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One Pot Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta with baby kale is an easy and delicious one pot meal that the entire family will love! Made with chicken, lemon, cheese, pasta and fresh greens!
Once you start making one pot meals, you won’t be able to stop. I try to make a one pot meal at least once a week because it makes dinner planning easy and clean up even easier. Today, I am sharing the recipe for One Pot Creamy Chicken Pasta with I heart baby kale from organicgirl. The greens actually include a mixture of baby kale, baby spinach, green romaine and more. The hearty greens are both nutritious and delicious. The lemon adds fresh flavor that complements the chicken and creates a meal that the entire family will love.
With so many great ways to sneak greens into meals, you will never get bored. Sandwiches, salads, smoothies, soups, pasta, and more. You can even sneak greens like baby kale, arugula and chard into your favorite indulgent dish or lighten it up with some fresh greens. One pot meals are a great way to add greens because the greens cook right in the pot. What is your favorite way to add fresh greens to your diet?
One Pot Creamy Lemon Chicken Pasta with Baby Kale
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast, cut into 1 inch pieces
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 1/2 cups uncooked penne pasta
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 heaping cups organic girl I heart baby kale
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeeze lemon juice
- zest from one lemon
Instructions
- Season chicken with salt and pepper; set aside.
- In a 12" pan or skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and stir until soft, about 3 minutes. Add chicken to pan and cook until brown on both sides. Stir in garlic and cook one additional minute. Add uncooked pasta, chicken broth, water and baby kale. Stir then bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 22 minutes. Uncover and cook until almost all of the liquid is absorbed, about 5 additional minutes. Remove from heat, stir in cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice and lemon zest. Stir until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Other one pot meals that you will love:
One Pot Creamy Salsa Verde and Lime Chicken Pasta
This post is sponsored by organicgirl. As always, all opinions are my own.
I love love love adding kale to my pasta! My family hates it but that just leaves all the more for me!
I’m alllllll about kale. And one pot meals. And lemon chicken. You killed it with this recipe–seriously, looks like the perfect meal!
Yum yum yum! This looks so good and I would even eat this for breakfast right now. I love Organic Girl products. Their stuff is always the freshest!
This look like the perfect one-pot meal! Love how creamy it looks and all the baby kale you added. So easy and delicious!
One pot meals like this with fresh lemon, and kale are sooo my kind of meal!
I do love baby kale, so I’m kind of obsessed with that Organic Girl packaging!! Also, if I didn’t already have a meal planned, I would totally be making this TONIGHT!
One pot meals are totally my jam! This one definitely looks like a winner kinda dinner! Love how ultra-creamy it looks and the fact that it’s an entire meal in one pot!
What an awesome dinner! I love one pot meals, quick and easy {especially clean up} what is not to love about that?
So I’m heading out of town next week and my husband already requested some sort of pasta with kale. My kids always devour it!!
I’m in dire need of easy one-pot meals! Thanks for another great one!