Creamy chicken, leek and mushroom pasta bake is a delicious, simple and quick healthy pasta bake that all the family will enjoy. Taking less than an hour to serve you'll love the delicious smells that come from your kitchen whilst this is cooking!
This creamy chicken, leek and mushroom pasta bake is a dish that makes me really happy to make and serve.
Not only is it easy to prepare, but it also fills the house with a mouth-watering aroma while it's cooking in the oven.
The delightful scent comes from the mushrooms, which add a unique depth of flavour.
One of the best things about this dish is that the tasty sauce isn't actually made with any cream.
This makes it healthier than a traditional Italian bake, which often uses cream.
The creamy sauce here is just made with a little cream cheese, some flour, and milk.
That's enough to give it that delicious creamy sauce consistency everyone loves.
Another reason (and there are many) that I love to make this creamy chicken, leek and mushroom pasta bake recipe is that it's incredibly filling.
You get 4 generous servings from it, which is what the nutritional label is based upon.
However you can easily carve it up into 6 servings if you wish.
To make it even more satisfying, you can serve it with some sweetcorn and peas on the side and it will definitely still fill up 6 people!
I just use frozen sweetcorn and peas as convenient sides.
I always keep bags of these vegetables in the freezer to bulk up any meals like this one.
They add a nice touch and ensure that everyone is well-fed.
Another reason, (OK I'll make this the last one or I'll go on and on..... 😉 ) this chicken pasta bake makes that small amount of chicken go just a little bit further.
Of course that helps you to save money, which is something I know you like about my recipes!
Pasta helps to bulk out dishes like this chicken, leek and mushroom bake and it's cheap. So that's why I like to make lots of pasta bake type dishes, like this.
If you use wholegrain pasta, as I do in this chicken and leek pasta bake, it's healthier too.
We should be aiming for 50-60% of our daily diets to be made up of complex carbohdrates like wholegrain pasta.
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This is the basic pasta dish I use.
It's a great low cost but good quality baking and roasting dish.
It's perfect for lasagne, side dishes and desserts. It's dishwasher, freezer and oven safe too.
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Creamy Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pasta Bake Recipe
Each serving of this tasty creamy chicken, leek and pasta bake is a whopping 80% of your recommended daily protein intake!
Make this dish your own by taking the creamy chicken and mushroom pasta bake base and adding your own choice of vegetables such as broccoli.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Creamy Chicken, Leek and Mushroom Pasta Bake Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 300 g whole wheat pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 250 g chicken breasts cut into small chunks
- 2 leeks roughly chopped
- 75 g mushrooms sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed
- 3 tablespoon low fat cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 80 ml semi skimmed milk
- 250 ml chicken stock
- Freshly grated salt and pepper
- 150 g mozzarella cheese grated
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180C Fan
- Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, stir in the pasta and return to the boil. Turn down to simmer for about 8 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Whilst the pasta is cooking gently heat the oil in a large sized sauce pan on a medium high heat and add the diced chicken breasts. Cook, stirring to prevent any burning until no longer white, remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the leaks to the pan and gently sauté for about 6 minutes until softened then add the sliced mushrooms and garlic and sauté together for a further 2 minutes.
- Add the cream cheese, flour and milk to the pan and stir well together with the vegetables until there are no lumps, then add the stock and stir to combine to a sauce consistency.
- Season to taste with the salt and pepper.
- Add the chicken back to the pan and then drained pasta, stir through and allow to simmer for a couple of minutes.
- Transfer the contents of the saucepan to a casserole dish and top with the mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for about 20 minutes until the cheese has melted on top and is golden coloured.
- Serve with extra vegetables or a mixed leaf green salad.
Ashika | Gardening Foodie
? Neil, We are definitely on the same page here this week with these pasta recipes. I am really loving your recipe for this delicious pasta bake as well and would definitely want to try this out,so pinning and saving.
Thank you for the delicious recipe...have a great week ?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Ha ha, I thought you would like this too Ashika. You can't beat a tasty healthy pasta dish can you? 🙂
Ben|Havocinthekitchen
Chicken, leeks, and mushrooms make one of my favorite combinations in pasta. I've made practically the same dish recently - just with addition of sun-dried tomatoes. And I've been using similar creamcheese-based sauce for a couple of years, and it always works perfectly. Well done, Neil!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thanks Ben. 🙂
The sun-dried tomatoes sound like an interesting and sweet addition. Must try that!
Shashi at SavorySpin
Neil - chicken prices have been going up like crazy here so any recipe that lets me stretch out the chicken I purchase is a win for me! Bookmarking this one. By the way, my daughter is looking over my shoulder at this cheesy, chicken, leek and mushroom bake and pointed out that I NEED to make this soon as it has 2 kinds of cheese and cheese is her thing these days 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing - hoping you and Lady Lynne have a wonderful rest of the week and weekend!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I like cheese too Shashi, but not as much as Lynne does! Any kind of cheesy pasta (and there are a few here on the blog!) recipes and Lynne is always asking that I make them again. So I know your daughter will love this one. Plus, yes chicken (and all meat prices dont you think?) are going up, so this is a great way of making it go further. 🙂
Jeff the Chef
I hardly had to get any further than the title of this post to know I'd love it. I did get past the title, though … you can hardly miss with mushrooms, garlic, cream cheese, and chicken! I love that you used whole-wheat pasta - but all whole-wheat pastas are not the same. Do you have a brand you like?
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hi Jeff! Thanks for your feedback, I'm really glad that you like this recipe!
I absolutely agree that all whole-wheat pastas are not the same. However, my choice of whole-wheat pasta for this recipe is just a simple shop bought own-brand one. This one.
Neha
Such a rich and delicious recipe this sounds Neil! I love how so many healthy ingredients are combined together to form such a creamy and filling meal!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I'm glad you like it. Thanks Neha. I love making simple combinations of ingredients that combine to produce such a filling and hearty meal!
Sheila
This is so yummy! I was so happy when we had this yesterday. One of the best creamy chicken recipes that I have ever tried. Thank you for sharing this.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I'm so glad that you made my recipe and you rated it as "one of the the best creamy chicken recipes that you've ever tried". That really makes my day. Thank you! 😀
David @ Spiced
This sounds like such a delicious (and easy!) recipe, Neil! I love a good creamy recipe, and then adding in the leeks and mushrooms would bring such a wonderful combination of flavors. We're just getting back from vacation, and there's no food in the fridge right now...I'm thinking this pasta bake might just need to show up in my kitchen! 🙂
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Hey David, I hope you enjoyed your vacation!
Argh, no food in the fridge. That sounds like a nightmare to me! But of course understandable as you've just got back. Yes, this pasta bake would soon solve the no food issue. Plus if any were left over you would be able to start filling that empty freezer too! 😉