Italian Chicken Pasta


4.3 of 5 (62)
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 389.0
  • Total Fat: 9.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 73.9 mg
  • Sodium: 416.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 49.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.0 g
  • Protein: 25.4 g

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Introduction

A delicious dish to use leftover cooked chicken breast--makes the prep time even shorter. A delicious dish to use leftover cooked chicken breast--makes the prep time even shorter.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast, cubed
    1 can cream of chicken soup
    8 oz package low-fat cream cheese
    1 cup 1% milk
    1 pkg dry Italian Dressing Mix
    16 oz cooked pasta (your choice)
    **can add steamed veggies if desired as well

Directions

Cook chicken in non-stick skillet until no longer pink. Set aside.
In small saucepan (or microwave) soften cream cheese slightly.
Add the soup and dressing mix, stirring and heating until blended and smooth.
Add milk if needed to thin sauce.
Toss cooked pasta with chicken and sauce (and veggies if desired).
Serve and enjoy.


Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user {AMYAMY}.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Incredible!
    8 of 8 people found this review helpful
    Very good & filling! However, the stats seem to be off (I noticed that Sparkpeople says 2oz of pasta is only 74 calories when in reality it is usually about 200). I made it with whole wheat pasta and nonfat milk and my stats were 355 calories, 41 carbs, 8 g fat and 27 g protein - 7/9/07


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    3 of 3 people found this review helpful
    I used 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup and fat free cream cheee. Doubled the sauce and added a ton of mushrooms, broccoli, and red peppers. I got 12 hearty 1-1/4 cup servings. The sauce was a little thick, next time I will cut the amount of cream cheese in half. - 7/14/10


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    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    I used 2 tsp. of zesting italian dressing instead of the dry italian dressing mix, and added 1/4 c. each of sauted sweet white onion and green pepper. I also added 1 tsp. of dry red chili peppers. Italian chicken with a kick. - 9/21/08


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    This works great in the slow cooker. Just toss everything in, set on low, out the door you go. When you get home, dinner is done and the house smells delicious! Thanks. - 3/9/11


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Yum! I made it with homemade cream of mushroom soup (easy to make a big batch and freeze it for when you need it) and since I didn't have an Italian dressing mix, just used herbs d'provence instead. Added carrots, green beans and peas, and served over No Yolk noodles. A hit! - 7/14/09


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    This pasta was great! I used Ronzoni SmartTaste Rotini, low fat, low sodium soup and fat free cream cheese! I refigured the calories that way at 318/serving. Great taste for the count! - 9/21/08


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    Sounds good. Will try it. - 1/15/21


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    sounds yummy
    - 8/30/20


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    Very Good
    Interesting mix and it works! Yum - 8/15/20


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    Yummy! - 7/24/20


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    used my home made soup - 4/14/20


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    Very good, but I likely won't make it again. I'm trying to stay away from things like cream cheese. - 1/30/20


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    Slow cooker! - 8/18/19


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    yummy - 4/28/19


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    nice - 4/19/19


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    thanks - 12/29/18


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    Incredible!
    this was really good & the family really enjoyed it. - 11/27/18


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    Incredible!
    Love this Italian chicken pasta recipe! Delicious! - 12/29/17


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    Incredible!
    Amazing! Everybody in my family loved it, except my picky 15 year old son, which is pretty typical. I absolutely loved the flavor. Will be adding this to my favorites for sure! Thx - 9/27/16


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    Very Good
    I made this for my parents and myself. My mom is an excellent cook, and she is very picky when it comes to new stuff.... She loved it! We all did! I loved how the sauce was sticking to the penne. I added some steamed veggies, which made it look really colorful and yummy.I am sure kids would love it! - 6/24/13


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    Incredible!
    My family loves this recipe. I did use skim milk to thin the sauce and it was good and creamy. I also added chopped onion and chopped garlic. I just have to add those to most of my recipes. Thanks for sharing. It was wonderful! - 10/16/12


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    Incredible!
    I made this last night and it was fab. Very quick and very tasty. I added some mushrooms & leeks to the chicken while it cooked and threw in loads of steamed veg. Will be making this many times. - 8/16/12


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    Incredible!
    I made this for dinner tonight and all three of my kids LOVED it! I used fat free cream cheese and added a little water to thin the sauce - with steamed broccoli & green beans from our garden it was the perfect fast, healthy dinner. - 4/23/12


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    Very Good
    I made this tonight with spinach pasta, ff cream cheese and 98% ff cream of chicken soup. Shredded precooked chicken from another meal and leftover cauliuflower and broccoli. Was very good and my husband loved it. - 8/18/11


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    This sounds so good! I can't wait to try this one out! :D - 6/26/11


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    Very Good
    This was delicious, but I think the sodium is off on this? The Italian dressing mix has 320mg of sodium just in the one serving, the cream cheese has 200 per 1 oz, so that's over 500 right there. - 4/6/11


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    Incredible!
    Added broccoli and we loved it! - 3/16/11


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    This looks like something I'd enjoy will try soon - 3/10/11


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    Very Good
    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I can enjoy this at times. - 3/9/11


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    I'm sure if making this with Dreamfields Pasta would keep the carb ratio low only 5 digestible carbs per serving. - 3/9/11


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    This sounds good........will try soon. - 3/9/11


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    sounds yummmyyyy... - 3/9/11


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    i used the new cream cheese soft garlic style . the rest of receipe i kept . loved this . - 3/9/11


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    Too much SALT OH WELL. - 3/9/11


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    Very Good
    This is very good--Tasty- - 3/9/11


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    Incredible!
    Very good. - 3/9/11


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    Incredible!
    I have made this and I love it.....whole family does. Make it exactly as shown most times and will add a vggie or 2 other times.......hits the spot - 3/9/11


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    This sounds good and I will make it for company, as I don't eat chicken. But will try it out on family and friends. - 3/9/11


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    OK, but I don't see the need for the dressing. - 3/9/11


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    looks and sound great - 3/9/11


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    Gonna try this one. - 3/9/11


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    Good
    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Tastes great BUT calories are WAY off. They actually add up to 388 calories per serving. Wow, how to ruin a diet day!!! - 10/20/10


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    Very Good
    Pretty good! Used whole wheat pasta and added a little parmesan cheese. - 7/28/10


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    Incredible!
    Freakin awesome. Plates were cleaned. I used cream of mushroom soup instead on the cream of chicken. - 5/13/10


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    Incredible!
    GREAT recipe! I had a bite and thought I was going to overeat, but didn't because this is very filling! Next time I will add veggies and make with whole wheat pasta. My boyfriend asked if he was going to get a heart attack from this and was surprised when I said it was healthy! We loved it! - 3/8/10


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    Incredible!
    This was great and easy, I will definitely be making this again. When I do, I am going to add some broccoli, or some other vegetable, as it would be really easy to add. - 8/4/09


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    Family loved it!! - 2/23/09


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    Incredible!
    Made this with steamed broccoli and everyone enjoyed it greatly. Even made a convert out of my 11 y.o. who up to now would only eat pasta with tomato sauce. A new favorite, thank you! - 1/13/09


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    Very Good
    I made this for my fiancee and I who are following a diet and thought it was very good. A friend of his was also present who was not on a diet and commented on how delicious it was as well . . . definitely works for everyone. Quick and easy to make. Will definitely make again. - 1/13/09


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    Very Good
    Makes a good casserole: top with italian bread crumbs and bake in oven - 1/13/09


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    Incredible!
    very yummy. entire family enjoys it. makes great leftovers as well. - 11/2/08


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    easy recipe and tasty I will make it again.
    - 9/21/08


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    O.K.
    0 of 2 people found this review helpful
    Cream of chicken soup on pasta???? - 9/21/08


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    I bought Shirataki (tofu) noodles at the Health Food Store and I use them, because they are much lower in carbs. - 9/21/08


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    Will try this with FF milk and FF cream cheese to get the fat content down. It sounds very good, especially with added veggies. - 9/21/08


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    I make a similar recipe with muchroom soup and no cream cheese. Some garlic, basil and onions and its ready. Yummy! - 9/21/08


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    My husband and I will love this recipe. It has all the ingredients we love, but low on calories. - 9/21/08


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    SUPER!
    I'll definitely be making this again
    Thanks so much for a tasty & filling quick dinner!
    - 5/5/08


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    Good
    We liked this okay, but next time I think I will leave out the chicken and the cream cheese(for less cals) and add veggies. I could not realy taste the chicken in it and the cream of chicken soup already has a little bit of chicken in it so why add more cals by adding more chicken. - 9/7/07


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    Incredible!
    Easy and my whole family loved it. I used low fat,low sodium cream of chicken soup. - 6/30/07


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    Very Good
    We really liked the taste of this. My husband thought it tasted similar to Macaroni Grill's Pene Rustica minus the shrimp, baked topping, and proscuitto. I'm not sure the carb count is right for this. Usually pasta has about 40 carbs per cup, and this only has 28. - 6/27/07


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    Incredible!
    This is a great family recipe. Everyone liked it. - 5/29/07


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    Very Good
    I love it! Very easy to make and tastes good! - 5/14/07


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    Good
    Easy to make. Hubby thought it needs more spices. Will make again. - 5/5/07


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    Incredible!
    Really yummy! Even better with veggies stirred in! - 4/27/07


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    Good
    very good! quick and easy as well as tasty. - 4/19/07


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    Very Good
    This was tasty! My family loved it, next time I will add veggies and thinking of using couscous instead of pasta. - 4/18/07


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    It was great everyone loved it. FLA sparklers - 4/15/07


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    Incredible!
    We loved this recipe, it was easy to make and my 3 kids and husband all enjoyed it! We added a 16 oz. bag of steamed mixed veggies. Yum! - 4/14/07


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    Incredible!
    Another very good recipe. My husband even suggested to add some broccoli next time and he does NOT eat veggies. - 4/14/07


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    Very Good
    This looks wonderful. So easy to make. Great to make before I go to my exercise class then I don't have to cook when I get home. - 4/12/07


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    Very Good
    So easy to make, yet still so good! - 4/12/07


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    Incredible!
    This is so good I loved it!!!!! - 4/7/07


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    Incredible!
    This was SO fabulous!! My husband really loved it too! - 4/6/07


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    Incredible!
    VERY Good and sooo easy to make! My husband asked if it I was serving 'heart attack on a plate'. When I told him the nutritional info he loved it! Teens enjoyed it too. - 4/2/07


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    Incredible!
    My girls love this easy dinner. Served with a side salad it is a great meal!! - 3/27/07