I have another Winner Winner Chicken Dinner to share with you today.
This is a great, quick recipe that uses a rotisserie chicken or leftover grilled chicken.
It really is bursting with flavor, full of tomatoes and spinach and chicken, and pulled all together with a simple chicken stock based sauce and incorporated with pasta to make it a full meal deal!
Serve it with a salad and some crusty bread if you dare!
Tuscan Chicken & Penne Pasta*
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves fresh minced garlic
- 1 box frozen chopped spinach or 4 cups fresh chopped spinach
- 1 small sweet onion, chopped
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 (14 oz ) cans diced tomatoes (or fresh if in season and plentiful)
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 rotisserie chicken chopped or 2-3 cups chopped leftover grilled chicken
- 1/2 cup half and half or skim milk
- 3 Tbsp flour
- 1 lb penne pasta, cooked al dente
- Garnish: Fresh diced tomato, fresh chopped basil, shredded fresh parmesan cheese
Directions:
In a 6 qt dutch oven, saute the garlic, spinach, and onion in the olive oil. Add the spices, salt and pepper, tomatoes and chicken stock. Bring all to a boil. Add chicken.
Whisk together half and half and flour until no clumps remain. Stir into boiling pot until combined.
Allow all to simmer about 10 minutes. Add the pasta and mix well. Garnish and serve.
This recipe is super yummy fresh, and it is delicious reheated the next day too as leftovers for lunch or dinner as the flavors have had time to truly meld.
Hope you give it a try and enjoy!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
*Recipe originally found and slightly adapted from http://www.galonamission.com.
Oh, this looks so good. I’m craving spinach now. I love spinach. I want spinach. I have spinach in the kitchen. Must go have spinach now. 🙂 I might save some to make Tuscan Chicken and Penne tomorrow. We’ll be gone today so fixing this will have to wait. And FWIW, when I click on the “Print” button, all that happens is that the post reopens in a new tab. Am I doing something wrong?
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It REALLY is quite yummmmmy! I was disappointed I didn’t get better photos, but was too interested in getting into eating it – LOL! I don’t know why you are having trouble with the print button – boo! For me – it opens in another tab as a pdf and my PRINTER prompt comes up. Do you think it is something with your printer settings? I wonder if someone else would tell us if they are having trouble with the print button??
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Maybe it’s my browser. I’m using Windows 10. Later I’ll try it using another browser. I bet that’s probably what’s causing the trouble.
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Let me clarify…if I double-click on the “Print” link, nothing happens at all. If I click and say “open in new tab”, the post re-opens. I copied and pasted, so I did get the recipe saved, but I’m still wondering what I’m doing wrong with that pesky “Print” button.
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yummmmm
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It really is 🙂
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Beautiful and … soon, you’ll have enough for TWO cookbooks. Or THREE! Photos always look professionally done, very impressive!! 💛
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Delicious looking, and I think I am going to have to try out this dish tonight. So Jodi, what time is dinner/ 😀
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Darn Paul – we finished the leftovers last night – sorry! 🙂 Looks like you are going to have to cook!
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Where’s that chefs hat? Guess I’m going to have to roll up my sleeves and get my wife up to cook. Jodi, have I ever told you how wonderful my wife looks in a chefs hat? Well, she looks wonderful without one too. But if I don’t kiss up to her now, this wonderful looking meal that you prepared will have to get prepared by me, instead. 😀
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I hope you showed her this comment! LOL! You’ll have to let me know which one of you ended up cooking tonight! 🙂
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Lol, show her this comment! Why Jodi, do you actually want me to wind up doing the cooking? 😀
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This looks and sounds wonderful! I will have to try it. This recipe is definitely a keeper!
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🙂 Yummy to the tummy indeed!
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And, it looks so healthy!
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👍
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Your recipe makes me hungry just thinking about the combination of flavors in my mouth.
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Thank you Lulu! 🙂
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I actually have some Penne Pasta on hand, will have to try this! 🙂
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👍👍👍
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This looks delicious…I’m always looking for new chicken recipes!😊
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Me too. 😉
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Oh my!!! Yummy, this recipe will be easy to make. You always post the best weekend recipes, Jodi! Gary and I will enjoy this feast. Have a beautiful day.
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Enjoy!! ❤️
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Oh yes, very yummy indeed! Thanks Jodi, for this wonderfully delicious recipe! Happy Saturday! 🙂
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😜
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I’m craving now 😋 looking so tempting 😀
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😝
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Oh my gosh Jodi. I’m pinning another one of your recipes to try! Hopefully this summer. I have a son-in-law that loves pasta and I hope to use fresh basil and tomatoes from my garden. 🙂
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Sounds wonderful!!!
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Yep! Definitely sign me up for this one!! Looks amazing!! Love! 😍
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😉
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It looks delicious and I am always on the lookout for what to do with leftover or rotisserie chicken. Thanks you so much Jodi! And don’t worry about your lack of photos. The ones you did take make the meal look incredibly enticing!
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Thanks KR! We eat chicken at least twice a week – so I am always looking for a way to change it up 🙂
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This looks yummmy
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Looks like the perfect recipe, Jodi! 💕😄 I love an easy recipe and all the ingredients in this one! YUMZA! hehe! That is culinary speak for WOWZA in case you didn’t know… Lol! 😉
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Love the new wordza!!
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This looks like a keeper. Too bad it’s so late..:)
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Looks just delcious! I’m inspired! 🙂
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Thanks Sarah! I’m glad you’re inspired.
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Looks really delicious. I’ll try the recipe for sure!
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Thanks! Hope you enjoy!
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This looks really good!!! I went to eat spaghetti to a restaurant in Milan recently, it was so good! Check it out the post on my blog if you want.
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thanks – will do
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