creamy chicken tagliatelle pasta in a bowl

Chicken tagliatelle pasta with creamy sauce. Photo by Valeriia Harbuz: https://www.pexels.com/photo/noodles-12964686/

Chicken tagliatelle pasta: A quick and comforting weeknight meal

Pasta is the ultimate winter comfort food. Enjoy a generous bowl of cheesy, chicken tagliatelle pasta with your family any day of the week.

creamy chicken tagliatelle pasta in a bowl

Chicken tagliatelle pasta with creamy sauce. Photo by Valeriia Harbuz: https://www.pexels.com/photo/noodles-12964686/

When it comes to comfort food during the winter months, nothing beats a quick and easy pasta. The same goes for those long days at work and then having to cook for your family. There are many types of pasta out there, but tagliatelle is as fun to eat as it is to say. Our chicken tagliatelle pasta is super rich and creamy with flavours and textures that everybody can agree are comforting.

Chicken tagliatelle pasta suggestions

You can use fresh or dried pasta and remember that fresh tagliatelle cooks very quickly. The white sauce or bechamel is easy to make and can be done ahead of time too as it does need constant whisking. Almost all of the ingredients are first cooked separately and brought together with some pasta water to help it bind. You can also add a generous amount of black pepper to each serving and serves well with a light green salad.

Pasta is the ultimate winter comfort food. Enjoy a generous bowl of cheesy, chicken tagliatelle pasta with your family any day of the week.

Chicken tagliatelle pasta ecipe

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Recipe by Gary Dunn Course: MainCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Easy
Servings

2-4

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes
Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

  • 250 g 250 tagliatelle

  • 1-2 cloves 1-2 garlic

  • 1 tbsp 1 flour

  • 1 tbsp 1 butter

  • 1 cup 1 milk

  • 4 4 chicken thighs

  • onion

  • 1 clove 1 garlic

  • 2 strips 2 streaky bacon parmesan cheese

  • freshly ground black pepper

Method

  • Cook tagliatelle in fast boiling salted water as per instructions on packet. 
  • Cook chicken and cut into cubes.
  • In the same pot or pan, chop onion finely and crush garlic. Saute together in hot oil. 
  • Cook the bacon until crisp and cut into small pieces. 
  • Make a white sauce by melting the butter, adding the flour and mixing it to a smooth paste.  Remove from heat and add milk.
  • Stir well to prevent lumps.  Return to heat and cook until thickened. You want to see streaks that stay there for a bit in the sauce as you whisk.
  • Save some pasta water before draining the rest.
  • In a preheated saucepan, mix the sauce and pasta together and add a bit of pasta water.
  • Add to a serving bowl, generously sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
  • Serve with slices of tomato, green salad and crispy bread rolls.

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