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Chicken Pasta with Zucchini

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.

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.

Chicken Pasta with Zucchini in a casserole dish.
Chicken Pasta with Zucchini

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How to make Chicken Pasta with Zucchini

Preheat the oven to 375 F.

Dice the chicken into bite-sized cubes.

diced chicken on a cutting board.

Slice the green onions, mushrooms, and zucchini. Cut the zucchini slices into halves or quarters.

diced zucchini, mushrooms, and green onions on a cutting board.

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.

chicken, zucchini, and mushrooms cooking in a skillet.

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.

mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, heavy cream, chicken broth, green onions, beaten egg, basil, salt, and black pepper mixed in a bowl.

Spray an 8×8 baking dish with non-stick spray and pour the chicken and squash mixture in.

chicken, mushrooms, and zucchini layered in a casserole dish.

Layer the pasta over the chicken mixture.

curly pasta layered over chicken mixture in a casserole dish.

Pour the cheese mixture over the pasta. Press the pasta until it is all submerged.

cheese sauce mixture layered over chicken and pasta mixture in a casserole dish.

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.

Pasta with Zucchini and Mushrooms in a baking dish.
Pasta with Zucchini and Mushrooms

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Chicken Pasta with Zucchini

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.
4.43 from 21 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Chicken-Poultry
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 452 kcal

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.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 452kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 26gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 143mgSodium: 411mgPotassium: 566mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1084IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 276mgIron: 2mg
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Chicken Pasta Zucchini in a casserole dish with a spoon.
Chicken Pasta Zucchini
4.43 from 21 votes (21 ratings without comment)
Recipe Rating




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.