Cheesy Baked Chicken Spaghetti
Spaghetti is tossed with tender chicken, crispy bacon, spinach, and a creamy three-cheese sauce, then baked until golden and bubbly for a comforting family favorite.
Ingredients
- 1 lb spaghetti
- 2 cubed skinless boneless chicken breast
- 4 slices diced bacon
- 1 cup each grated parmesan cheddar and mozzarella
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup reserved pasta water
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 cups chopped spinach
- 1 tbsp each butter and olive oil
- 2 tbsp chopped garlic
- ½ cup chopped yellow onion
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook Spaghetti according to package under cooking by 3 minutes and reserving 1 cup of the water before draining
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Meanwhile in a large saute pan bring the butter and oil to medium heat add the diced bacon cook until almost crispy
- Salt and pepper the chicken add to the saute pan, cook until golden brown
- Deglaze the pan with the chicken broth scraping up the brown bits at the bottom of the pan
- Add the heavy cream, pasta water simmer until slightly thicken about 10 minutes
- Add the spinach and cheeses simmer until melted about 5 minutes
- Toss the spaghetti with the cheese sauce Add parsley
- Transfer the spaghetti into an oven proof casserole dish
- Bake in a preheated oven 45 minutes
- Sprinkle with additional parsley and parmesan