Chicken Fettuccine Bake is an easy-baked pasta filled with Alfredo sauce, chicken, bacon, and sun-dried tomatoes. It’s a cozy dinner that’s ready in just 45 minutes.
This chicken pasta bake will quickly become one of your family favorites. It’s one of my family’s favorite comfort food dinners with a permanent place in our monthly dinner rotation. If you love fettuccine Alfredo with chicken, you have to try it.
This recipe takes the best of fettuccine alfredo and combines it with chicken, tangy sun-dried tomatoes, and bacon for the ultimate chicken pasta casserole. It’s hearty, warming, and guaranteed to satisfy everyone at the dinner table. It’s one of the oldest recipes on this site that I have finessed over the years – we never get tired of it.
I love this recipe because it is not dry like other pasta bakes. The sauce is so creamy when it comes out of the oven – I dare you to find even one dry noodle.
This recipe is from my dear friend and (old) workout buddy, Hilarie. I love her family. In fact, her girls, Izabella and Gabbie, were a part of our family for a long time. They have been coming to my home for daycare since they were born. A few years ago, she told me all about this dish and I, of course, had to get the recipe, as we love anything alfredo!
I’ve tweaked and adjusted the recipe over the years, and it’s a dinner I love to make repeatedly. The kids love it, and even the hubby does, despite not being the biggest fan of sun-dried tomatoes.
My favorite part of this chicken fettuccine bake is the addition of the bacon, only two slices but it adds just the right touch.
I can’t wait for you to try it!
Ingredients You Will Need
- Fettuccine
- Butter
- Flour
- Chicken broth
- Half and half
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Shredded cooked chicken
- Sliced sun-dried tomatoes
- Crumbled cooked bacon
How Do You Make Chicken Fettuccine Bake?
Heat oven to 350. Spray baking dish; square 8×8 or oval dish with cooking spray. Cook pasta as directed and drain.
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour. Gradually stir in broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; remove from heat.
Stir in half-and-half and 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese. Stir in chicken, tomatoes, and bacon. Add pasta to chicken mixture; toss gently to mix well.
Spoon into baking dish. Sprinkle with three tablespoons of parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered for about 30 minutes or until hot in the center. Serve and devour!
Make It Ahead
Not only will your family love this Chicken Fettuccine Bake, but your friends will too. This makes a great freezer meal; prepare until you are about to bake it, cover it with foil, and freeze it or give it to a friend.
Have them uncover and bake, and it should be tasty. Of course, in my world, fresh is best, but this a great meal to make ahead.
Recipe Tips
Make this chicken fettuccine bake a meal by adding salad and breadsticks – yum! Enjoy, friends, one of my oldest recipes on the blog and still a favorite. XOXO San
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Chicken Fettuccine Bake
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound fettuccine boiled to al dente and drained
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 14.5 ounces chicken broth equals one can
- 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken I used rotisserie, cubed or shredded
- 1/2 cup oil packed sun-dried tomatoes drained and cut into thin strips
- 2 slices cooked bacon crisply cooked and crumbled
- 3 tablespoons Parmesan Cheese optional, for topping
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350. Spray baking dish, square 8×8, or oval dish with cooking spray. Cook pasta as directed and drain.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour. Gradually stir in broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in half-and-half and 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese. Stir in chicken, tomatoes, and bacon.
- Add pasta to chicken mixture; toss gently to mix well. Spoon into baking dish. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of parmesan cheese. Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until hot in the center.
Notes
This looks delicious! I am pinning it to try later. Thanks for sharing on the Pinapalooza.
wonder how it would be to use Manara Sauce instead of the tomatoes? Gonna try it.
Linda,
Are you going to make a Marana cream sauce or just Marana? I am exited to hear about how it turns out. xoxo San
I subbed marinara and my family thought it turned out great. Thanks for the yummy recipe!
What is Manara??? Do you mean Marinara???
Hey Sandra,
Stopping by from Pinapalooza to say Hey and just had to say this recipe looks delish and I can’t wait to try it. What’s not to love, chicken (our favorite meat), pasta, and alfredo sauce. Thanks for being thoughtful and sharing the extra dish with your friend. What a blessing. <3 Kim
This looks amazing, Sandra! I’ll for sure be putting this in my holiday potluck roundup, although I don’t know if I would actually take it to a potluck because that would mean I had to share 😉
I’m with the kids, love chicken and creamy sauce!!!! Looks amazingly good! Thanks for sharing!
Looks super good! pinning to try later!
Looks yummy and comforting! I know my family would enjoy! Pinning for later! blessings!
Sandra this looks incredible. I love chicken fettucini and am definitely pinning this to use later. Thanks for sharing on the weekend re-Treat link party!
Britni @ Play. Party. Pin.
Oh my. This looks dangerously delicious. But I have 1 question. The ingredients list 1/2 cup grated parmesan and 3 tablespoons shredded parmesan. Do they both get sprinkled on before baking? Thanks!
It is so good! I just updated the recipe, add the 1/2 cup when you add the half and half, then top with the remaining 3 tablespoons on top. Enjoy!! xoxo San
I made this tonight it was so delicious! Thank you for sharing. We all loved it my 19 month old ate 2 helpings. My husband said it tasted just like Olive Garden!
Hearing things like this make me so delighted, thank you for your feed back and sharing. I am so happy your family enjoyed it! xoxo San
this pasta bake looks so good. I am sure bookmarking this one.
I have a friend who doesn’t like chicken. Could I use smoked salmon for a substitute for a dinner party. Thank you for your recipe, I will certainly be cooking it for my family.
Fantastic idea. Let me know how it turns out.
This sounds so good. Is this a good bake-freeze-and reheat recipe?
That looks soooo good. I love baked pastas and the kids do too so this would definitely be a popular dish in my house.
Hello ! I’m reading you from Switzerland 🙂 I just discovered you on Pinterest ! Your recipe looks very good, but I do not know what is “half-and-half” ??? Thanks for your answer !!!
Welcome!!! My sister just married a Swiss (well actually 3 years ago now…that flew)! So I automatically welcome you to the family. 😉 Anyway, 1/2 and 1/2 is basically half heavy cream and half milk, so if a recipe calls for 1 cup of 1/2 and 1/2 – then do a half of a cup milk and half of a cup heavy cream. Let me know if you have any other questions. xoxo San
Thanks for asking that question about half and half, I didn’t know what it was either!
I just googled it!
“Half and half” is a mixture of half heavy cream and half whole milk that is commonly found in the US. Heavy cream has a fat percentage of about 35% and that concentration of fat is what helps stabilize it when you whip it into whipped cream. Half and half has a fat percentage around 12% and, although much thicker and creamier than milk, it will not whip up into fluffy whipped cream like heavy cream will.
Sandra, this looks soooo good! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the fan favorites today at the Sunday Showcase at The Dedicated House. Here is the link so you can check out your feature. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/12/sunday-showcase-from-make-it-pretty_8.html Hope to see your prettiness again tomorrow at Make it Pretty Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
This looks good and very comforting for these cold nights! Visiting you by way of Dedicated House!
Hi Sandra,
Does this ever look yummy! Any recipe with cream in the ingredients has to be! Bookmarking this for sure!
Found you at Not Just A Housewife.
Val @ artsybuildinglady.blogspot.ca
This looks wonderful! I love baked pasta dishes, I love how easy they are to throw together, and we ALWAYS have leftovers! 🙂 I’m always looking for new ways to make them, thanks for sharing! 🙂
This looks delicious! Def going to make very soon!