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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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.
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
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 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons garlic minced
- 4 tablespoons low moisture mozzarella shredded
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare an 8x8 square baking dish by lightly greasing with extra virgin olive oil.
- Boil the water and prepare the chickpea pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and rinse with cool water then set aside.
- Place the onion, garlic and zucchini in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté 3-4 minutes until onion is translucent.
- Add the ground chicken, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Break up the chicken while it cooks.
- Once the chicken is cooked, stir in the marinara sauce then add the pasta and turn off the heat.
- Transfer to the prepared baking dish and top with cheese.
- Place in the oven 5-8 minutes to melt the cheese then serve.
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.
Nutrition
What I Used For The Recipe
I just made this for dinner and loved it! I had 10 ounces of it, but not sure with your nutrition facts how much 1 serving is?
So glad you enjoyed the recipe! The recipe makes 6 servings so one serving is 1/6th of the recipe. If you want the EXACT serving size, then you would weigh the entire dish baked on a food scale in grams then divide by the number of servings (6). The number of grams per serving is equal to what one serving is.
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
Fantastic to hear they loved it Michelle! That made my day. 🙂
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!
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!