Grammy's Kitchen · Tuscan Chicken Pasta · Marry Me Chicken Pasta
One of 22 tuscan chicken pasta recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
10 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 12% | 12% |
| protein add | 217% | 244% |
| dairy | 50% | 70% |
| aromatics | 88% | 8% |
| vegetables and beans | 75% | 75% |
| salt | 3% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 Tbsp sundried tomato oil from jar (divided, (or olive oil) $0.00) |
| 453 g | 1 lb. chicken breasts (cut into 1-inch cubes (2 breasts, 453g) $2.57*) |
| 6 g | 1 tsp salt (divided, $0.04) |
| 2 g | 1 tsp black pepper (divided, (freshly cracked) $0.16) |
| 155 g | 1/2 onion (small dice, (1 cup, 155g) $0.30) |
| 12 g | 4 garlic cloves (minced, (2 Tbsp) $0.24) |
| 90 g | 1/2 cup sundried tomatoes (packed in oil, (thinly sliced, 90g) $1.97) |
| 33 g | 2 Tbsp tomato paste ($0.16) |
| 567 g | 2 1/2 cups chicken broth (20oz., $0.33**) |
| 227 g | 8 oz. penne pasta (uncooked, $0.49***) |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning ($0.30) |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup heavy cream (room temperature, (4oz.) $0.62) |
| 80 g | 1/3 cup frozen spinach (thawed and pressed, (80g) $0.30****) |
| 40 g | 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (grated, (40g) $0.96) |
Method: 11 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is my first "marry me" recipe of any sort so I followed the recipe exactly. I've heard a lot about it and loved that this one added pasta to help stretch it even further. It's VERY tasty and not too task-y, and next time I'll for sure toss in some red p” — a cook, 5.0★
“Easy enough to make, and I appreciate only 1 pot. I didn't have Italian seasoning, so used the Spicy DanO's blend. It would be better as written. Heed the warning about not too much broth, that was spot on. I trusted the process and found that the gluten-free ” — a cook, 5.0★