Easy Chicken Spinach Dip Pasta (video)
If you love spinach artichoke dip, you’re going to love this incredible chicken pasta dish! It’s spinach dip meets chicken and pasta! This is one dinner recipe you MUST try! It’s super creamy, loaded with amazing flavors and it’s a great way to sneak in some extra nutrition with the added spinach. It’s made with juicy chunks of chicken, a creamy cheese sauce, spinach and marinated artichokes! Very easy to make and delicious!
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Making the Béchamel Sauce
This creamy, cheesy spinach dip pasta starts with a béchamel cheese sauce. Béchamel is a simply and creamy sauce that’s a great addition to this recipe. To make this sauce, first start by making the roux – a thickening agent made with equal parts butter and flour. Allow the butter to melt, then add in the flour and cook for a minute, then begin adding the milk. Add the milk about 1 cup at a time and whisk well after each addition. The sauce needs to be smooth and clump free. Add in the parmesan and allow it to melt into the sauce over low heat. Add more parmesan on top when serving for some extra cheesiness!
Preparing the Chicken Spinach Dip Pasta
Next, this incredible chicken pasta dish gets juicy chunks of chicken breast, add plenty of marinated artichoke hearts and create a delicious sauce with white wine.
- First, brown the cubed chicken breast all over and season with salt. I recommend leaving the chicken in large chunks so it stays juicer. The chicken doesn’t need to cook all the way through, it just needs to brown at this stage!
- Next, add in the wine and spices. The white wine adds so much incredible flavor to this dish and I highly recommend adding it. If you prefer not to cook with wine, just use chicken broth instead and add a tablespoon of lemon juice for zestiness.
- Combine the béchamel cheese sauce and chicken, then add in the spinach last. It doesn’t need to cook for too long, just until the leaves are wilted.
- Add the cooked pasta directly into the pan and stir until it’s well coated. Enjoy immediately!
When I was recipe-testing this dish, my husband had THREE servings and that says a lot! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we have!
More Recipes!
Looking for more delicious pasta recipes? Check out some of the other pasta dishes I have on my website:
- Cheesy Crab Pasta – creamy seafood pasta recipe with chunks of crab!
- Skinny Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo – all the flavor without the heavy cream! This pasta is made with juicy garlic chicken and creamy sauce!
- Creamy Chicken & Mushroom Pasta – amazing creamy pasta with herbed chicken!
- Bacon Mac & Cheese – the BEST and creamiest mac and cheese with bacon bits!
- Easy, Garlicky Zucchini Pasta – super quick and easy zucchini pasta with garlic, parmesan and basil! Perfect for summer!
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Spinach Dip Pasta With Chicken (video)
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast or thigh; cubed
- 1 small onion, diced
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts, chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup white wine, pinot grigio or chardonnay
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 pound rotini pasta
- 8 cups spinach
Instructions
- Prepare the white bechamel sauce first. In a small sauce pan, melt the 2 tablespoons butter and add 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour. Whisk the butter and flour, cooking for a few minutes to form a 'roux'. Begin adding the milk, 1/2 cup at a time, whisking continuously. Make sure to whisk until no clumps remain after each addition before adding more milk. Once all the milk is added, keep cooking the sauce over medium heat for a few minutes until it's steaming. Then add the parmesan cheese and whisk until melted. Cover the sauce and keep warm.
- Also at this time, prepare the rotini pasta. Cook the pasta according to package instructions and drain a few minutes before it's done. The pasta will finish cooking in the sauce.
- Prepare the chicken. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, add a drizzle of olive oil and the cubed chicken. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and cook to brown all over. Next, add the diced onion and garlic. Saute for a few minutes, then add the chopped marinated artichoke hearts and spices. Toss together, then add the chicken broth and white cooking wine. Mix everything together, cover the pan with a lid and simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, pour in the bechamel sauce and add the under-cooked pasta. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook until pasta is done.
- Add the spinach last. Add in portions if all of the spinach doesn't fit at once into the pan. It will wilt down quickly. Toss the wilted spinach together with the pasta and cook for 1 minute.
- Serve hot with extra grated parmesan cheese on top, if desired.
