Name: Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 16 oz corkscrew pasta; 3 cups water; 1 cup chicken broth; 1 lb chicken breast (cut into 1 inch pieces); 3 Tablespoon cajun seasoning; 2 cups spinach; ¾ cup heavy cream; 1 cup grated parmesan; 1 roma tomato (chopped); 1 green onion (chopped)

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This Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta is restaurant quality and made in one pot! It’s so easy and delicious and perfect for any dinner menu.

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Pasta is my love! It’s my comfort food. And my pressure cooker spoils me because I can make easy and delicious pasta all in one pot without draining any liquid. It’s so easy but so darn tasty.

Now I’m no newbie when it comes to pasta in my pressure cooker. I’ve shared these garlic noodles and this pressure cooker chicken spaghetti recipe. Now I’d love to share this cajun chicken pasta made in my Instant Pot with you.

I first tested this recipe on a night I was mad at my husband. He had thrown out some leftover cajun chicken pasta I had brought home from a restaurant earlier that day. I was livid! He shrugged and said “I bet you can make a better version at home." Challenge accepted I said, and I got to testing.

Fast forward to today where this has become another staple recipe in our rotation.

How to make Creamy Chicken Pasta

First, grab your pasta. I strongly suggest using corkscrew pasta for this recipe. The noodles plump up into a nice pillow like noodle that helps provide that creamy comfort. It’s the only noodle I use in this recipe.

Add your 1 lb of pasta into your pressure cooker insert. Then add 3 cups of water, and 1 cup chicken broth. The ratio of pasta and water for cooking pasta in the pressure cooker is 1:4.

Please note that every single bit of pasta will not be submerged in water as you can see in my photo. That’s fine, it will all get cooked just the same.

Then add your cut chicken breast by laying it across the top of the pasta in a single layer. Then sprinkle your cajun seasoning over the chicken breast.

I’ve tried this recipe in a ton of various cajun and blackening seasoning blends. Each time the pasta was good but the very best blend was this Organic Thrive Market brand cajun seasoning. It’s a necessity now when I order through Thrive Market.

Next, layer your spinach on top.

Close the lid, ensuring that your valve is set to “Seal.”

Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.

Once the cook time is complete, do a quick release and open the lid once all the pressure has been released.

Stir and add your heavy cream and parmesan cheese at this time.

Top with chopped roma tomatoes and green onions.

Can you sub shrimp for the chicken in this recipe?

You could, but not by simply replacing it. If you’re going to replace or add shrimp, I’d suggest cooking the shrimp separately on the stove top so it doesn't overcook.

I hope you enjoy this Cajun Creamy Chicken Pasta as much as we do. If you’re looking for more pasta recipes try these out:

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4.63 from 8 votes

Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta

Creamy and delicious Cajun Chicken Pasta made right in your Pressure Cooker. I use my Instant Pot to make this chicken pasta without draining and in less than 20 minutes.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword creamy cajun chicken pasta

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Build Pressure 15

Total Time 20

Servings people

Calories 418kcal

Author Tanya

Ingredients

16 oz corkscrew pasta
3 cups water
1 cup chicken broth
1 lb chicken breast cut into 1 inch pieces
3 Tablespoon cajun seasoning
2 cups spinach
¾ cup heavy cream
1 cup grated parmesan
1 roma tomato chopped
1 green onion chopped

Instructions

Pour pasta, water, and chicken broth into Pressure Cooker insert.
Spread chicken breast on top of pasta. Then sprinkle cajun seasoning over chicken breast.
Place spinach on top.
Cover pressure cooker, ensuring that the vale is set to “Seal”
Set on Manual for 5 minutes.
The pressure cooker will take about 10-15 minutes to reach pressure and start the timer. After the 5 minute timer is up, release the pressure by moving the valve to “Vent.” Once all the pressure is released, open lid and stir. Add heavy cream and parmesan cheese.
Serve and top with roma tomatoes and green onion. Enjoy 🙂

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