Hatch Green Chile Pasta with Chicken is a fantastic Hatch green chili recipe. The pasta is mixed with a spicy cream sauce, chicken breast and spinach. An easy chicken dinner with southwestern flair!
If you’re chile pepper crazed like us, don’t miss my post on Hatch Green Chile Recipes.
Pappardelle’s Pasta (The Fine Art of Pasta) never fails to impress when it comes to great flavored pastas. I couldn’t believe my Hatch Chile loving eyes when I saw they had created a Hatch Green Chile flavored pasta.
This pasta has a great roasted flavor and depending on the batch of chiles they receive, is medium to medium-hot.
This batch was perfect for us, with a medium heat and outstanding Hatch Chile flavor.
For those of you who are not familiar with a Hatch Green Chili…the chiles are a Southwestern delicacy grown in the Hatch Valley of New Mexico.
In August, in places like Colorado, New Mexico and California, it is not uncommon to find “Hatch Festivals” celebrating the year’s harvest. You can learn more about the chiles and the New Mexico chile craze HERE.
We’re lucky here in Denver, as Pappardelle’s is a Colorado company. I can purchase their products at my local specialty markets or at Farmers’ markets during the Summer.
Pappardelle’s Pasta is also sold at selected locations across the country, or by mail order from their site if you’re interested in purchasing their Hatch Chile Flavored Pasta.
Substitutions for Hatch Green Chile Pasta
You can also make this recipe using regular plain flavored pappardelle pasta or fettuccini. Just add 1/4 cup of chopped green chile peppers to the ingredients.
And you can easily order Premium Roasted Green Chiles from New Mexico.
I’ve used Chimayo chile powder to season the cream sauce. It can be hard to find, so substitute Ancho or any other mild to medium powder. Don’t use a commercial chili powder blend, it would be way to strong and bitter for this recipe.
Whatever your decision, give this Hatch green chile pasta recipe a try. It’ll satisfy your Southwestern cravings for the week!
More Southwestern Pasta Recipes
- Cheesy Creamy Green Chile Chicken Lasagna, Green Chile White Chicken Lasagna is everything you love about classic lasagna. However, this version combines layers of lasagna noodles with lean shredded chicken breast, cheese and a luscious green chile white sauce. This Green Chile Chicken Lasagna is a totally irresistible, make ahead recipe to feed a crowd.
- Mexican Mac and Cheese With Tomato Sauce, Throw in a Mexican twist for this feisty version of our favorite comfort food. The whole family will love this recipe. Easy and delicious and a perfect side dish for any Southwestern main course.
- Creamy BBQ Ranch Pasta Salad, Pasta Salad with a Creamy BBQ and Ranch, Sour Cream Sauce is a pasta side dish that you’ll be devouring all Summer. Just add black beans and tomatoes.
Hatch Green Chile Pasta with Chicken
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Hatch Green Chile Pasta or plain pappardelle pasta, or fettuccini
- 1/8 pound unsalted butter
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 cup spinach packed
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 boneless skinless chicken breast half. cubed and sauteed
- 1/4 cup green chile peppers If using plain flavored pasta. orasted, peeled, chopped (or canned)
- 1/4 teaspoon Chimayo chile powder medium heat, or ancho chile powder
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- salt
- pepper
- Cotija cheese crumbled, for garnish.
Instructions
- In a saucepan, melt butter. Add half and half and heat through.
- Add spinach, chile powder and parmesan cheese. Cook on low until spinach is wilted. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off burner, cover, keeping warm.
- Heat a skillet over medium high heat and then add olive oil. Add cubed chicken breast and cook until no longer pink inside. Don’t over cook. Add this to the cream mixture.
- In a large saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil. Add salt and pasta. Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- When pasta is cooked through, drain, reserving 1/4 cup pasta water. Add pasta to Cream mixture. Turn burner on low, if it needs to be warmed up. Add a little bit of the pasta water to add starch and creaminess.
- Divide between two plates, serve immediately and top with crumbled Cotija cheese for garnish if you’d like.
Nutrition
Hatch Green Chile Pasta with Chicken and Spinach…It’s what’s for Dinner.
Why Trust These Recipes? Lea Ann Brown has lived, worked and played in Colorado for 45 years. She has immersed herself in the Colorado Culinary space, is a Culinary School Graduate and publishes her Colorado food Blog, Cooking On The Ranch.
I made a vegetarian version with mushrooms instead of the chicken. It was delicious. I made my own pasta with some pureed chilis.
Moved away from Colorado 7 years ago. Recently visited Seattle were I saw Pappardelle’s Pasta at the Market! Couldn’t believe my eyes as I always bought it at the farmers market in CO! Was blown away a second time when I saw they now make a Hatch Green Chili pasta. Of course I brought some home and plan on doing mail order! Anyway I decided to look for inspiration on the internet and had a 3rd surprise! Thanks so much!
I live in Highlands Ranch too! I cooked this, then read your page and realized. Loved this dish. Added Chile’s to the sauce and had green Chile pasta, it was amazing. Thank you!
Best pasta dish I’ve ever had! Husband, daughter and 10 month old grandson couldn’t eat it fast enough. My only advice is to add a can of green hatch chilis to the sauce. Turned this recipe from amazing to out of this world.
Hi Dominique. Thanks so much for your note. I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. My next project is to make homemade hatch chile pasta. I’ve made spinach pasta, it can’t be much different. Again, thanks for your note.
I’ve been practicing my pasta making skills for a while not and have ventured out to some tame flavored ones (sun dried tomato, porcini), but you’ve inspired me to try my own version of hatch green chili pasta! I’ll keep you updated. Thanks for the great post!!
They have the best pasta just wish it wasn’t so pricey! Love their mushroom version! This looks great Lea Ann. Anything with chilies and cream and chicken is a winner in my book!
The Hatch pasta sounds wonderful! Even though I’ve still yet to taste a Hatch chili, I think it be delicious with the creamy chicken sauce. Not sure if I can find that brand of pasta but I’ll take a look next time I shop!
Lea Ann, that’s going on the menu real soon! I don’t have a local source for the new pasta, but I’ve always got Hatch chiles in my cupboard. Can’t wait!
I want to make this dish! I’ve actually thought of green chile pasta, but have never gotten around to figuring out how to make it. So thanks for this! Love Hatch chilies, so I’m going to be in heaven when I make this. 🙂
This does sound fabulous! It’s been a while since I bought Pappardelles pasta, but now I know they have a Hatch Chile Pasta…yum!
I’m sure it’s pretty amazing with that cream sauce\\
Looks delicious birthday girl. I must admit that I was really excited when I read your post title as I thought it would be about your homemade Hatch chile pasta.
I haven’t done green chili with pasta before! I must try! Yum!
Here’s the thing.. This looks gorgeous and delicious! And I just happen to have my handy-dandy Atlas pasta roller. Doubt my version is as good as theirs but still. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
What an attractive pasta dish, full of flavor and gorgeous. I MUST taste a Hatch chile one day!
Sam