BBQ Chicken Pasta: An easy dinner idea that is ready in a flash, especially when using a rotisserie chicken and bottled bbq sauce!
If you love chicken pasta recipe as much as I do, this Marry Me Pasta is a dish you’ll want to make as soon as possible too!
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Tip for a Fast Dinner
Using rotisserie chicken that you can buy at certain grocery stores, can save TONS of time in the kitchen. (Plus, you can make the most of that rotisserie by boiling the bones and carcass to make a chicken stock.)
Or, you could cook chicken in the slow cooker to save for future quick recipes like this one!
One-Pot Dish
Not only do I love the flavor or this recipe but the fact that it can all be cooked in one-pot, is even better, similar to our Blackened Chicken Alfredo and this crockpot chicken pasta.
After cooking the bacon, the rest of the ingredients (even the uncooked pasta) can be added right to the same dish and cook together!
This is the glorious deliciousness of the pasta before adding the BBQ sauce and shredded cheese.
Recipe
BBQ Chicken Pasta
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon cut in to small pieces
- 1 cup shredded or chopped rotisserie chicken
- 2 garlic cloves chopped
- ½ cup red onion chopped
- 16 oz penne pasta
- 3 cups chicken broth
- ½ cup heavy cream
- pinch red pepper flakes optional
- salt and pepper to taste ( I used 1 teaspoon kosher salt & 2 pinches of black pepper)
- 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese plus more for garnish; optional
- fresh parsley for garnish; optional
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, cook bacon
- Add chicken, garlic, and red onion, and cook over medium heat for about 2 minutes to allow everything to cook and flavor together
- Add in pasta, chicken broth, heavy cream, and spices
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and cover
- Let simmer for about 15 minutes, or until pasta is tender
- Add in BBQ Sauce and shredded mozzarella, stirring gently to combine
- When cheese is fully melted, Serve
- Garnish with extra BBQ drizzle, shredded mozzarella, and parsley if desired
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
What to Serve with BBQ Chicken Pasta
If you’re whipping this up on a busy weeknight, then keeping your side dishes easy is ideal too, right? Here are our favorites to serve with this pasta:
- The BEST Side Salad (Make a lot the night before and eat on it for a couple of days!)
- Mozzarella, tomato and avocado salad
- Frozen Garlic Toast
Morgan says
DO I cook the pasta first?
Jessica says
Hi Morgan! The chicken broth will actually cook the pasta, so you’ll put the noodles in, hard! I hope that helps!
lazyme says
This was a hit at my house. My daughter is taking the recipe home with her. We really enjoyed it as is but thought that we might also try it with mushrooms and bell pepper for a little more color. Thanks for sharing this nice keeper.
Jessica says
Oh yum! This is definitely a great base recipe for your favorite mix-ins!! Thank you for sharing and for leaving a review!
Heather says
To die for! My guy LOVED IT!
Jessica says
Yaaaaaaay!!!! I’m SO glad!!! If you like BBQ chicken… it’s hard not to love! 😉 Thanks so much for letting me know. That has made my day! XO
Heather says
I took the leftovers to work and my co-workers devoured them! I had to print recipes for all of them! Thanks again!
Jessica says
Yay!!! So exciting! I ate it leftover too, and I’m usually not a fan of leftover pasta. But this was still really good!!!! Thanks for letting me know!
Samantha says
Seriously, one of my favorite pizzas EVER and the fact that you made it into a pasta for gift giving?! Genius! Definitely putting this on my meal plan rotation! #client
Jessica says
😉 Thank you Samantha! So sweet as always! XO