This honey chipotle chicken pasta is the perfect meal to get you through the weekday dinner slump! Its not just another pasta dish, its got a sweet and smoky chipotle cream sauce that is just amazing!
Let's make this Honey Chipotle Chicken Pasta!
There are no crazy ingredients in this dish and yet it is a crazy good pasta!
- Chicken
- Pasta - you can use any shape you have on hand
- Veggies - bell peppers, jalapeños, onions
- Honey Chipotle Cream Sauce
- Finishing touch - chopped cilantro, jalapeno slices, crushed tortilla chips or fried tortilla strips
Honey Chipotle Cream Sauce
This sauce is the real star of this dish! It's super flavorful but its also so easy to put together! A little bit sweet and smoky but pretty spicy all at once!
Here's all you need for it:
- Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce - I like to use a little bit of adobo sauce as well as a few (like 1 or 2) chipotle peppers minced up
- Heavy cream
- Parmesan cheese - grated, fresh if you have it, but for a cheesy cream sauce, I think its fine to grab a pre-grated refrigerated tub
- Honey - to balance that heat!
- Butter
- Garlic - freshly minced
Feel free to change out the vegetables here. I think the peppers and onions are a nice pairing with the chipotle cream sauce. But I think it would also work with really anything you have on hand.
Also adjust your seasonings to your preference. With the chipotle peppers and the jalapeños in this dish, it turns out a bit too hot for my little munchkins to handle. But when I omit the jalapeños and reduce the chipotle peppers, they're just fine with it all.
You might also be interested in: Spaghetti and Basil Garlic Chicken Meatballs, Crab Spaghetti with Chili Garlic Oil, Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Onions, Baked Chipotle Chicken Samosas
Honey Chipotle Chicken Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 ounces dried pasta any shape, cooked
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil divided
- 2 pounds chicken cooked, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 cup peppers chopped, jalapeños, bell peppers, etc
- ¼ cup onions chopped
- cilantro optional, chopped
- tortilla chips or fried tortilla strips optional, for topping
Honey Chipotle Cream Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cups heavy cream
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Honey Chipotle Cream Sauce
- Melt butter in a sauce pan. Add minced garlic stirring frequently so it does not burn. Add chipotle sauce and honey, stir to combine.
- Add in heavy cream and parmesan cheese. Let the mixture come to a simmer for 2 minutes. Taste for salt and pepper. Remove from heat and set aside.
Make the Honey Chipotle Chicken Pasta
- Cook pasta according to package directions and set aside.
- In a large pan, heat 1 tablespoon cooking oil at medium heat. Add peppers to pan and saute for about 2 minutes. Remove peppers from pan and set aside.
- Add onions to the and saute for 2 minutes, remove onions from pan and set aside.
- Add remaining tablespoon of oil to pan and add chicken to the pan. Cook for about 3 to 4 minutes, until the chicken has browned.
- Add pasta and peppers and honey chipotle cream sauce to the pan, stir to combine. Top with cilantro and tortilla strips and serve warm.
nancy
yummy and flavourful pasta
Jill Patel
Thank you!