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Easy Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta – a creamy and delicious pasta dish filled with cheese, chicken and bacon all made in one pot! This pasta can’t be beat!
Anytime chicken and bacon get together, you know it’s going to be delicious—like our bbq bacon wrapped chicken bites!
Chicken + Bacon + Ranch + Pasta
Who here loves Pasta?! It’s something our family has at least once a week since it’s loved by the whole family. We often make Fettuccine and Spaghetti and recently tried out Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta that everyone loved!
We realize you can’t go wrong when you’re combining cheese, chicken, bacon ranch and pasta. And to make it even better, this recipe took only 20 minutes to whip up AND it’s all made in one pot. That’s a dinner winner in our book.
This recipe was creamy, cheesy and simple enough for the kiddos to like it too.
Making Chicken Bacon Pasta
As mentioned, this recipe is quite simple.
- SAUCE. Whisk chicken broth and ranch dressing mix in a large skillet over medium heat, until well blended. Add cream cheese and cook 1-2 minutes.
- ADD CHICKEN. Add chicken, pasta and 1 cup of your cheese, and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat for about 16-18 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- BACON. Once pasta is tender, top with bacon and remaining cheese and serve warm.
What is the best way to cook bacon?
- In the oven: You can use our oven baked Bacon recipe.
- In a skillet on the stove top over medium low heat or Use and electric griddle set to 325 degrees F
- Turn the bacon occasionally to get and even cook an each side. The length of cook time will vary depending on the thickness of the bacon and how crispy you prefer it.
Substitutions/Additions:
- I used rotini noodles, but any bite sized pasta works such as bowtie, elbow, shell, penne, ziti or wagon wheel
- Add veggies: such as bell peppers or broccoli florets. Add them the same time you add your chicken.
- Spice it up with red chili flakes, paprika, or chili powder
- To make this even easier use leftover rotisserie chicken
- Use shredded turkey to change it up (especially if you have leftovers from the holiday)
FREEZING & STORING
How to store pasta? Place in a tupperware and keep in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave.
Can I freeze this pasta? Yes! If you plan to freeze this dish you’ll want to create a little more cream base so add 4 cups chicken broth, 2 ½ tbsp ranch dressing and 10 oz cream cheese. Also, cook the pasta to al dente (about 10 minutes) and remove from the heat.
Allow the dish to cool. Place it in an airtight freezer safe container. Freeze for 1-2 months. Thaw. In a skillet on the stove very slowly bring it to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat and cook for about 8-10 minutes. Top with bacon bits and cheese.
We love that this can all be made in the same pot. Add the fact that it’s cheesy and delicious, and of course, we love it!
For more chicken pasta recipes, check out:
- Chicken Alfredo Bake
- Favorite Chicken Tetrazzini
- Chicken Scallopini
- Easy Chicken Spaghetti
- Lemon Chicken Pasta
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
Ingredients
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons ranch dressing seasoning mix
- 8 ounces cream cheese, cut into 1 inch pieces, softened
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- 2 cups uncooked rotini pasta
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- Whisk 3 cups chicken broth and 2 tablespoons ranch dressing mix in a large skillet over medium heat, until well blended.
- Add 8 ounces cream cheese and cook 1-2 minutes.
- Add 2 cups shredded chicken, 2 cups uncooked pasta, and 1 cup of your cheese, and bring to a boil. Cover and cook over medium heat for about 16-18 minutes. Stir occasionally.
- Once pasta is tender, top with 6 slices cooked and crumbled bacon and remaining cheese and serve warm. ENJOY!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
made it today, and it turned out really good!
I am glad you tried it & liked it! Thank you for letting me know!
Loved the recipe, but it’s a little confusing about the shredded chicken. do you poach it/boil it, then shred it, then do this whole cooking process? Or do you just cube it, cook it as directed, then shred it after only one cooking. Just reads really unclear.
I like to cook up my chicken when I buy it & either shred it or cube it, so it’s ready. You can do whatever is easiest for you or however you shred your chicken.
PaSta will never be turned away in this home. The kids love it no matter how it comes. This recipe is easy and full of everything that is loved!
so so good! adding bacon makes everything better and we love pasta so its a win win!
You can’t go wrong with bacon, chicken and pasta! So amazingly delicious!
You had me at bacon!!! Like most kids mine love pasta recipes and I’m always trying out DIFFERENT ones. THANKS for sharing this one as well as all the tips.
I need to make this ASAP! Bacon + Pasta = ?
Pasta & bacon is the best combination! I love how cheesy this is! My family ate this right up!
This was really good. I would just like to ask, or make the suggestion that while it is cooking, make sure you occasionally stir it. We did not and I just destroyed a piece of my cookware.
Oh, no..I am sorry! I am glad you liked it, so thank you for trying it 🙂
This recipe looks delicious. Thanks for sharing this. I have saved it to my pinterest board.
Let me know what you think, when you give it a try 🙂 Thank you!