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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Ann
It’s a great dish, tasty and really filling. The only trouble I had was mixing the pasta in with the veggies. No matter what I did all the veggies stayed around the sides of the pan and pasta more in the middle.
Could it be that I used angel hair pasta or maybe I didn’t use the size pan - but it was a big skillet.
Any suggestions?
Julia
It could be because you used angle hair pasta - it's so fine and hard to mix in with the veggies.
Donna
Liberally use the olive oil and/or the rest of the oil from the SDT, as suggested by the chef. Also, don’t rinse your pasta! Rinsing pasta makes it less sticky but it also makes it harder to coat with sauce and veggies.
I’ve made this recipe twice so far and it’s turned out great each time. Once with regular pasta and once with angel hair pasta. I’m going to try it with shrimp next time!
Julia
Donna, thank you so much for such a wonderful comment! Great tips! And, yes, angel hair pasta is a great choice of pasta here! I've made a similar recipe with shrimp: Shrimp Tomato Spinach Pasta in Garlic Butter Sauce
Debbie
Made this recipe for my husband and myself. We loved it. It was perfect made just they way the recipe is. Tasted like it was from a Fine Dining Italian restaurant. However, I plan to make it again adding shrimp, mussels and crab to change it up a bit.
Thanks for the recipe. It's a keeper.
Julia
Debbie, I am so flattered by your comment! I am so happy you love the dish and took the time to share this wonderful feedback! 🙂
Terrie
Easy and delicious! I added feta and Kalamata olives. Yummy!
Julia
Love your additions, Terrie! Makes this dish so Mediterranean!
Annie
I made this tonight for dinner with a side of buttered, toasted french bread. Also, I sent my boyfriend to the store for sundried tomatoes & he brought home smoked sun dried tomatoes which reminded me of carbonara only no bacon. We loved it.❤️
Julia
Annie, I am glad you tried this recipe and loved it! The smoked sun-dried tomatoes sound very interesting!
Patricia Uschwald
Easy recipe that tasted really good. Me & my husband loved it. Thanks
Julia
Patricia, I am glad you both enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for the 5-star review! 🙂
Kathie
Would this would be good served as a cold salad?
Julia
Yes, you could. But I would rather serve it at room temperature, not necessarily straight out of the fridge cold.
Julie
My husband and I had it last night and it was super yummy. Our main change was using whole wheat pasta. Thanks for a new dish,
Cheryl from Doylestown
Sorry, but even after I added extra garlic, crushed pepper, salt & black pepper (plus Locatelli Romano shake cheese), this was the blandest recipe I’ve made in a while. My husband, who’s Italian warned me before I made it, and he was right.
Julia
So sorry to hear about that! Did you use sun-dried tomatoes?
Julia
Julie, I am glad you loved this dish! Glad you used healthier pasta!
Maria
I made this last night for dinner and my entire family loved it. My husband devoured his portion and my 10 year old thought it was “fancy”. I will definitely make this again and again. Will be added to my recipes. Thank you!
Julia
Maria, this is one of the best comments I've ever run across on my website. Thank you!
Jo Ann Mitch
How big is a serving? 1/2 cup
Julia
I didn't really measure, but the recipe makes 4 servings.
Jaime
Loooooved this recipe! Didn't change a thing and it was delicious. I'm wondering if I don't have fresh basil, would dried basil work? If so, how much would you recommend?
Nikki
I'm going to try it tonight myself. My fresh basil was no good. Fingers crossed!
Julia
I hope the recipe turned out well! However, fresh basil is the key!
Julia
Jaime, I think this is best made with fresh basil. If using dried basil, I would add it early in the recipe (about 1/2 teaspoon) so that it softens up.
Eileen
This dish was delish! So fresh tasting. Very easy to make. Will definitely make again. Will also try with shrimp.
PS. Just added a little more sundried tomatoes to finish up my jar.
Julia
Eileen, I am so happy you liked this dish! Yes, this will be delicious with shrimp!
Erin Rock-Ballard
Great recipe! Definitely saving this one. The only tweaks I made were that I added onion and mushrooms, used Angel hair instead of spaghetti and sprinkled with some freshly grated Parmesan.
Julia
Erin, I love your changes - they sound delicious!
June
Will definitely cook again. I am diabetic so I used a low carb pasta. It's hard to eat healthy but this dIsh is so easy. Served with cucumber and tomato salad w II th poppy seed dressing
Julia
June, I am glad you were able to adjust this recipe to your needs. Love that you served it with such a healthy salad with cucumber and tomatoes!
Dianne Herold
I absolutely love this recipe. I think it has such a fresh taste. I feel like I am eating sunshine when we have this for dinner. Thank you for such a wonderful recipe. It is especially nice to find a recipe that uses fresh ingredients instead of canned stuff.
Julia
Dianne, I am so, so happy you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂 Thank you for stopping by and sharing such a positive and uplifting comment - comments like that make my day and make me want to do more recipes!
Katie
Love this recipe! Would this be an ok meal to freeze? Trying to find freezer meals for when baby is born!
Julia
Katie, this dish should freeze well and reheat easily! There is no cream or cheese involved.
Jayne
Made this with my frozen garden tomatoes but drain the water from it. It was amazing. My husband loved it too.
Julia
Jayne, thank you so much for this tip - very helpful! And thank you for the 5-star review! 🙂