Creamy Cilantro-Lime Chicken Pasta

Chicken Pasta with Creamy Cilantro-Lime Alfredo Sauce - delicious spaghetti in a creamy white cheese sauce with lots of flavor! Easy to make: only 30 minutes from start to finish! Delicious Summer recipe.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword cilantro lime pasta, summer pasta

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 611kcal

Author Julia

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lb chicken breast , sliced
salt and pepper
3 garlic cloves , minced
2 tablespoons lime juice , freshly squeezed, use less if bottled juice
¼ cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon cilantro fresh, chopped
⅔ cups heavy cream
⅔ cups milk
½ cup mozzarella cheese or parmesan cheese, shredded
8 oz spaghetti pasta (for gluten free, use gluten free brown rice spaghetti)
reserved cooked pasta water
1 tablespoon cilantro fresh, chopped

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium-hot heat. Generously season sliced chicken with salt and pepper, add to the hot skillet and cook for about 5 minutes until done. Remove sliced chicken from the skillet.
To the same skillet, add minced garlic, lime juice and chicken broth. Cook for 1-2 minutes on high heat, deglazing and scraping the skillet until the liquid is reduced and making sure garlic does not burn and brown too much. Mix in chopped cilantro.
Add heavy cream and milk. Bring to boil, the immediately add cheese and mix in until melted, while boiling. Then, remove from heat.
Cook pasta according to package instructions, drain, reserving some cooked pasta water.
Add pasta to the sauce, along with the half of the chicken. Mix everything in and season pasta with more salt, if needed.
Top with the remaining half of the chicken and more chopped cilantro.

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