Chicken Bacon Spinach Pasta (2024)

This Chicken Bacon Spinach Pastarecipe has penne that’s tossed in a creamy Alfredo sauce with spinach and tomatoes. This restaurant quality meal will be a huge hit at your dinner table.

Love Alfredo Pasta? Check out my Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce recipe.

Chicken Bacon Spinach Pasta

“This tastes like it’s from a restaurant!”- The first time my husband uttered these words to me was when I served him this Chicken Alfredo Pasta for the first time. I’ll never forget it.

Let it be known, this recipewillblow your mind.

Cooking the chicken and the bacon in the pan before preparing the sauce makes this the BEST Alfredo sauce with the most flavor.

Ingredients

See recipe card at the bottom of this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions.

• Vegetable Oil
• Boneless Skinless Chicken
• Italian Seasoning
• Salt/Pepper
• Bacon Strips
• Penne

Alfredo Sauce

• Garlic
• Flour
• Half and Half
• Parmesan Cheese
• Red Pepper Flakes
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Spinach

How to Make it

1. Season the chicken and sear it in oil until browned and cooked through. Remove from skillet.
2. Add bacon to the skillet and cook on each side until crispy. Remove and set aside.
3. Meanwhile, boil water and cook the penne.
4. Leave 2 TBS Bacon grease in the pan. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
5. Whisk in flour for 1 minute.
6. Gradually add the half and half.
7. Sprinkle in the Parmesan cheese.
8. Add tomatoes, spinach, and red pepper flakes.
9. Mix in the cooked penne.
10. Top with chicken and crumbled bacon. Serve!

How to Make Extra Creamy Alfredo Sauce

• Refrain from adding cold ingredients into warm pasta when you prepare it. This includes the cheese, half and half, and/or milk. The consistency will be super creamy if you follow this instruction.
• Purchase a block of high-quality Parmesan cheese. Always shred the cheese yourself, it will taste and melt much better.
• Let the cheese come to room temperature before adding it to the warm (not hot!) base.
• Add the cheese gradually as opposed to all at once.

Reader Reviews

Don’t take my word for it! Check out what others have to say about this Chicken Alfredo Pasta:

• “Fabulous recipe! It’s become a family favorite and a real crowd pleaser!” –Emma
• “This recipe is really delicious and very easy to prepare.” –Roxana
• “This dish is so excellent! Quite simple to make and wonderful flavor! I like a bit more red pepper flakes as i love that flavor. Give it a try you will NOT be disappointed!”- Darla
• “Wow! Just made this for dinner and we loved it. The bacon and tomatoes were a delicious touch! Thanks so much!” –Karen

Storage

Refrigerator

• Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Freezer

Cream based sauces don’t reheat as well as the consistency changes due to the composition of the dairy. However youcanstill freeze this, just note it won’t be exactly the same once reheated.

• Store in an airtight container in thefreezerfor up to3 months.

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posted by Stephanie on August 16, 2019 — 119 Comments »