definitely a comfort food recipe!  Easy to make, simple ingredients, quick cook time.  

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4 servings

Calories: 806 kcal

Author: Julia

Ingredients

• 8 oz penne pasta (use gluten free pasta for gf version)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb chicken breasts , chopped into smaller pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon Paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon Chili Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 6 strips bacon cooked, chopped
• 1 cup Ranch dressing , gluten free
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley chopped, to taste

Instructions

1. Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling water according to the package instructions, drain.
2. In a large skillet heat olive oil on medium heat. Add sliced chicken, sprinkle with spices, and cook for several minutes, until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the center. Remove the skillet from heat, and add minced garlic to mix with chicken.
3. Add cooked bacon and cooked pasta to the skillet with chicken.
4. Add Ranch dressing, chopped fresh parsley to the skillet with the chicken, stir, heat everything up on medium heat gently. Remove from heat when the chicken and pasta are heated through.
5. Top with a small amount of chopped parsley.

Nutrition Facts

Garlic Chicken, Bacon, and Ranch Pasta

Amount Per Serving

Calories 806 Calories from Fat 459

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 51g 78%

Saturated Fat 10g 50%

Cholesterol 114mg 38%

Sodium 1017mg 42%

Potassium 688mg 20%

Total Carbohydrates 48g 16%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 3g

Protein 36g 72%

Vitamin A 13.5%

Vitamin C 13.3%

Calcium 5.3%

Iron 12.1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.