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Home » Recipe Index » Main Dish: Chicken » Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bacon and Ranch

Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bacon and Ranch

August 27, 2009 by Kara Cook 5 Comments

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Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bacon– This tasty pasta dish is packed with ranch and bacon flavor, and can be on the table in less than 30 minutes.
Chicken Ranch Bacon Pasta- a weeknight dinner favorite!


 
Things have been crazy at my house!! My kids actually had to have cereal for dinner on Tuesday night. I should say “got” to have cereal because they were thrilled to death. They think cereal is one of the best foods on earth. Me, not so much.
Chicken Ranch Pasta with Bacon- creamy, flavorful, and easy to make!
 
Anyway, I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and have a little free time again. So of course I am spending it blogging when I should be exercising. 😉
 
I made this pasta recipe for dinner on Sunday because my tooth was still sore from the dentist’s visit, and I needed something easy to chew. I found it at BHG a few months ago, but I made some changes. First of all, the original recipe called for 2 tablespoons of ranch dressing mix. I tried it that way and we thought it was waaaaay to much. Like so salty and powerful that it was hard to eat. We ended up throwing the leftovers away.
 
But with chicken, bacon, and ranch, I knew the dish had potential, so I tweaked it. I used less ranch mix, and added more milk to the sauce. This time it was a huge hit with everyone in the family. We ended up fighting over the leftovers. Don’t worry, no one got hurt. 😉 This is a quick and easy meal that I will be making often. It is delicious!
This recipe for creamy chicken pasta with ranch and bacon is a family favorite!
 

Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bacon

6 slices bacon, diced
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cubed
2 Tbsp flour
2 cups milk
1-2 tsp dry ranch dressing mix
1 Tbsp fresh parmesan cheese, optional
Hot pasta noodles

Cook bacon over medium heat till crispy. Remove from pan and set aside. Drain all but 2 Tbsp of the bacon grease. Cook chicken in the bacon grease till completely done.  Stir in flour, then slowly stir in the milk. Add the ranch dressing mix. Cook and stir till thickened; boil at least one minute. Add chicken and bacon to the sauce. Serve over hot pasta and top with parmesan cheese if desired.

-Serves 6

Notes:
If you are in a big hurry, you can use Hormel bacon bits. Just cook the chicken in 2 Tbsp of butter instead of the bacon grease, and proceed with the recipe as usual. Still really good!

You have got to try this easy Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bacon!

Here are a few more of my favorite easy chicken recipes:

Easy Cashew Chicken

Black Bean Salsa Chicken

Garlic Chicken Pasta with Spinach

Filed Under: Main Dish: Chicken, Recipe Index Tagged With: bacon, chicken breasts, ranch dressing mix

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  1. The Mom @ Babes in Hairland

    September 8, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    Have this on the stove ready to go for dinner tonight. It’s a crazy night so it was nice to be able to whip something up nice & quick that I know the kids will love! Thanks for all your great recipes. I use them a lot! 🙂

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    • Kara

      September 9, 2010 at 4:32 pm

      I haven’t made it for awhile, I need to add it to my menu for next week. My boys love it too!

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  2. Margey

    April 18, 2010 at 12:17 am

    This was the first of your recipes I tried and my family LOVED it! Easy to make and they ate it up. Wish I found your blog years ago.

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