This one pot pasta is full of creamy goat cheese, meaty mushrooms, and juicy chicken! It only requires dirtying one dish and takes less than 30 minutes!
I am officially in love. In love with one pot pasta recipes. Or more specifically, this one pot pasta with chicken and goat cheese. ♡ Come oooon!
Here’s what you need to know:
You only dirty 1 dish and there are only 2 steps to this one pot pasta recipe!
Eeeek! It’s gonna be a good day. 🙂
I feel like I’m a broken record, but you guyyyyys it’s so hot outside! So hot that sometimes I’ll let my mind wander and I find myself wishing for cooler weather. We all know how much I’m going to regret that come December. Especially now, since we moved back to the midwest… hello sub-zero temperatures. Womp. Womp.
But for now, it’s hot and I’m all about recipes that don’t require me to turn on the oven or slave over a hot stove for more than a few minutes. One pot pasta tooooo the rescue!
If I’m being real with you though, this one pot pasta with chicken and goat cheese was born out of compromise.
I wanted my go-to pasta and red sauce. Yes. Like the jarred stuff. I can’t help it. It’s a guilty pleasure that I’ll ♡ forever! 🙈 Don’t hate me!
Trevor, however, wanted something slightly less processed 😉 and a little more substantial.
Both of us had zero energy, and I was seriously dreading cleaning up the kitchen if I was going to make anything more complicated than pasta and red sauce. But I decided to compromise, so I basically just threw everything into one pot. A little bit of this…a touch of that. I closed my eyes, crossed my fingers, hoped for the best…and just went with it.
Well.
If there was ever a time to say “winner winner chicken dinner”… NOW would be that time. 😉
This was definitely one of those “clean out the fridge” dinners, but what it turned in to, really blew me away.
Like I said, you need 1 pot. 1 POT, people. I just can’t get over it! Only one dirty dish after I’m done cooking? It’s like a cooks dream come true.
Then you only need to do 2 things to make this one pot pasta with chicken and goat cheese.
Step One: Saute chicken and mushrooms in your pot.
Step Two: Dump in everything else.
The everything else includes diced tomatoes, white wine, chicken broth, rigatoni, garlic, goat cheese, and dried basil.
This comes to a simmer. The chicken gets tender and the noodles soak up all of that super tasty sauce.
And then, ok I lied a little, there is one more step.
After the sauce has thickened, the noodles are tender, and the chicken has cooked through, you need to stir in a little parmesan cheese. You can totally handle that. 😉
The result is a super creamy, a little bit tangy, really filling one pot pasta that really did impress both Trevor and I!
1 dirty dish, chicken, pasta, wine…what’s not to love?
– Jennifer

One Pot Pasta
Equipment for this recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 - 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts* cut into large cubes
- 1 (4 oz) package sliced mushrooms
- 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 (16 oz) box rigatoni
- 4 cloves garlic pressed
- 1 (4 oz) log log goat cheese
- 1 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 cup parmesan
Recipe Video
Instructions
- Heat a large stock pot over medium heat. Once hot add in olive oil and coat the pan.
- Add in the chicken chunks and sliced mushrooms.
- Saute for 5 minutes.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients: diced tomatoes, white wine, chicken broth, rigatoni, garlic, goat cheese, and dried basil.
- Stir to combine.
- Raise heat to high and bring to a simmer.
- Adjust heat, if necessary, and keep at a simmer for about 12-14 minutes or until the liquid has mostly absorbed, the noodles are tender, and the chicken is cooked. Make sure to stir regularly.
- In the last 2 minutes, stir in the parmesan.
- Add salt, to taste, if necessary.
- Let sit for about 5 minutes, so the sauce has a chance to thicken, and serve immediately!
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Nutrition Information
*Note: Nutrition information is estimated and varies based on products used.
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