One Pot Chicken Ranch Pasta
This cheesy baked pasta comes together so effortlessly in ONE PAN, topped with crisp bacon. It just doesn’t get any better!
I hope you are all staying cool by the pool this weekend.
Butters and I will either be home, stuffing our faces with this epic pasta here, or we’ll be by the pool, also stuffing our faces with this.
What? Pastas, bikinis, pools and margaritas. Aren’t they supposed to go together?
I mean, let’s be real here, you guys. With this Ranch cheesy goodness and extra topped bacon, it’s welcome anywhere.
One Pot Chicken Ranch Pasta
This cheesy baked pasta comes together so effortlessly in ONE PAN, topped with crisp bacon. It just doesn’t get any better!
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk, or more, as needed
- 1 ½ cups leftover diced rotisserie chicken
- 8 ounces rotini pasta
- 1 1-ounce package Ranch Seasoning and Salad Dressing Mix
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add bacon and cook until brown and crispy, about 6-8 minutes. Drain excess fat; reserving 1 tablespoon in the skillet. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Add garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in chicken broth, milk, chicken, pasta and Ranch Seasoning; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is cooked through, about 15-16 minutes. If the mixture is too thick, add more milk as needed until desired consistency is reached.
- Remove from heat and top with cheese. Cover until cheese has melted, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with bacon and parsley, if desired.
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Great simple recipe! I didn’t have bacon or rotisserie chicken so I used bacon bits and cooked some chicken cubes. This tasted great and was super quick to make. Next time I will add some broccoli to get a serving of veggies. Thanks for sharing this! 🙂
This is really good and my family all enjoyed it. I have made it twice and both times I forgot that you don’t cook the pasta ahead of time, but you cook it in the sauce. !!! My bad for not reading thoroughly. It would be a great meal for guests.
I have no luck with recipes like this. My pasta always seems to turn out gummy and/or undercooked. I am going to try this one again and cook the noodles separately because the flavor is so delicious!
I have everythjng but the ranch mix? Can I use skmethj g else or skip that ingridient?
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
GREAT recipe–thank you!! It was a perfect Friday comfort meal! I used about a cup of homemade ranch dressing on hand, omitted the chicken broth, but did add the milk. (Out of habit, I cooked my pasta separate.) I sauteed my chicken in the same pan as my bacon, so once everything was done and I added the ranch and milk, the pan deglazed and all the flavors combined for an awesome tasting sauce! My young kids liked it, so that was a plus! I hope to try more of recipes from your blog!
Another kid pleaser in this household! Thank you Chungah! I didn’t change a thing (never do the first time) but I did use pennette instead of rotini…now I’m wondering if some crumbled Italian sausage would work 🙂
Yes, absolutely. What a great idea!
How would this work if I just used actual ranch instead of the packet of ranch mix? I have none and have already started cooking the bacon 🙁
Unfortunately, without further recipe testing, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment regarding substitutions and modifications.
This seems absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing, miam ! 🙂
Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner! I doubled the bacon and stirred in the cheese. Truly a great recipe. Thank you 🙂
What an easy recipe! Served with a side of steamed broccoli and my family gobbled it up. Thanks!
In my house, at this point in my life with three teenaged sons, there is no such thing as leftover ANYTHING! My boys are remorseless eating machines…so with that being said, I fried my bacon and then added a chicken breast to the bacon fat and cooked that up with a bit of bbq sauce…like a teaspoon. This is such a kid friendly meal…also me friendly meal…cheese, bacon, chicken….all good 🙂
This was really quick and easy and very tasty! Like other commenters, I think I’ll add some veggies next time. Yum!
This is truly a SIMPLE one pan recipe. I had leftover rotisserie chicken but not all of the other ingredients. Plus, I’m being careful about choosing not only easy but calorie friendly recipes, so I substituted a few items in this recipe and it still came out delicious. Here’s my version with substitutions: Dry Lipton vegetable soup (instead of the ranch), 8 oz. of corkscrew pasta instead of the rotini, 2 tbsp of bacon flavored bits and chopped cilantro for the parsley. Once the pasta was completely cooked, I added 6 oz frozen mixed veggies. You won’t be disappointed with this recipe. It’s delicious!
My son is 3 and he has asked for this every night for dinner since we made it (four nights in a row)! So wonderful for this mommy! And super yummy! It’s going to become a regularly rotated recipe in our house! Thank you for sharing!
I accidentally bought the ranch dip mix, do you think it would be okay to substitute it for the ranch dressing mix?
Yes, absolutely.
This was a delicious recipe. I like cooking with a lot of veggies and so added in sautéed onion, corn and bell pepper. The flavours were very good. I will certainly make this again.
Looks delicious! Only problem is no ranch powder in Australia. I prefer to make my own of that sort of thing anyway but again, the recipes I’ve seen call for buttermilk powder and again the local supermarkets don’t have it. Any ideas?
It is available on amazon.com. 🙂
Hi Chunga! love your website!
Are you cooking the chicken before you add it with the broth/pasta etc? Or is it added in uncooked?
Sam, the recipe calls for leftover rotisserie chicken – it’s a great way to repurpose leftovers from the night before!
Italian taste… I love it!
Will this be a good dish for potluck? If I have to prepare the night before and warm it up in the microwave at work?
Would you suggest to add anything to make it moist the following day ?
I will definitely add this to my weekly menu at home for weekends. Thank you for sharing your recipe
Yes, absolutely.