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Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Recipe

August 8, 2014 by Michelle 45 Comments

This chicken bacon ranch pasta is one of my favorite recipes to make at home! Although it’s not the quickest or easiest, it’s always a winner with my husband. What recipe that includes bacon isn’t wonderful? You can serve this with a nice side salad or some garlic bread. Another favorite chicken recipe of mine is white chicken enchiladas!

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Watch me actually make it in this video!

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Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta

Yield: 4

Materials

  • 1 pound of penne pasta
  • 6 strips of bacon diced
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 packet of ranch seasoning mix
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into pieces
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Start by cooking your pasta, draining it, and setting it aside.
  • While you are making your noodles; cook your bacon on a skillet, drain the grease but keep 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings in the pan.
  • Add a tablespoon of butter to the bacon drippings and toss in your chicken breast pieces (cook until no longer pink/browned).
  • Pour the ranch dressing mix and flour over the chicken then add the 2 cups of milk. Stir until it is bubbly and thick.
  • Add the cheese and half of your diced bacon pieces to the pan; stir until melted.
  • Combine the sauce and pasta noodles together – add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Top off the dish with the extra bacon pieces and ENJOY!

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Comments

  1. MW says

    October 12, 2016 at 9:40 pm

    I made this tonight, but had to sub a packet of onion soup mix for the ranch dressing and 8 oz of sour cream for the cheese….delish!!!! Thanks!

  2. Brenda says

    August 17, 2016 at 2:20 am

    This recipe was awesome! Copied and filed into the Keep Folder. :-). made the recipe with leftover bbq chicken and i made my own ranch spice (chemical,and msg free). Family said it could possibly be their all time favorite pasta recipe!!

  3. Chanelle says

    July 23, 2016 at 2:44 am

    I made this recipe tonight and it was delicious!! It fed our family of 5 with leftovers very well! I did do the 1/2 milk 1/2 heavy cream and it was superb! I will be putting this on our dinner menu more often! Thanks for a yummy recipe!!

  4. Malissa H says

    May 19, 2016 at 2:22 am

    Made this tonight and it was delicious! My teenage daughters absolutely loved it and they are pretty tough critics. I did make a few slight changes. I doubled the bacon which I would definitely do again. I took the advice from other comments and used 1 cup of heavy cream and 1 cup of milk. I also used 1.5 lbs of chicken, which I don’t think was necessary but it turned out just fine. One change I did not make but will next time is to use less pasta (I used bowties). I ended up not putting all of it in but I think this is just personal preference of how saucy you want the dish to be. Thanks for a great recipe! :)

  5. Sarah says

    February 1, 2016 at 12:17 am

    Cooked this tonight & it tastes delicious!!! Got 2 thumbs up from my hubby.
    Only thing I changed was used 3 chicken breasts, Added more Bacon & used only half the amount of noodles. ^_^
    ??
    ★★★★★

  6. Christy says

    January 9, 2016 at 11:13 pm

    I made this tonight for dinner. It was so good! I used 1 cup evap milk and 1 cup milk and mozzarella cheese instead of cheddar. I think you could add any veggie and it would be great! Next time I’m trying tomatoes.

  7. Linda K. says

    January 7, 2016 at 8:14 pm

    Made this but added sliced mushrooms with the chicken and steamed broccoli.
    Also used my own seasonings. Read a previous comment to use half milk and half
    cream….turnrd out great! Bet it would be good with other pastas.
    Thanks for posting this fab recipe.

  8. Linda says

    December 16, 2015 at 12:27 am

    This was amazing. No one left any on their plates. Several of the kids ( I was baby siting, so I had 5 little girls) even went back for seconds. Thanks.

  9. stacey says

    December 7, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    Yeah, I would just do a mixture of parsley, salt, onion powder, and garlic powder to make my own. Maybe two tablespoons of parsley, and a teaspoon each of the other ingredients (would have to taste to get an exact measurement), but that gives you an idea of how to do it MSG free.

  10. Alisha says

    December 3, 2015 at 11:13 pm

    oooooo I wish I had seen your comment earlier! I bet heavy cream made it taste even better!

  11. Thegiftsguy says

    November 10, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    Wow that looks really good, I’m going to try and make it soon.
    Thanks

  12. Dottie Tobias says

    November 4, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    I fixed this for dinner tonight and everyone loved it,the only thing a did different is I use 1 cup milk and one cup heavy cream and it turned out great!!! Thank you for a great recipe.

  13. Nady Delarosa says

    October 29, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    I’m 23 and live with my family. Each week I have to cook once and something different. My mom came across this recipe and I had to try it. I just made this for my family. It’s easy and fun to make. It taste really good! Can’t wait to try something new from this site.

  14. Mary Dunz says

    October 26, 2015 at 11:17 pm

    I made this for my family tonight. It was very good, but I felt like there were too many noodles for the seasoning. I think next time, I’ll cut the noodles in half and add more bacon. Thanks for the great recipe!

  15. Angela says

    October 25, 2015 at 11:26 pm

    I made this for dinner tonight after seeing one of my friends share it on FB yesterday. It was a big hit with my husband and four children. I baked my chicken instead of frying it. I always worry that it might not get cooked all the way through if I fry it. I served it with salad and French bread.

  16. Lela Faye Saddler says

    October 25, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    Looks great, will be making this one

  17. Sarah says

    October 23, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    You can generally find it near the liquid dressing, most common is Wishbone brand. I get it at Walmart all the time, it’s around $4 for 4 packets. Hope that helps!

  18. Michelle says

    October 22, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    I tried using the actual dressing and it turned out HORRIBLE! Beware ;-)

  19. Kathryn says

    October 22, 2015 at 10:58 am

    Hi, I’m in the UK, I’ve only got ranch dressing (ordered specially from the US haha) i was wondering if you have an idea of how i could use the dressing instead of the packet mix? thank you x

  20. Katie says

    October 6, 2015 at 12:18 am

    This is so good ! I’ve made it a few times now . I prefer it with bow-tie pasta Instead of the penne .

  21. Chasity says

    September 24, 2015 at 11:41 pm

    Delicious! Just made this for dinner and all 4 of my kids loved it!!

  22. Allison Monarch says

    July 11, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    I’m making this tonight! I already had all the ingredients on hand. I love it when that happens! :-)

  23. Monica says

    June 4, 2015 at 1:53 am

    I made my own ranch dressing mix and it turned out fabulous. I also added broccoli.

  24. Cindy Arnold says

    May 31, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    I am always looking for a good chicken recipes and I came upon this one and it was terriffic. My husband said he would definiately have this again.

  25. Jen says

    April 1, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    This dish has become one of my families favorites! It is delicious!!

  26. Michelle says

    March 9, 2015 at 12:55 am

    Had this tonight and it was delicious! Will definitely be cooking it again!

  27. Stu says

    March 7, 2015 at 12:34 am

    Delicious. Added some crushed red pepper, but that was the only tweak I made.

    Fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

  28. Taylor says

    February 4, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    Just made this tonight! It was really easy & everyone enjoyed it. I even put some hot sauce in mine :) SO GOOD.Thank you!!!!

  29. Abby says

    January 19, 2015 at 2:05 am

    Omg delicious. I just made this for dinner tonight so good.

  30. Derrick says

    January 17, 2015 at 11:47 pm

    made this today. Everyone loved it. Good stuff

  31. Mary says

    January 7, 2015 at 12:09 am

    I found a recipe that you can make your own ranch packet seasoning!!! ITS DELISH! Pintrest rocked that one for me. I made this dish tonight and LOVED it! I tweaked it by adding minced garlic and onion to the chicken. Then I topped it with freshly grated parmesan cheese! VERY GOOD! Thank you for the amazing meal!

  32. Barbara says

    December 24, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    Ranch packets have MSG in them. I try to avoid that. The only thing I have found close to it is Creamy Italian by Kraft. Does anyone know of one that is MSG free?

  33. Dsnicol says

    December 7, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    excellant, easy and fast..

  34. Michelle says

    December 2, 2014 at 5:07 pm

    I prefer skillet!

  35. Ashley says

    December 2, 2014 at 4:43 pm

    Do you cook chicken in oven or skillet?

  36. Michelle says

    November 15, 2014 at 1:33 am

    Honestly I don’t think it would be good but I have never tried!

  37. Cayla says

    November 14, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    Can you use the powder that says to put it in sour cream instead of the milk and mayonnaise one? I want to make this but trying to avoid having to go to the store!

  38. Cherie says

    November 5, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    I made this at my daughter’s request tonight for dinner. It was simple and very good just the way it was! I would definitely make it again!!

  39. lexi says

    October 25, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    making this tonight for my family! thinking of adding some.tomatoes.

  40. Morgan says

    October 22, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    I bought all of the ingredients and plan to make this dish tomorrow! Great idea– thanks for sharing :)

  41. Michelle says

    September 24, 2014 at 4:37 pm

    Oh no please don’t use the salad dressing, I tried that once and it was awful lol. If it’s not in your grocery stores, it is at Walmart (see here).

  42. Kaleena says

    September 24, 2014 at 1:43 pm

    Just wondering if the ranch mix is actual dressing or a powder mix? I can’t find a powder mix do I bought regular salad dressing! Help?

  43. Michelle says

    September 9, 2014 at 6:49 pm

    So glad you liked it!

  44. Nettie says

    September 8, 2014 at 1:14 am

    This dish is amazing! I added peppers, onion, garlic, cherry tomatoes! Deelish!

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