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Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake {GF, Low Cal}

February 21, 2018

Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover’s dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie

Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie

I hate pasta. If you’ve taken my online course, then you know why. The truth is I’m a recovering pasta addict.

Growing up, I ate so much of it and until I lost weight and became more aware of the foods I was eating, I didn’t realize how many calories and carbs I was overeating every time I ate pasta.

Because a serving of pasta is like the size of your palm. Who’s really only going to eat that much? Seriously…

Recently though, I discovered a pasta I could get down with. Chickpea pasta!!! Lower in carbs and high in protein.

Now, this is my kind of pasta. I immediately had to whip up something good with this goodie. Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake!

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Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie

A quick to make pasta bake that tastes AMAZING, is super simple to toss together on a busy weeknight or to meal prep over the weekend and is higher in protein. Check, check and CHECK! This dish does all that and more!

This will be going on a future Skinny Fitalicious Meal Plan because I know you guys love eating traditional recipes that are better for you.

I bet you’re wondering where to buy chickpea pasta? I bought mine at Sprouts, but I’ve also seen it in many grocery stores in the pasta aisle.

Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie

There’s a lot more available than your standard pasta these days so take a peek and see what you can find so you can whip up these easy Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake!

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Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake

Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie

Author Skinny Fitalicious
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 347 kcal
Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie
5 from 2 votes
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Ingredients

  • 8 oz chickpea pasta
  • 1 lb ground chicken breast
  • 1/2 cup white onion
  • 2 zucchini diced
  • 25 ounces marinara sauce no salt added
  • 2 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 2 tbsp garlic minced
  • 4 tbsp low moisture mozzarella shredded
  • salt and pepper to taste
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare an 8x8 square baking dish by lightly greasing with extra virgin olive oil. 

  2. Boil the water and prepare the chickpea pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse with cool water then set aside.

  3. Place the onion, garlic and zucchini in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté 3-4 minutes until onion is translucent. 

  4. Add the ground chicken, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Break up the chicken while it cooks. 

  5. Once the chicken is cooked, stir in the marinara sauce then add the pasta and turn off the heat. 

  6. Transfer to the prepared baking dish and top with cheese. 

  7. Place in the oven 5-8 minutes to melt the cheese then serve.

Recipe Notes

  • Brown rice or whole grain pasta may be subbed, but it will change the nutritional data. Chickpea pasta is available at most grocery and health food stores.
  • My Amazon shop has more products similar to those used for this recipe and that I recommend to my nutrition clients.
Course Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword bacon guacamole chicken, chickpea pasta, gluten free, healthy, high protein
Nutrition facts per serving (1serving)
Calories 347 kcal
Fat 12.2 g
Saturated Fat 2.3 g
Cholesterol 70 mg
Sodium 189.2 mg
Potassium 0 mg
Carbohydrates 36.1 g
Fiber 8.6 g
Sugar 12.6 g
Protein 28.8 g
Vitamin A 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 0 %
Iron 0 %

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Gluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low CalorieGluten Free Chicken Chickpea Pasta Bake is loaded with protein, nutrition, flavor and is lower in carbs than traditional pasta! Delicious tasting, easy to make for a quick weeknight dinner or meal prep. This meal is a carb lover's dream! Gluten Free + Low Calorie

About Megan

Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.

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  1. Kelli @ Hungry Hobby says

    February 22, 2018 at 7:44 am

    I go over this in my first class I teach at the community college, we have a lab about portion sizes and the students realize they are most likely to overeat carbs and maybe protein. So we talk about how to balance your plate with more veggies and high fiber foods. That chickpea pasta is GREAT because it helps you balance out your plate without having to change too much!

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  2. neil@neilshealthymeals.com says

    February 22, 2018 at 8:24 am

    Thanks Megan. I love easy to make quick weeknight dinners like this, so I’m pinning it! And chickpea pasta? I’m totally up for trying that. Normally I’m all about the wholemeal pasta, but even then, like you say it’s so easy to eat more than the allowed portion size of your hand! I hope you have a great weekend!

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  3. Michelle c says

    November 5, 2020 at 3:10 pm

    Made this today for my family and no one thought it was anything other than “normal” pasta ! Thank you for the yummy , make ahead meal idea

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    • Megan says

      November 5, 2020 at 3:42 pm

      Fantastic to hear they loved it Michelle! That made my day. 🙂

      Reply

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