Cajun Chicken Pasta
This Cajun Chicken Pasta is the ultimate 30 minute weeknight dinner! With perfectly seasoned chicken, smoky Andouille sausage, and a velvety Parmesan cream sauce, it's a restaurant quality meal made in just one skillet.
Ingredients
Instructions
Cook the pasta according to package instructions until it's al dente (cooked until it's still firm when bitten). Drain and set aside.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken to the skillet, then sprinkle with the cajun seasoning and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the chicken is no longer pink and is cooked through, should take about 5 minutes.
Stir in the sausage and cook for a couple more minutes until the sausage starts to brown.
Add the garlic, parsley to the skillet and stir. Cook for 30 seconds until the garlic becomes aromatic.
Add the half and half and cook until it comes to a boil. Stir in the parmesan cheese.
Add the penne and stir everything together.
Garnish with more parmesan cheese and parsley if preferred and serve while warm.
Nutrition
- Calories
- 674 kcal
- Carbohydrate Content
- 51 g
- Protein Content
- 45 g
- Fat Content
- 32 g
- Saturated Fat Content
- 15 g
- Cholesterol Content
- 132 mg
- Sodium Content
- 764 mg
- Fiber Content
- 3 g
- Sugar Content
- 7 g
- Serving Size
- 1 serving
- Trans Fat Content
- 0.01 g
- Unsaturated Fat Content
- 15 g
