By Becky Hardin
Published Sep 5, 2018
This Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake is so cheesy, so creamy, and so full of flavor! I love this Chicken Alfredo Casserole for easy weeknight dinners. It’s filled with chicken, cheese, tomatoes, pasta, and vegetables, and cooked in a creamy Alfredo sauce. I can’t get enough of this Chicken Alfredo Bake!
Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
This Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake is a delicious and cheesy dinner idea. Make this amazing chicken alfredo casserole for your next weeknight meal!
Tomatoes, basil, and cheese is a classic combination. Mix that with chicken, Alfredo sauce, and a few other tasty ingredients, and you’ve got this delicious Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake!
This easy Chicken Alfredo Casserole makes a delicious weeknight dinner , but it’s just as good for a special occasion. The creamy Alfredo sauce is so rich and flavorful, and it blends perfectly with the pasta, chicken, and cheese as it bakes in the oven. SO yummy!
You’re going to love this flavorful Chicken Alfredo Bake, I just know it! How can you NOT love something this cheesy and creamy?!
This Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake is the perfect dinner idea for any night of the week. Chicken, cheese, tomatoes, pasta, and more, baked in a creamy Alfredo sauce. Yum!
Easy Chicken Alfredo Casserole
There’s no such thing as too many pasta recipes , or too many casserole recipes for that matter. Italian dishes are such a classic, no matter how you mix the ingredients. And casseroles are always a welcome stress-free dinner to make during the week. This Chicken Alfredo Casserole is the perfect combination of the two, which is why I love it so much for simple weeknight dinners. This cheesy, creamy Chicken Alfredo Bake is just too good!
How to Make Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake
This tasty chicken alfredo pasta bake recipe is so simple! Most of the prep will be done on the stove top, then everything can be transferred to the oven to bake together.
- Start by cooking and draining the pasta, then set aside.
- Cook the vegetables on the stove top in a dutch oven, slowly adding in the rest of the ingredients.
- Add in the heavy cream for the alfredo sauce and let it thicken.
- Mix in the pasta, chicken, and cheese, and combine.
- Sprinkle the tomatoes and cheese over top.
- You can bake the chicken alfredo pasta in the dutch oven, or you can transfer it into a casserole dish.
- Bake pasta in the oven at 350°F for 20-30 minutes.
In less than an hour, you can have this delicious Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake ready to eat! See the recipe card below for detailed instructions!
Chicken Alfredo Bake
Chicken, cheese, vegetables, fresh tomatoes, Alfredo sauce, and more all baked together into one delicious dish. What’s not to love about this Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake?!
I really love dinner recipes like this. You can just throw everything together into one dish, bake it, and serve it up hot for an amazing dinner! This Chicken Alfredo Bake recipe reminds me of a lot of my favorite Caprese recipes with the tomatoes, cheese, and fresh basil on top (you can mix Mozzarella into this dish or just use Parmesan…or any cheese you like, for that matter). It’s so good and I can’t wait for you to try it!
Cheesy, creamy, and easy. What more can you ask for from a pasta recipe? I love this Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake and I know you will to!
Watch the Video and See the recipe card below for details on how to make Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake. Enjoy!
Be sure to try these other delicious pasta recipes:
- Chicken Parmesan Pasta
- Chicken Alfredo Gnocchi Bake
- Southwest Chicken Alfredo Penne
- Chicken Florentine Pasta
- Caprese Pasta Bake
- Baked Pasta Primavera
- Caprese Chicken Lasagna
- Easy Chicken Tetrazzini
- Fettuccine Alfredo with Sausage
- Oven Baked Risotto Recipe
- Pasta Pomodoro Recipe
Ingredients1x2x3x
- ▢ 16 ounces Mini Bowtie Farfalle Pasta
- ▢ 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ▢ 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ▢ ½ medium sweet yellow onion diced
- ▢ 1 red pepper ribs and seeds removed, diced
- ▢ 1 medium yellow squash cut into ½“ pieces
- ▢ 1 medium zucchini cut into ½“ pieces
- ▢ 3 cloves garlic minced
- ▢ 1 cup dry white wine or unsalted chicken broth
- ▢ 1 cup heavy cream or Half-and-Half
- ▢ 3 cups rotisserie chicken meat shredded or cubed
- ▢ 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated, divided
- ▢ 1 cup shaved Parmesan or shredded Mozzarella cheese
- ▢ 1 10.5 ounce container of Glory or cherry tomatoes, halved
- ▢ 3 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
- ▢ Unsalted chicken broth as needed for thinning.
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Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F and spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Heat a Dutch oven over medium heat and add the butter and oil. When the butter has stopped bubbling, add the diced onion and red pepper, and sauté the mixture for 2 minutes. Add the chopped squash and zucchini. Sprinkle the vegetables with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes (the vegetables should be almost fork-tender).
- Add the minced garlic, stir and cook 1 minute.
- Add the wine, while scraping the bottom of the pan, to deglaze the pan. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Add the heavy cream, whisking constantly, and season with salt and pepper, if needed. Cook the mixture for 2 minutes to thicken.
- Add the drained pasta, chicken and ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese. Stir until well combined.
- If the pasta/chicken mixture seems too thick, add additional chicken broth to thin a little.
- Pour the pasta mixture into the prepared casserole dish (*see note) and sprinkle the shredded or shaved Parmesan over the top.
- Spread the halved tomatoes on top and sprinkle with the other ½ cup of grated Parmesan.
- Bake at 350°F for 20-30 minutes.
- Remove the Pasta Bake from the oven and sprinkle with fresh, chopped basil.
- Enjoy!
Becky’s Tips
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Chicken Alfredo Pasta Bake Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 ounces Mini Bowtie Farfalle Pasta
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ medium sweet yellow onion diced
- 1 red pepper ribs and seeds removed, diced
- 1 medium yellow squash cut into ½“ pieces
- 1 medium zucchini cut into ½“ pieces
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup dry white wine or unsalted chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream or Half-and-Half
- 3 cups rotisserie chicken meat shredded or cubed
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated, divided
- 1 cup shaved Parmesan or shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1 10.5 ounce container of Glory or cherry tomatoes, halved
- 3 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
- Unsalted chicken broth as needed for thinning.
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F and spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- Cook pasta according to package directions for al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Heat a Dutch oven over medium heat and add the butter and oil. When the butter has stopped bubbling, add the diced onion and red pepper, and sauté the mixture for 2 minutes. Add the chopped squash and zucchini. Sprinkle the vegetables with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes (the vegetables should be almost fork-tender).
- Add the minced garlic, stir and cook 1 minute.
- Add the wine, while scraping the bottom of the pan, to deglaze the pan. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Add the heavy cream, whisking constantly, and season with salt and pepper, if needed. Cook the mixture for 2 minutes to thicken.
- Add the drained pasta, chicken and ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese. Stir until well combined.
- If the pasta/chicken mixture seems too thick, add additional chicken broth to thin a little.
- Pour the pasta mixture into the prepared casserole dish (*see note) and sprinkle the shredded or shaved Parmesan over the top.
- Spread the halved tomatoes on top and sprinkle with the other ½ cup of grated Parmesan.
- Bake at 350°F for 20-30 minutes.
- Remove the Pasta Bake from the oven and sprinkle with fresh, chopped basil.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
Nutrition
By Becky Hardin
Published Jul 12, 2017
This Essential Grocery List is an absolute life saver for my family on the busy weeks. When I started this journey to learn how to cook, I quickly realized that the first step in cooking is having staple ingredients on hand. I want to avoid having to run out to the grocery store every single time I prepare a new recipe. Having a well-stocked pantry has made my life in the kitchen so much simpler, because when it’s time to cook, I have what I need.
Essential Grocery List
It’s so helpful to have a basic grocery list to help me remember which foods to buy at the store. This food shopping list is my go-to!
It’s better to stock up on things like grains, seasonings and spices, baking essentials, oils, condiments, canned and frozen foods, etc. so I can just grab them when I need them. These things have a long shelf life , so I keep them in my kitchen for convenience.
However, I do have to go to the supermarket sometimes, and there’s a way to make that trip easy and hassle-free: I keep a grocery list! If I go in blindly, I’ll leave with things I don’t need, and nothing that actually helps me prepare a good meal.
In the list below, I’ve compiled everything I always have on my stock-up grocery list.
I’ve got you covered! I created an easy grocery list filled with all of the essentials. Plus there’s a free printable version that you can take with you to the grocery store. It has everything you need to stock your pantry, your freezer, and your refrigerator.
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What to Buy at the Grocery Store
This is the perfect grocery list filled with all the basics and essentials. It should help get you going if you’re new to cooking, or if you’re just left staring helplessly at an empty pantry and don’t know how to fill it.
When I first started cooking, things could seem overwhelming. I quickly realized that they more prepared I could be, the more confident I felt. If you already have the basics in your kitchen, then you can shop stress-free.
So print out our easy grocery list, stock up your pantry and fridge, and you’ll be cooking in no time!
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Fresh Produce
- Apples
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Avocados
- Bell Peppers
- Carrots
- Broccoli
- Garlic
- Lemons/Limes
- Onion
- Parsley
- Cilantro
- Basil
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Tomatoes
GRAINS
- Breadcrumbs
- Pasta
- Quinoa
- Rice
- Sandwich Bread
- Tortillas
MEAT/PROTEIN
- Chicken
- Eggs
- Ground Beef
- Sliced Turkey
- Lunch Meat
DAIRY
- Butter
- Sliced Cheese
- Shredded Cheese
- Milk
- Sour Cream
- Greek Yogurt
BAKING GOODS
- Baking powder
- Baking Soda
- Granulated Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Flour
- Honey
- Vanilla Extract
- Dry Yeast
- Chocolate Chips
- Cocoa Powder
- Powdered Sugar
FREEZER
- Fruit and Berries
- Frozen Veggies (Corn, Peas, Broccoli, etc)
- Juice Concentrate
- Pizza or Other Convenience Meals
- Pie Crust
- Cookie Dough
CANNED/DRIED GOODS
- Chicken stock/broth
- Salsa
- Diced Tomatoes
- Jam/Jelly
- Peanut Butter
- Pasta Sauce
- Beans (Black Beans, Chickpeas, Baked Beans, etc)
- Soups
- Tuna
- Green Chiles
- Canned Veggies
- Coffee or Tea
Get more details on the best non-perishable and pantry foods
CONDIMENTS/SPICES
- Black Pepper
- Chili Powder
- Cinnamon
- Crushed Red Pepper
- Cumin
- Garlic Powder
- Ketchup
- Mustard
- Mayo
- Nutmeg
- Paprika
- Salt (Course Sea Salt and Kosher Salt)
- Soy Sauce
- Steak Sauce
- Hot Sauce/ Buffalo Sauce
- Salad Dressings
OILS/VINEGARS
- Apple cider vinegar
- Balsamic vinegar
- Coconut Oil
- Olive Oil
- Vegetable/Canola Oil
- Red Wine Vinegar
- White Vinegar
- Cooking Wine
- White Wine Vinegar
SNACKS
- Crackers
- Nuts
- Quick Oats
- Popcorn
- Tortilla Chips
- Cereal
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I hope this essential grocery list can help you buy what you need and make your home cooking so much easier!
Stock Your Kitchen
Find more ideas for your grocery list, stock up your kitchen, and print more cooking guides and charts to keep handy!
Non-Perishable Foods to Stock Up On
Frozen Vegetables to Stock Up On (and Recipes to Make)
Ultimate List of Cooking Herbs for Your Kitchen
Ultimate List of Cooking Spices for Your Kitchen
Cooking Oil 101: Types of Cooking Oils to Use
26 Types of Pasta and When to Use Them
What Fruits and Vegetables are in Season?
Meat Temperature Chart (Free Printable)
How to Meal Prep (Guide for Beginners)
Basic Cooking Measurements & Kitchen Conversion Chart
