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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 years Valentine’s dinner. Easy and delicious. I will add this to our company dinner night menu.
Glad to hear you like this recipe!
THIS is why I ❤️ Pinterest! I typed in what I had on hand and this recipe came up! So good!!!
So glad you tried this recipe, enjoyed it, and took the time to leave a wonderful comment!
Absolutely loved this! It was so good I even made a batch to take to a friend who'd had surgery. Her family loved it too.
Thank you, Deb! I am glad you enjoyed this dish!
What is the carb count per serving without the pasta?
3rd time making it, added mushrooms and used bowtie pasta, it’s what I had on hand.
Adding mushrooms sounds delicious! Good idea to use bowtie pasta.
Julia! Going through the recipe itself makes my mouth water and this dish absolutely sounds luscious!!! I would like to replace spinach with acelga and try it. Would you recommend that substitution?
Easy and delicious. I double the recipe and add chunks of fresh mozzarella at the end when I put the hot pasta in. My family loves this dish and I love that I can add whatever veggies I have around the house! Thank you 🙂
Laura, you are very welcome! So true that you can add so many types of veggies in this recipe. Love the idea of adding chunks of fresh Mozzarella to the pasta!
Honestly, such an easy meal! I can barely boil water and somehow I can't stop myself from making this dish! Its the perfect light pasta dish for a summer night but I find myself making this dish all year long! Its a definite must!
I am so glad you made this recipe and enjoyed it! Thank you for such a positive comment!
I doubled almost everything besides the pasta, I’m a big veggie person and realized that the veggie count is very low for this recipe. After I was done I did another skillet of tomatoes and chicken and spinach to fix the ratio
I love your idea of doubling the amount of veggies!
I made this for supper tonight, doubling the recipe. It was cool; I'm going shopping soon, so I had limited items in the house. I added to the spinach about 1/2 cup of mixed veggies (squash, soy beans, carrots) and had no fresh tomatoes. Plus I added minced garlic & onion (sauteed lightly). It was DELICIOUS! I will definitely make this again. Thanks, Julia.
You are very welcome! So glad you enjoyed this recipe. What a great idea to add other veggies to the spinach!
Solid dish and recipe. Next time I would increase flavor by adding more sun dried tomatoes and basil. Adding additional good quality olive oil at the end is definitely a plus. I plan to make the dish again.
I am so glad you tried this recipe and liked it. Yes, adding extra olive oil of high quality at the end really takes the flavors to the next level!
Looks delicious!!! Does this make good leftovers or meal preps?
Yes, this is a great recipe for leftovers and for making ahead!
I made spaghetti for the first time in my life! 🙂
This recipe turned out to be just perfect!
My 3.5 yr old toddler also loved it!
The only change i made to this was i added some chopped onions & garlic in the beginning while sauteing chicken.
So glad you enjoyed this recipe! Adding chopped onions and garlic sounds delicious!
Brilliant I only eat spaghetti but was getting bored of just spag Bol so made this and looks like I’ll be eating it for a long while it is delicious and ideal for my daughter who is on a healthy diet so thank you
Heather, you are very welcome! I am glad you enjoyed the recipe! And thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!
very delicious, i recently had to start a heart healthy diet and have to learn to recook, spaghetti is one of my favorites but had to give up red meat so i tried this and i didnt miss the red sauce or the meat, thank you so much
I am so glad you found this recipe useful! Thank you for your comment!
How many servings does this make?
4 servings.