Family-Style Creamy Chicken Pasta Bake
2x the delicious servings!
- Milk
- Wheat
Get ready for a crowd-pleasing dinner that everyone (especially the kiddos) will love: Tender pasta, garlicky bites of chicken, and vibrant green broccoli are folded into a velvety white cheddar sauce and baked to crisp, luscious perfection. Once the chicken pasta bake is done, straight to the table it goes, ready to feed the hungriest of eaters. The time you save on this big-batch meal means freeing up that much more time to hang with the fam! This recipe is double the typical servings, providing 4 servings and 8 servings for a 2 person and 4 person box respectively.
Ingredients
20 ounce
Chopped Chicken Breast
2 tablespoon
Fry Seasoning
1 unit
Onion
1 cup
White Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
8 ounce
Broccoli
6 tablespoon
Cream Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
8 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
12 ounce
Penne Pasta
(Contains: Wheat)
2 clove
Garlic
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust rack to middle position (top and middle positions for 8 servings) and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Bring a large pot (two large pots for 8) of salted water to a boil. • Drop cream cheese (in packets) in a small bowl of warm water to soften until ready to use. Wash and dry produce. • Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces if necessary. Halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Mince or grate garlic. • Generously coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish (two 9-by-13-inch baking dishes for 8 servings) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
• Once water is boiling, add pasta to pot (for 8 servings, divide between two large pots or cook in batches). Cook, stirring occasionally, 6 minutes. • Add broccoli. Cook, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is bright green and pasta is al dente, 3-5 minutes more. • Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain pasta and broccoli.
• Meanwhile, heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over high heat. Add chicken*, onion, and garlic in a single layer; season with Fry Seasoning, salt, and pepper. • Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through and onion is tender, 4-6 minutes. TIP: Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to work in batches to prevent overcrowding, adding a drizzle of oil between batches.
• In a large bowl, whisk together cream sauce base, cheddar, stock concentrates, and cream cheese (work in batches or use two large bowls for 8 servings). • Add drained pasta and broccoli, chicken, and ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water (1 cup for 8) to bowl with sauce and stir to thoroughly coat. • Transfer pasta mixture to prepared baking dish (divide between two baking dishes for 8).
• Cover baking dish tightly with foil, then place on top of a foil-lined baking sheet (two baking sheets for 8 servings). (The sheet will help protect your oven from any sauce that may bubble over!) • Bake on middle rack (top and middle racks for 8) until bubbly, 30 minutes. • Stir pasta bake to evenly distribute sauce. Let rest at least 5 minutes before serving.
• Divide pasta bake between plates or serve family style directly from dish.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Some found it tasty and comforting, while others felt it needed more seasoning for a richer taste.
- Ease of prep: Many noted it was time-consuming with lots of dishes, though the end result was satisfying.
- Suggestions: Consider adding extra garlic, cheese, or spices. Try topping with breadcrumbs or crispy onions for crunch.
- Leftovers: Makes great leftovers for busy days, reheating well for lunch or dinner.
- Texture: Some found the pasta dry; others suggested reducing broccoli cooking time to prevent mushiness.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was so very amazing. I was worried it wasn't going to be good but it was a hit with my family! I can't have pasta but I tried it and it was SO very delicious! I would add more pepper and garlic powder to it. I love how much garlic came with it.
Easy to make and delicious to eat. Love that it comes in a family size.
This one was a winner with my family! I love that I got two casseroles out of the recipe.
Entire family loves it. Simple recipe made it easy to whip up last minute.
Used lots of pans and bowls in cooking and mixing. Difficult to mix in such a large quantity. Broccoli added to pasta water for instructed length of time made it a bit overcooked. Need to reduce time that broccoli is in water esp since the whole thing is baked after cooking. Took a lot of work to make and clean up, but very tasty.
The entire family was surprised by the flavor & how it seemed to taste better with each serving!
Loved how much was in the family-size. Enough for my husband and I to eat on for 2 days!
We liked the portions. Again, kid-helper friendly! It also used basically every cooking pan/dish in the house, creating a massive double dishwasher load for the double portions. That makes us less likely to get this again in the future and the flavor didn't outweigh the dishes. The broccoli seemed not so fresh on delivery. Smelled a little funky.
It was gone before I could get a picture. No one even let it cool for very long. Less than 2 min. Smelled so good. Tasted so good.
Very good, but could use more cheese and a crunchy element such as bread crumbs or crispy onions, etc.
