Creamy Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Recipe
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This delicious Creamy Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta recipe is a quick and easy one-pan meal! A savory chicken recipe that’s a weeknight favorite!
Ready in 30 minutes, cooks in one pan, and a dinner recipe that is always a crowd favorite? Yes, please. This bacon ranch chicken pasta recipe checks all the boxes! I think you’ll love it as much as we do!
How to Make Creamy Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
Be sure to see the recipe card below for the full listing of ingredients, instructions, notes, and estimated nutritional information.
- Bacon – cooked and diced. I use my easy how-to-cook bacon in the oven recipe.
- Onion – diced
- Chicken breasts – I use boneless, skinless chicken breasts in this recipe
- Ranch seasoning mix – I use my homemade recipe for this seasoning mix.
- Half and half – you can also use whole milk or heavy cream
- Salt – I use kosher salt in this recipe
- Black pepper
- Spaghetti
- Spinach
- Parmesan cheese
Cook the bacon and chicken. Cook bacon in a medium skillet set over medium heat until the bacon is crispy and the onion is tender, about 3 minutes. Remove to a plate and set aside. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with ranch seasoning, and add to the skillet. Brown the chicken on each side, about 3 minutes each. Remove the chicken to the plate with bacon and onions.
Add remaining ingredients. Stir in half and half, salt, and pepper. Break the spaghetti noodles into bite-sized pieces and add to the skillet. Stir to combine. Nestle the chicken into the spaghetti and top with the spinach. Reduce the heat to simmer, cover the skillet and cook until the sauce has thickened, the noodles are tender and the chicken has cooked through about 20 minutes.
Top and serve. Remove the skillet from the heat. Add the bacon and onion back to the skillet and grate Parmesan cheese over top of the chicken and pasta, and serve.
Storage Tips
To make ahead. Cool and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat and serve.
To freeze. I do not recommend freezing this recipe.
Here’s my Creamy Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta recipe. I know you are going to love it!
Creamy Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 5 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 teaspoons homemade ranch seasoning mix
- 2 cups half and half
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (7-ounce) package spaghetti
- 5 ounces spinach
- Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook bacon in a medium skillet set over medium heat until the bacon is crispy and the onion is tender, about 3 minutes. Remove to a plate and set aside. Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with ranch seasoning, and add to the skillet. Brown the chicken on each side, about 3 minutes each. Remove chicken to plate with bacon and onions.
- Stir in the half and half, salt and pepper. Break the spaghetti noodles into bite sized pieces and add to the skillet. Stir to combine. Nestle the chicken into the spaghetti and top with the spinach. Reduce the heat to simmer, cover the skillet and cook until the sauce has thickened, the noodles are tender and the chicken has cooked through, about 20 minutes.
- Remove the skillet from the heat. Add the bacon and onion back to the skillet and grate Parmesan cheese over top of the chicken and pasta and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
Hi Robyn! I just made the chicken chili and it was fantastic. This Creamy Ranch Bacon Chicken Pasta recipe is another that I would like to try. Can I use another vegetable other than spinach, or leave it out? My husband is on warfarin and has to watch vitamin K, which spinach is high in. I just discovered you and am thrilled. I hate to cook, so when I find easy recipes with few steps and ingredients, but taste like you’ve slaved over them- the best!
Isabelle, you can just omit the spinach in this recipe. Hope you can find many more recipes your husband can eat and enjoy.
In the Creamy Chicken Ranch Pasta recipe you refer to a Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix. Please post the recipe for thi.s
I’m sorry, Cindy, that the link was not included in the recipe. If you go back into the recipe for the Creamy Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta, the link to the Homemade Ranch Seasoning Mix is highlighted in blue. Just click on that link to go to the recipe. Thanks. Hope you enjoy!
So I guess the bacon and onion go back into the skillet along with the chicken? That’s what I did, and it seemed to come out okay. Very tasty.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Juanita! Yes, you actually add the bacon back on top of the chicken at the end right before adding freshly grated Parmesan cheese. I had that in my blog post, and just corrected to make that step more clear in the recipe itself. I’m sorry for the confusion – but I’m so happy you liked it! Thanks!
what is half and half…?
Half milk half cream it is sold in stores as half&half
Great work indeed. I will go through the recipes and try some of them for this Xmas season.
I hope you enjoy the recipes! Have a Merry Christmas! Thanks so much!