Easy Chicken Spaghetti

This recipe is another one that came to me from Tasty Kitchen.  Chris and I have been looking for healthier recipes that don't involve grease and red meat.  Don't get me wrong, I still love grease and red meat, but my body doesn't react to it like it did years ago.  It all goes to my hips!

I have heard many of my friends talk about having chicken spaghetti and it is something I have never tried. I wasn't really sure what was even in it, other than chicken and spaghetti, so I started looking around at different ways to make it.

This recipe is very simple!  Here is what you will need.

3-4 Boneless skinless chicken breast
4 Tbs olive oil
4 Tbs butter (ok...I said it was a little healthier, baby steps...)
3 cloves garlic, minced  (or as much as you like)
2 Tbs Italian Seasoning
16 oz Pasta of your choice.  We like the thicker pasta, so I used Linguine

Here is what you do.

Start off by heating up the olive oil in a skillet.  Add the chicken and cook until done.

To your chicken, stir in the butter, garlic, and Italian Seasoning.  Then add your chicken broth and allow to simmer for about 20 minutes.  This just give the chicken time to grab up all those yummy flavors!

The next step I debated on what to do.  The recipe I used simply says to toss the chicken with the pasta.  It doesn't say whether to drain the chicken or pour the chicken and the juice in with the pasta. So I did the second one.  The sauce was in no way thick, but I thought it was necessary for flavoring of the pasta.  I think I did the right thing!

To serve, I used a slotted spoon and put a generous amount of the chicken spaghetti on a plate and put just a very small amount of the "sauce" on top.  I served it with a salad and garlic bread.  This was a huge hit with everyone in the family!

Chris made the comment that the pasta would be great without the chicken and as a side to a nice juicy steak. (Yet again, baby steps)  We may have to give that a try.  I think to accomplish this, you would just make the sauce mixture and allow it to simmer until warm, then toss it in with your pasta.

I know that many of you make chicken spaghetti in a very different way. Most everyone I talked to asked if I was using Ro'tel in mine...I would love to try a recipe like that.

Please share your chicken spaghetti recipe with me.


The original recipe I used can be found here.