One Pot Chicken Parmesan Pasta
All the great chicken parmesan flavors, combined in one easy one pot pasta dish that's ready in 30 minutes! Less dishes, but a meal with maximum flavor!
Ingredients
- 2boneless skinless chicken breasts, (diced into bite sized pieces)
- 1 tspitalian seasoning
- ½ tspgarlic powder
- 1 mediumyellow onion, (minced)
- 3 clovesgarlic, (minced)
- 16 ozdried short-cut pasta ((i used rigatoni))
- 24 ozjar of your favorite marinara sauce ((i used newman's own))
- water to fill empty marinara sauce jar
- 1 cupmozzarella cheese
- ½ cupparmesan cheese
- salt and pepper, to taste
- additional dried italian seasoning, optional
- fresh parsley and/or basil, minced (for garnish)
Directions
- 1
To a large pot or skillet (I used my dutch oven), add a drizzle of olive oil and heat over MED-HIGH heat. Add chicken, season with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Cook about 5 minutes, until chicken is most of the way cooked through. Remove to a plate.
- 2
Add onion and garlic to the pot and cook about 2-3 minutes, until soft. Pour in marinara sauce, fill up empty sauce jar with water and add to the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a strong simmer.
- 3
Add chicken and pasta, stir, then cover and cook for 10-15 minutes, until pasta is cooked to your liking. Stir in parmesan cheese and 1/4 cup of the mozzarella cheese.
- 4
Sprinkle remaining 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese on top of the dish and cook another 2-3 minutes, until cheese is melted and gooey.
- 5
Sprinkle with additional Italian seasoning if desired, and garnish with parsley or basil.