bacon wrapped with chocolate, like at a fair! The perfect combination of bacon’s saltiness and chocolate’s sweetness. What might be superior? Of course, you can add more garnishes like candy sprinkles, chopped pecans, or dried apple chips!
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package rigatoni pasta
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 pounds boneless chicken, cubed
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 26 ounces spaghetti sauce
- 10 ounces fresh spinach, washed and chopped
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve.
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken and saute until cooked through and no longer pink inside. Add garlic to skillet; saute until golden. Add cream and spaghetti sauce to skillet; cook over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until sauce thickens.
- Add cooked chicken and spinach and cook until spinach reduces. Then add rigatoni; toss with cheese and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 778 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 57 g |
| Cholesterol | 170 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 38 g |
| Saturated Fat | 21 g |
| Sodium | 588 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 45 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This recipe is very good. I however had to make up for the pasta sauce since I figured too late that I was short on pasta sauce. To make up for the rest of sauce I needed, I used tomato sauce with basil, oregano, and garlic. It came out perfectly. I did not chop the spinach as it would shrink anyway. Also, as a preference, added extra garlic. For the portion conscious: Beware that rigatoni is big after cooking so portions are big! I downsized the recipe to 3 portions and had enough to split it into 4 servings. I will make this recipe again and maybe will add chopped sun dried tomatoes to give it a bit of an extra kick! Oh and do not forget to serve it with crusty bread to clean up the leftover sauce!
I made a slight variation, adding mushrooms sautéed prior to the garlic, 3 shakes of red pepper flakes, and garnished with fresh chopped basil. Consider replacing the chicken with mixing ground beef and ground sausage and make very small bolognese meatballs.
So delicious!
I used to large chicken fillets, low fat cream and extra spinach, its easy to make and feeds at least 6.
This was very good. I added about 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes and used 3/4 cup half and half instead of the heavy cream. I put everything (except the cheese) in a baking dish, topped with mozzarella, parmesan and ricotta and baked at 350 until the cheese melted.
This was great! I doubled the amount of sauce, but aside from that I followed the recipe.
Great recipe and very simple to make. This will be a staple in my house!
This was very good. I used fat free milk instead of heavy cream and I added green onions.
Excellent flavor!!
Delicious. The only thing I felt it needed was a good sprinkling of Italian Seasoning – I like Paula Deen’s blend that comes in a grater.
This will now be a dinner staple – anytime I want to dress up chicken & pasta – THANKS!
Super quick and easy and 100% modifiable based on what you have around and need to use up. For me, I chose medium shells for my bf and will serve over leftover quinoa for me. Skipped the chicken. Traded evaporated milk for the heavy cream (had some to use up). And forgot the mozz but will top it on my bf’s for his lunch tomorrow. I love garlic, so I appreciated what it added to my jar of Classico sauce (which I enjoy on it’s own, the garlic just amped up the flavor). Adding the cream (milk) changes this from a traditional spaghetti/sauce. And how simply brilliant to chop the spinach… hello, why don’t I do that more often?? 🙂 Looking forward to a tasty lunch tomorrow!!
Very easy and really good. We used fat free half & half and skipped the mozzarella and everyone loved it.
Super easy and really delicious! I added some bacon to give it a smokey flavor, but other than that followed the recipe to a t. My husband and I will definitely be making this again.
Excellent dish! Everyone at the dinner table loved it and the kids asked for leftovers the next day. I am absolutely adding to my meal rotation. Next time, I may try sausage instead of chicken and cut back on the cream just a bit, to be healthier.
This was a really nice dish to make. I used the recipe as a base and added crushed red peppers, Italian seasonings, salt and pepper. In addition I cut back on the spinach some probably 3/4 of the spinach (could have used even less). I think the dish would have been bland without all the addition spices I added. Overall not bad.
Easy to make and really delicious! I added a touch of savory, pepper, and basil to boost it up.
This was pretty good. I didn’t have any heavy cream, so I substituted evaporated milk and also used frozen spinach. Even my “weird vegetable” hating boyfriend liked it.
Very good recipe and very simple.
Very good. I didn’t have cream, so I made a substitution with 3/4 cup milk, 1/3 cup butter and 1/2 Tbl. cornstarch per one cup of cream. I added a little extra garlic and some basil, oregano and rosemary. Will definitely make this again.
This was good! I put in half of the heavy cream, added some black pepper, and didn’t add any of the cheese (because we are out). Also, I used fake chicken by Quorn. It was great despite the modifications!