One Pan Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

This one pan cheesy chicken and broccoli pasta is the ultimate comfort dish, packed with protein and made all in the same pan! It’s like chicken broccoli casserole and mac and cheese had a baby.

What You’ll Need

Equipment

• Deep pan with lid

Ingredients

• Boneless, skinless chicken breast
• Onion: I like to use a white onion, but yellow works too.
• Garlic
• Chicken broth: Regular or reduced sodium.
• Milk: I use Fairlife fat free to keep the fats a tad lower. I’ve had some separation with brands other than Fairlife so I’d recommend 2% or whole milk instead if you don’t have it.
• Pasta: Whatever shape you love!
• Broccoli
• Mustard
• Non fat plain greek yogurt: Adds creaminess and a bit more protein.
• Cheddar cheese: Freshly grated! It will melt down so much better.
• Salt, pepper, onion powder, and paprika: To season.

How To Make It

1. Cook the chicken: Dice the chicken and cook with salt, pepper, onion powder, and paprika until cooked through, about 5 minutes or so. Set aside in a separate bowl or container.
2. Cook the onion and garlic: Cook the onion and garlic until soft and fragrant, 3 minutes.
3. Add the liquids: Add the chicken broth and milk to the pan and heat until gently boiling.
4. Add the pasta: Add the pasta and cover to begin cooking.
5. Add the broccoli: Halfway through you pasta cooking, add the broccoli to steam. I find that halfway gives the broccoli the perfect amount of tenderness.
6. Mix in the rest: Add the mustard, yogurt, and cheese and mix until cheese is melted. Freshly grated cheese is important here! It will melt so much better. Lastly, add back in the chicken and enjoy!

Tips

• Yogurt: Measure out the yogurt at the beginning so it can come to room temp by the time you add it. This will help prevent any separation from adding the cold to the hot pasta.
• Cheese: I used to use sharp cheddar but found that mild cheddar melts easier.
• Milk: Fairlife milk never causes separation for me, but other brands of fat free milk have. If you can’t find fairlife, I’d recommend using 2% or whole milk instead.
• Consistency: It may seem a bit too liquid-y at first, but will set up nicely as it cools.

More One Pan Recipes!

• Garlic parmesan pasta with chicken sausage
• Lemon pepper chicken orzo
• White Tuscan turkey orzo
• Lower-carb taco rice

As always, be sure to let me know if you make this one and don’t forget to leave a rating and comment down below. I always love to hear from you guys! Enjoy. ♡

One Pan Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

This one pan cheesy chicken and broccoli pasta is the ultimate comfort dish, packed with protein, and is made all in the same pan!

5 from 4 votes

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Servings: 6

Calories: 353kcal

Equipment

• Large deep skillet with lid

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast (16 oz) diced
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp paprika
• 1/2 small white onion (100 g)
• 3 cloves garlic (15 g) minced
• 2 cups chicken broth (480 ml)
• 1 cup fat free milk (240 ml) see notes
• 8 oz pasta (224 g) any shape
• 2 cups broccoli (200 g) chopped
• 1 tbsp yellow mustard (15 g)
• 1/2 cup non fat plain greek yogurt (113 g) at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese (126 g) freshly grated

Instructions

• Heat a large deep skillet on medium high and spray with cooking spray. Add diced chicken, salt, pepper, onion powder, and paprika and fully cook (about 5 minutes). Remove from pan.
• Spray the same pan with cooking spray and add onions and garlic. Cook until soft and fragrant (about 3 minutes).
• Add chicken broth and milk and heat until gently boiling. Add pasta and cover, reducing heat to simmer, cooking according to box directions. Halfway through pasta cooking, add chopped broccoli to steam.
• Add mustard, greek yogurt, shredded cheese, and stir until cheese is melted. Add back in the chicken and enjoy!

Notes

• Milk: Fairlife milk never causes separation for me, but other brands of fat free milk have. If you can’t find fairlife, I’d recommend using 2% or whole milk instead.
• Cheese: I used to use sharp cheddar but found that mild cheddar melts easier.
• Yogurt: Measure out the yogurt at the beginning so it can come to room temp by the time you add it. This will help prevent any separation from adding the cold to the hot pasta.

Nutrition

Serving: 261g | Calories: 353kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.9g | Protein: 32.4g | Fat: 9.6g | Fiber: 3.2g

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