This Stovetop Broccoli & Cheese Chicken Pasta is such a delicious recipe for pasta night! Creamy, cheesy egg noodles with chicken and broccoli – yes please!
Stovetop Broccoli & Cheese Chicken Pasta
I know I have said it before, but quick and easy dinners are my favorite. This dish has a rich cheesy sauce that gets added to a big pot of broccoli, chicken and pasta. It’s comforting, delicious and will be on your table in about 20 minutes tops 🙂
Hoping to make your weeknights easier with my quick and easy dinner ideas. This one is done right on your stovetop too, Enjoy!
Here’s your ingredient line up. Forgot to add the milk, so imagine that is here 🙂
Here’s the simple cheese sauce that will go into your pasta. It’s pretty fabulous. If you’ve made my Wild Rice Casserole, it is very similar to the one I use there.
How to Make The Best Chicken Pasta Dish
I picked up these fun thin egg noodles for my pasta, but any of your favorite shape or size will do the trick. These egg noodles only boil for 4 minutes, so I kind of love them! The cheese sauce is thick so be sure you don’t overcook your pasta, lots of stirring could smash a pasta that is overcooked 🙂
Drain your pasta and run it under cold water to stop the cooking.
Add your pasta to a big pot then add your broccoli…..
….add your chicken.
Now the fabulous cheese sauce. Mmmm. Give it a good stir, loosen the sauce with a little milk and serve.
Stovetop Broccoli & Cheese Chicken Pasta
Equipment
- Stove
Ingredients
- 1 lb thin egg noodles
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups shredded chicken breast cooked
- 1 lb broccoli florets steamed
- 1-1 1/2 cups milk
Instructions
- Prepare egg noodles according to package directions, drain and run under cool water to stop cooking.
- Melt butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper, whisking until thick and combined. Slowly whisk in chicken broth until combined. Increase heat to high and whisk until thick and bubbly. Reduce heat to low and stir in cheese until melted.
- Transfer cooked noodles to a large dutch oven or pot over low-medium heat. Add chicken, broccoli and cheese sauce, stirring; will be thick. Stir in milk to loosen sauce to your liking. Serve immediately. This dish does best when served as soon as possible. If needed to be prepared ahead of time, add additional milk or chicken broth to loosen sauce.
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I have some questions..
I made this tonight and it did not turn out well.
The 1 lb noodles, is this before or after cooking weight? I couldn’t find the thin thin egg noodles but got the regular thin ones and I went by precooked weight. The whole thing in one pot I couldn’t even stir it really it was so full and it felt like way too much noodles. I had a HUGE pot too. How necessary is running pasta under cold water? When we sat down to eat the dish was cold. Cold water over the noodles, cold milk when stirring..
This was most definitely not a 20 min meal. I had to boil chicken and shred it. I had to steam broccoli. I had to shred cheese, chop broccoli. It was about an hour all said and done. Maybe I did it wrong?
My husband was a champ and cleaned his plate (after microwaving and adding more salt). He doesn’t even like cheddar cheese but he’s eaten it in recipes without me saying it’s in there so I didn’t give him details. He said it was fine. Daughter and I both gave it our best but it just wasn’t good. I felt awful too. SHe could smell broccoli cooking which is one of her fav veggies and didn’t really get to eat any, it rather dissolved into the pasta void. I ended up tossing the leftovers as I knew no one would touch it again. I’m sick about how much money it cost to make this recipe too. Around $15?
I hope to get some clarification so I can try again maybe. Will try to find the thinner noodles and maybe use less of them. Put the cheese sauce with the noodles and serve broccoli and chicken on the side in case it goes sideways again 😛 I’m sure you want to help us succeed so if anything can help us do that, I appreciate it. We’ve had loads of successes with your recipes before, this was the 1st that didn’t pan out.
what if I use salted butter but don’t add the extra salt???
You actually make it appear really easy with your presentation but I to find this matter to be actually one thing that I feel
I’d by no means understand. It seems too complex and extremely huge
for me. I’m having a look forward in your next post,
I will try to get the hold of it!
Just made it tonight for dinner. Delicious!!! The whole family enjoy it.
So glad you enjoyed, thanks for sharing Courtney!
Actually when someone doesn’t understand then its up to other visitors that they will assist, so here it occurs.
Pretty! This was an extremely wonderful article. Many thanks for providing this
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Was great. Had to use asparagus and as my son is a protein hater I used protein added rotini instead of egg noodles. Since my son is a little sensitive to salt and pepper and he likes to be involved in his food I let him top with some grated parmasean, he’s a cheese junkie. This is definitely going in the rotation.
Thanks for the great recipe!
I’ve made this a ton of times!
Once with a thicker noodle and it was gross! LOL!
But I did want to add for anyone who was wondering…each time I make
this I do freeze batches of this and it reheats and tastes great!
Now you know!
Thanks for the always incredible recipes!
Tried this tonight! Another tasty recipe. And a good way to eat broccoli!!
How do you cook your chicken? And do you steam broccoli in a bamboo steamer or what do you use?
Thanks!
Hey Jenny,
Do you use any special type of cheddar in this dish? I had some sharp shredded cheddar on hand, but felt like the sauce tasted more ‘chicken broth’ than ‘cheese’. It’s delicious – I’m just wondering if the type of cheese would have made a difference. LOL
Hi Kelly, I just use a mild shredded cheddar 🙂
I made this tonight for dinner. It turned out great and fed my large family with plenty of left overs for lunch this week. I didn’t have enough cheddar so I subbed half the amount for cream cheese. Thanks for the recipe. This was my first visit to your blog.
Would this recipe work out if it were halved? I’m only cooking for two! 🙂
Thank you!!! This was so good, and my 2 1/2 year-old loved it! Every time she took a bite, she said, “I like it!” My 5-year-old ate around the broccoli, but he loved the cheese sauce.
So glad to hear it Kristi! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
This was really good. The bechemel sauce was AWESOME but in my family, this would feed at least 10 folks. The 4 of us only ate about 1/2 of it. Looks like I don’t have to cook dinner tomorrow!
The kiddos will love this. I have to look for those noodles I have never seen them in the kosher section.
We made this for dinner tonight! SO yummy. The sauce was perfect! Thanks for the recipe!!
I AM IN LOVE WITH YOUR BECHEMEL SAUCE! ITS SIMPLY AMAZING!
I am a fan of easy dinners, too. Love this!
Jenny, this looks so good and easy to boot! My kind of meal!
This looks great – especially as spring kicks in and all the kids’ activities gear up. I need more fast recipes! Thanks!
So easy and delicious!! Chicken, broccoli & cheese are perfect for each other!
Quick and easy dinners are my favorite too! I mean how could they not be! Loving that you made this with fine egg noodles, and that it’s stove top 🙂
I MEAN SERIOUSLY.
That looks so good! Ok – this is so getting made for dinner next week 🙂
I was wondering what to make for dinner tonight for the kids & I with hubby traveling…and I just happen to have all these ingredients on hand. Thining I might just add some fresh herbs like thyme to it. Love it!
Oooo, some fresh herbs would be a perfect addition!
I make a similar recipe, but use rice instead of pasta. This looks amazing though, and I can’t wait to try the pasta recipe 🙂
looks soooooooo delicious. love mac and cheese with broccoli, nothing beats it.
I agree 🙂
I am mesmerized by those little egg noodles. This sounds divine, Jenny!
They are so great to use for dinner recipes when you are in a hurry. Love em!
I always love your dinner ideas and this is no exception!! So easy and yummy looking…and includes some of my most favorite ingredients!!
Thanks girl!!
Looks delicious!! I will be adding this to our menu this week, my 4 yr old is loving broccoli right now, so I need all the recipes with broccoli in it that I can get!! 🙂
Perfect! Hope he enjoys it!!
Anyone who says they don’t like broccoli just needs to try it like this 🙂
Lol! I agree 🙂
I second that