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Tomato Spinach Chicken Spaghetti - this recipe features pasta, fresh tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, spinach, garlic, and olive oil. It's a great Summer pasta recipe! Easy and quick! Only 30 minutes to make. A fantastic way to prepare chicken pasta using fresh vegetables!
This chicken pasta has a good variety of fresh ingredients: spinach, tomatoes, basil, garlic. Add chicken, sun-dried tomatoes and good quality olive oil to the mix - and you get a healthy and light dinner! So good! This recipe reminds me of tomato spinach shrimp pasta that is also very light and refreshing! This Mediterranean style meal is packed with vegetables, protein and good oils.
Why make this pasta dish
- When we think about chicken pasta, we usually picture a pasta dish with lots of cream sauce and white cheese. Like this chicken and bacon pasta with spinach and tomatoes in garlic cream sauce. This spinach tomato chicken pasta has no cream sauce. It's a healthy version of chicken pasta. And, it tastes like comfort food.
- This vibrant chicken spaghetti one of the most popular recipes on my site. It has been pinned 1.6 million times and visited by millions of people. I hope you try this Tomato and Spinach Chicken Spaghetti Pasta. See for yourself why it is so popular!
- Did I forget to mention that this pasta recipe is easy to make and takes only 30 minutes from start to finish? Not bad for a good-looking dish that tastes like comfort food! And, it looks beautiful, vibrant and colorful!
What makes this tomato spinach chicken pasta even more special?
- This recipe's main ingredients are fresh tomatoes, basil, garlic, and spinach.
- To make this pasta even more flavorful, I also used sun-dried tomatoes and red pepper flakes! They added so much flavor!
- Once the chicken pasta is completely cooked, I highly recommend that you add 3 tablespoons of high-quality olive oil. Stir it into the final pasta dish, off heat. It's so tasty and so good for you!
Variations
- Use spaghetti, fettuccine, linguine, angel hair pasta, or pappardelle pasta.
- Use skinless and boneless chicken thighs. Or, use skinless and boneless chicken breasts. Chop chicken meat into smaller pieces.
- This is the ideal recipe for trying out all sorts of artisanal pasta that we often see in the stores. Make this recipe with green spinach pasta, or orangy-looking sun-dried tomato fettuccine, artichoke pasta, etc. You get the idea! Use all those colorful unusual kinds of pasta we see in the stores in this recipe!
- Don't have spinach? Use other greens. Swiss chard or kale will work great in this recipe.
I hope you'll make this easy tomato spinach chicken spaghetti. It makes a truly Mediterranean dinner!
More chicken pasta with tomatoes
Love tomatoes in your pasta? Try these recipes:
- Chicken Zucchini Pasta with Tomatoes
- Spinach and Artichoke Chicken Pasta with Bacon and Tomatoes in Asiago Cream Sauce
- Pesto Chicken Tortellini with Tomatoes and Asparagus
Amazing chicken pasta recipes with spinach
Do you enjoy pasta with spinach? Take a look at these delicious family-friendly dinners:
- Spinach Artichoke Pasta with Chicken
- Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake with Spinach Dip
- Creamy Mushroom and Spinach Pasta
- Italian Ravioli with Spinach and Artichokes
Tomato Spinach Chicken Spaghetti
Ingredients
- ¼ cup sun-dried tomatoes chopped, drained of oil
- 2 tablespoons olive oil drained from sun-dried tomatoes
- ½ lb chicken boneless and skinless (preferably, boneless skinless thighs), chopped
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 4 roma tomatoes chopped
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves chopped
- 8 oz spinach fresh
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 8 oz spaghetti pasta
- 3 tablespoons olive oil (use high quality olive oil or oil from the sun-dried tomatoes jar)
Instructions
- Add chopped sun-dried tomatoes and 2 tablespoons of olive oil, drained from sun-dried tomatoes, to a large skillet, on medium-low heat.
- Add chopped chicken. I used boneless skinless chicken thighs and prefer to use them, but you can use chopped chicken breast, as well.
- Add red pepper flakes, and salt over all of the ingredients in the skillet.
- Cook on medium heat until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
- Add chopped tomatoes, chopped fresh basil leaves, fresh spinach, and chopped garlic to the skillet with chicken. Cook on medium heat for about 3- 5 minutes until spinach wilts just a little, and tomatoes release some of their juices. Remove from heat.
- Taste, and add more salt to taste, if needed. Cover with lid and keep off heat.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions, until al dente.
- Drain. Add cooked and drained pasta to the skillet with the chicken and vegetables.
- Reheat on low heat, mix everything well, add more seasonings (salt and pepper), if desired. Remove from heat.
- At this point, when the pasta and vegetables are off heat, you can add more high-quality olive oil. It's optional but really tasty! Or you can add more olive oil from the jar from the sun-dried tomatoes.
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Nutrition
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This meal was delicious but I just wanted to say that olive oil isn't good for you it's just better than other vegetable oils.
Thank you Jessica!
True to her word,simple-easy and it tastes great.My husband loves this dish he even did the dishes when we got done and no left overs.
Thank you, Nichole, so glad you enjoyed it!
This dish is pure deliciousness. My pickiest eater even came back for seconds and lunch the next day!! The only change I made was squirting a little bit of lemon juice over before serving each plate. Thank you for sharing. I made it a few weeks ago, making it again tonight!! Yummy!!
Thank you, Wendy! So glad your family liked the recipe! Lemon juice is always a great addition to just about any pasta dish - great idea!
I like it looks ymmy verey easy thx
This was so delicious!! Will definitely make again. The only thing I changed was to use whole grain pasta to make it even healthier. Loved the sun dried tomatoes and oil...genius...adds so much flavor. Thank you for the recipe!!
For those of you who have made this already, is it possible to make it ahead of time and reheat for the evening meal? it looks delicious!
I made this for dinner last night and it was so delicious!! And so easy to make to which is great. Definitely will be making it again and again and again!
Yummy, it is so good it became one of my favourites, with a little bit of mascarpone in the sauce to make it creamy.
Thanks for the recipe!!
Just got done eating this and it was delicious! Added a little more garlic, sundried tomatoes, and basil than called for as well as some freshly toasted pine nuts and freshly grated parmesan cheese which made nice additions, will definitely being making again soon!
This looks yummy! I bet I could adapt it to paleo with spaghetti squash instead of the pasta. Being Italian, it's hard to give up my pasta 100%. I can't wait try it and let you know! Thanks for sharing.
My wife is Italian and on a diet so you can imagine what we are going thru with pasta. I have just substituted for either the whole wheat pasta or the veggie noodles..tastes great and still gives you that pasta feel..just a suggestion
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Can you provide serving size and calories per serving?
Yes, it would be helpful if the nutritional information was included with recipe. Serving size and calorie count.
Made this for Dinner tonight and it was so very good! the Hubby liked it so much and he is picky! so this one is a keeper-thanks for posting this great recipe!
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How do you expect her to buy all the food to test recipes before sharing if she doesn't charge for ad space?
I have tried several times to print your recipe for Tomato Spinach Chicken Spagetti without the ad! I finally clicked on the 'X' inside the ad box...so with my printed recipe I get a large EMPTY box. Why not a picture of the beautiful cooked dish instead? I know you have to make money to support this site but it would be nice to have a recipe without an ad in it. Will be making this for dinner to ight...ad or no ad. Thanks for such a healthy dish!
Click the add closed, copy paste into a word doc, then print from there 🙂 I even copy the picture and paste it at the top just above the recipe.
I do that for just about everything I copy. Even patterns. Good comment.