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    Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe

    Jun 22, 2025 by Helene Dsouza

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    Helene Dsouza
    Baked pasta with chicken and a cheesy white sauce. A family favorite!
    Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    4 servings
    RECIPE
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    Cheesy and flavorful chicken pasta bake in a homemade white sauce.

    This is a family comfort food favorite!

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    • 🍝 Ingredients
    • 🔪 How to make this Chicken Pasta Bake?
    • 🍱 Storing
    • 👁️ More Pasta Casserole Recipes
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    🍝 Ingredients

    The baked pasta dish is essentially a pasta dish with a chicken white sauce (bechamel).

    It's an easy comfort dinner meal for the whole family!

    You will need the following ingredients:

    • pasta - I used a small flat variety, similar to farfalle. You can use your favorite pasta variety.
    • chicken breast boneless - you can use leftover rotisserie chicken too
    • olive oil and butter
    • all-purpose flour
    • milk
    • cheese - grated cheese of your choice. I like cheddar, pizza cheese.
    • salt & black pepper
    • Italian seasoning or oregano
    • onion powder
    • garlic powder
    • Dijon mustard - optional but I recommend you add it for flavor and because it helps to bind the sauce.
    cheese chicken pasta casserole

    🔪 How to make this Chicken Pasta Bake?

    The baked chicken pasta casserole is prepaed in 3 steps.

    Here is an overview on how it comes together.

    The ingredients with measurements and instruction details is located in the recipe card further below.

    The how to video is the pop up.

    Step 1

    Boil pasta soft.

    Cut chicken into bite sized pieces.

    Cook chicken with seasoning in olive oil in a skillet.

    cook pasta and chicken

    Step 2

    Prepare sauce. Melt butter and mix flour in.

    Pour some milk into the pan and and whisk it into the flour butter mixture over the heat to build up the sauce.

    Continue to mix and add remaining milk until you have a smooth sauce that is thickening over the stove top.

    build bechamel sauce

    Season your sauce, add cheese and chicken.

    season sauce and add chicken

    Step 3

    Spread pasta in a casserole baking dish.

    Pour chicken cheese sauce over the pasta and mix it in.

    Top with more cheese

    Bake until golden.

    casserole dish baked with pasta and chicken

    🍱 Storing

    You can store leftovers covered in the fridge or place them in an airtight container.

    Leftovers are good for up to 4 days in your fridge.

    Reheat by placing the casserole dish with chicken pasta bake in your oven. Warm up at 350 F./180 C. until the dish is hot enough on the inside.

    OR you can reheat the pasta dish in your microwave in a microwave-proof dish.

    You can prepare the recipe too and freeze it in the casserole dish.

    Thaw it in the fridge overnight or place frozen in the oven and add about 20-30 mins more to the cooking time.

    👁️ More Pasta Casserole Recipes

    • Buffalo Chicken Pasta Bake
    • Baked Spinach Cannelloni
    • Baked Five Cheese Ziti al Forno
    • Johnny Marzetti
    chicken pasta bake casserole

    📖 Recipe

    cheesy chicken pasta casserole

    Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe

    Baked pasta with chicken and a cheesy white sauce. A family favorite!
    5 from 9 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 598kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    Cook Pasta

    • 8 ounces Pasta half pack

    Cook Chicken

    • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
    • 1 large Chicken Breast
    • ½ Teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground

    For the Sauce

    • 2 Tablespoon Butter
    • 2 Tablespoon All-purpose Flour
    • 1½ cup Milk
    • ½ Teaspoon Salt
    • ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
    • 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
    • 1 Teaspoon Onion Powder
    • 1 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning or Oregano
    • 1 Tablespoon Dijon Mustard optional, *see Notes
    • 1 cup Shredded Cheese

    To top

    • ½ cup Shredded Cheese
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Bring water to boil with salt. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
    • Cut chicken breast into smaller bite-size pieces.
    • Heat up a skillet with the olive oil and add chicken.
    • Season chicken with salt and black pepper and cook on all sides.
    • Take chicken from the skillet and keep it aside for later. Bring skillet back to the heat and add butter.
    • Stir all-purpose flour into the butter over a medium to slow heat setting and mix in.
    • Quickly continue to pour in some of the milk and whisk it into the flour-butter mixture. Continue to whisk and to do that until you used up all the milk, and the sauce is looking smooth without pieces.
    • Takedown the heat to a low flame. Stir in salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning (or oregano), and dijon mustard. Combine and allow the sauce to thicken.
    • Stir in cheese and cooked chicken from earlier. Combine to a cheesy chicken sauce.
    • Heat up oven to 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius.
    • Place cooked pasta into the baking dish and pour chicken white sauce over the paste. Spread and mix the sauce into pasta.
    • Top it all with grated cheese.
    • Bake uncovered at 350° Fahrenheit/ 180° Celsius for about 20 minutes or until it looks golden crispy baked.

    Notes

    Dijon mustard is optional but I recommend that you add it. It's my secret ingredient. It adds flavor and mustard helps to bind the sauce further too.

    Equipment

    • Cutting Board
    • 8" Chef Knife
    • Stainless Steal Non-Stick PFOA-free Frying Pan
    • Wood or Bamboo Spatula
    • Whisk (heat resistant, non-stick)
    • 9 x 13" Rectangular Baking Dish

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 598 Calories from Fat 225
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 25g38%
    Saturated Fat 13g65%
    Cholesterol 93mg31%
    Sodium 1357mg57%
    Potassium 528mg15%
    Carbohydrates 53g18%
    Fiber 3g12%
    Sugar 7g8%
    Protein 38g76%
    Vitamin A 686IU14%
    Vitamin C 1mg1%
    Calcium 554mg55%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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