This Chicken Pasta with Zucchini has a delicious blend of diced chicken, pasta, cubed zucchini, and sliced mushrooms mixed with Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese blend, green onion, and creamy white egg sauce seasoned with basil, salt, and fresh ground black pepper.
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And you can easily swap out the chicken for shrimp or leave it out completely to convert this to a meatless meal.
If you’re not a fan of zucchini, you can also swap it out for broccoli, green beans, or asparagus.
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How to make Chicken Zucchini Pasta
Preheat the oven to 375 F.
Dice the chicken into bite-sized cubes.
Slice the green onions, mushrooms, and zucchini. Cut the zucchini slices into halves or quarters.
Melt the butter in a large pan on medium heat.
Add the chicken, zucchini, mushrooms, salt, and pepper to the frying pan. Cook and stir often, until tender, about 5 minutes.
In a bowl, mix together the mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, heavy cream, chicken broth, green onions, beaten egg, basil, salt, and black pepper, until well combined.
Spray an 8×8 baking dish with non-stick spray and pour the chicken and squash mixture in.
Layer the pasta over the chicken mixture.
Pour the cheese mixture over the pasta. Press the pasta until it is all submerged.
Cover with aluminum foil and make sure it is very well sealed around all of the edges.
Bake 35 – 40 minutes.
Remove foil and bake for 10 more minutes.
Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
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Chicken Pasta with Zucchini Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 ounces boneless chicken
- 4 ounces uncooked pasta
- 4 ounces fresh mushrooms
- 1 medium zucchini
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 green onions
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- On a cutting board, dice the chicken into bite-sized cubes.
- Slice the green onions, mushrooms, and zucchini. Cut the zucchini slices into halves or quarters.
- Melt the butter in a large pan on medium heat.
- Add the chicken, zucchini, mushrooms, salt and pepper to the frying pan. Cook and stir often, until tender, about 5 minutes.
- In a bowl, mix together the mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, heavy cream, chicken broth, green onions, beaten egg, basil, salt, and black pepper, until well combined.
- Spray an 8×8 baking dish with non-stick spray and pour the chicken and squash mixture in.
- Layer the pasta over the chicken mixture.
- Pour the cheese mixture over the pasta. Press the pasta until it is all submerged.
- Cover with aluminum foil and make sure it is very well sealed around all of the edges.
- Bake 35 – 40 minutes.
- Remove foil and bake 10 more minutes.
- Allow to cool 5-10 minutes before serving.
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Notes
- Make sure the pasta is completely submerged.
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Nicole Willard
Thursday 20th of July 2023
This was delicious! I had somd marked down shredded chicken that I needed to use.I also added some marscapone that I needed to use up as well as an Asiago/parmesan blend. I will definitely add more garlic, but I will be putting this on rotation.
Mindy
Thursday 25th of May 2023
OMG! This is soooo GOOD!!!!! I will be making this again & again! I did use garlic salt, a couple teaspoons of minced garlic and only used 2 teaspoons of basil (I doubled the recipe) and holy cow! It is AMAZING!!!!
Zona
Friday 26th of May 2023
Hi Mindy, I'm so glad you love it! Thanks :)
Nancy
Thursday 9th of June 2022
Does the pasta need to be cooked first or will it cook while it’s baking? Thanks It’s for dinner tonight. Looks delicious!
Zona
Thursday 9th of June 2022
Hi Nancy, it should cook while it's baking. Make sure it's all the way submerged. It may need a longer cooking time if it's not quite done enough. Smaller pasta shapes will do the best.