Creamy Tomato Chicken Pasta
A tin of tomatoes and a splash of cream doing a lot of work.
Ingredients
- Chicken thigh fillets500 g
- Penne pasta400 g
- Tinned chopped tomatoes400 g
- Thickened cream200 ml
- Brown onion150 g
- Garlic15 g
- Grated hard cheese60 g
- Olive oil20 ml
- Dried basil1 g
Method
- Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces and brown in the oil over high heat. Set aside.
- Lower the heat, cook the diced onion for 5 minutes, then add the garlic and basil for 1 minute.
- Add the tinned tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes until reduced, then stir in the cream.
- Cook the pasta until al dente, reserving a cup of the cooking water.
- Return the chicken to the sauce, toss with the drained pasta and enough cooking water to coat, and finish with the cheese.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Pescatarian
Creamy Tomato Prawn Pasta
- 500 g Peeled raw prawns instead of Chicken thigh fillets
Skip browning the chicken; add the prawns to the simmering sauce after the cream and cook for 2–3 minutes until just pink.
Vegetarian
Creamy Tomato Cannellini Bean Pasta
- 800 g Tinned cannellini beans instead of Chicken thigh fillets
- 60 g Vegetarian hard cheese instead of Grated hard cheese
Skip browning the chicken; warm the drained beans in the sauce for the last 5 minutes after the cream goes in.
Vegan
Creamy Tomato Cannellini Bean Pasta
- 800 g Tinned cannellini beans instead of Chicken thigh fillets
- 200 ml Oat cream instead of Thickened cream
- Leave out the Grated hard cheese
Skip browning the chicken; stir in the oat cream off the boil and warm the drained beans in the sauce for 5 minutes, then finish without cheese.
Gluten-free
- 400 g Gluten-free penne instead of Penne pasta
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
WoolworthsBest choiceno items missing · $14.58 of food
$31.38
54% spare
Colesno items missing · $15.01 of food · $0.43 more
$41.87
64% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Aldi· $12.62 of food
$38.33
67% spare
No price at Aldi for:
- Dried basil
$3.65a serve
$3.65 a serve, cheapest at Woolworths
About $14.58 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$40.35 across 3 shops · all 9 items priced · $9.07 more for bigger packs, 69% spare for later
WoolworthsBest choice$14.58
no items missing
you'll pay $31.38 · 54% of it spare
Coles$15.01
no items missing · $0.43 more
you'll pay $41.87 · 64% of it spare
Aldi$12.62
missing 1 item
you'll pay $38.33 · 67% of it spare
Buy at Aldi$30.67
Chicken thigh fillets
$15.49/kg
need 500 gBroad Oak Farms approx. 1.14 kg$15.49closest match
Aldi$15.49/kg$15.49·Woolworths$15.50/kg$2.33·Coles$14.50/kg$17.40
Garlic
$29.99/kg
need 15 gNo Brand Garlic approx. 60 g$1.80
Aldi$29.99/kg$1.80·Woolworths~$31.33/kg$1.88·Coles$33.00/kg$1.98
Grated hard cheese
$18.36/kg
need 60 gWestacre Dairy Tasty Shredded Cheese 250 g$4.59closest match
Aldi$18.36/kg$4.59·Woolworths$28.00/kg$3.50·Coles$36.00/kg$4.50
Olive oil
$0.88/100ml
need 20 mlThe Olive Tree Olive Oil 1 L$8.79closest match
Aldi$0.88/100ml$8.79·Woolworths$2.80/100ml$7.00·Coles$2.80/100ml$7.00
Buy at Coles$3.85
Tinned chopped tomatoes
$2.38/kg
need 400 gColes Simply Chopped Tomatoes Canned 400 g$0.95closest match
Coles$2.38/kg$0.95·Woolworths$2.38/kg$0.95·Aldi$2.38/kg$0.95
Buy at Woolworths$5.83
Thickened cream
$0.867/100ml
need 200 mlWoolworths Thickened Cream 600 ml$5.20closest match
Woolworths$0.867/100ml$5.20·Aldi$0.865/100ml$5.19·Coles$1.050/100ml$6.30
Brown onion
~$3.32/kg
need 150 gOnion Brown each 189.76 g$0.63
Woolworths~$3.32/kg$0.63·Aldi$3.49/kg$0.63·Coles$4.20/kg$0.84