Pasta: I love using dried spiral pasta in this dish but other dried pasta types will work too, like penne especially.Capsicum: I like red but any will work.Onion and garlic: Always a great duo for adding flavour.Chicken: I use skinless boneless chicken breasts but you can certainly swap them for skinless boneless chicken thighs or even ground chicken / chicken mince.Pesto pasta bake ingredientsĭetailed instructions in the recipe card below. Make sure it has room for a good 8 cups worth of deliciousness and a heavier based pan like a cast-iron skillet will work best as it better distributes the heat. This one is enamel coated cast-iron but any pan that can go from stove to oven will work perfectly well. To keep this truly one pan, make sure to use a pan that can go from the stove to oven. You could make this meal extra special with a side of pesto garlic bread. All made in one pan, including cooking the pasta.Cheesy, creamy, hearty and rich in flavour.Sun-dried tomatoes are wonderful for creating deep, umami flavour in a dish, just like in this Creamy Tuscan Chicken. It gets it’s bright colour from both the pesto and red capsicum (bell pepper) which is mixed through the pasta. I created this creamy chicken pasta bake recipe years ago while I was testing ways to use my Sun dried Tomato Pesto, the result was this rich and vibrant pasta bake. It’s one of those dishes we eat until every last morsel, even if that means dinner or lunch 3 days in a row (since there is only 2 of us). From mac and cheese to beef stroganoff served over a big plate of pasta, this is my happy place. I want all the carbs – summer, winter, rain or shine – so meals like this happen often in our house. Two more chicken pasta favourites are this Spicy Chicken Pasta and this Chicken Basil Pesto Pasta. All made in one pan – the pasta cooks in the sauce – it’s flavourful and about to become a favourite at your house too. Because a one pan pasta recipe is where it’s at friends – One Pan Chicken Pesto Pasta Bake.
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