Chicken Enchilada Pasta

Give your Mexican night a twist by cooking up this recipe for chicken enchilada pasta that will have you going back for seconds and thirds!

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 558 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chiles
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 cups shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese
• 2 (10 ounce) cans green enchilada sauce
• 1 (16 ounce) package penne pasta, or to taste
• 2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded, or more to taste
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.66666668653488 cup red enchilada sauce

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain and return pasta to the pot.

Step 2

Heat oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté onion in hot oil until slightly softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir red bell pepper and garlic into onion; sauté until fragrant and softened, another 3 to 5 minutes.

Step 3

Stir chicken, green enchilada sauce, red enchilada sauce, diced green chiles, chili powder, cumin, and salt into onion mixture; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and simmer until flavors blend, 8 to 10 minutes. Add Colby-Jack cheese and stir until melted and heated through, 1 to 3 minutes.

Step 4

Reduce heat to low and stir sour cream into enchilada mixture; cook and stir until heated through. Pour enchilada mixture over penne pasta and toss to coat completely.