One-Pan Baked Creamy Chicken Feta Pasta
An oven-baked one-pan pasta with chicken, roasted garlic, tomatoes, and feta, extracted from a cooking video for minimal cleanup. The original is a viral YouTube Short, organized here into clear ingredients and step-by-step instructions so you can cook without replaying it.
The original video
Recipe from @HaileyKim on YouTube
Ingredients
- 1 chicken breast (or chicken thigh)
- 200 g pasta (penne or fusilli)
- 1 head of garlic
- 200 g tomatoes (ideally cherry)
- 150 g feta cheese
- 2 cups chicken broth (or water)
- Olive oil, salt, pepper
- Provencal herbs (optional)
- Fresh basil or parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (392°F), keep the garlic head whole, and halve any large tomatoes.
- In an ovenproof skillet, place the chicken, drizzle with olive oil, and season, then arrange the garlic head and tomatoes around it and place the feta on top.
- Add the pasta and pour in the chicken broth so the pasta is covered.
- Bake covered for 25-30 minutes, then uncover and bake for 10-15 minutes more until browned.
- Slice the chicken, squeeze out the soft roasted garlic, toss everything together, and garnish with basil or parsley.
Everything goes into a single ovenproof skillet and comes out as a full meal: the pasta cooks in the broth, the tomatoes and feta melt into a sauce, and a whole head of garlic turns sweet and spreadable in the heat. It is the hands-off cousin of the stovetop creamy pastas, trading stirring for time in the oven.
Tips: Roasting the garlic head whole mellows it completely, so squeeze every clove out and mash it into the sauce for depth. Keep the pasta fully submerged in the broth before it goes in the oven, and uncover for the final stretch to let the top brown and the sauce thicken.
Source
- Platform
- YouTube
- Creator
- @HaileyKim
- Video ID
- 82YTLiB-i_U
- Original
- Watch the original YouTube Short