Everyday Cooking Quick and Easy Main Dishes Chicken 15 Chicken Pasta Dinners Ready in 30 Minutes By Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves Vanessa Greaves is a Senior Editor at Allrecipes with nearly two decades of experience helping home cooks gain confidence in the kitchen. A self-taught cook who grew up reading cookbooks for fun, Vanessa lives and breathes the challenges faced by busy everyday cooks to get dinner on the table. Allrecipes' editorial guidelines Published on April 28, 2020 Close Photo: TTV78 When you've got to get dinner on the table in a hurry, these are the super-quick, satisfying dinners that'll save you again and again. Each one is a solid base recipe you can customize with substitutions to suit your taste. And of course, you can feel free to swap in almost any pasta in your pantry. Everyone else does, and it works out just fine. 01 of 15 Greek Chicken Pasta View Recipe Chibi Chef "LOVE LOVE LOVE! It's great as written with room for your tweaks. You almost can't ruin a batch." —Glennie Junkin 02 of 15 Garlic Chicken with Orzo Noodles View Recipe shauna "LOVED this! I also boiled my orzo in chicken broth. This would be awesome with salmon." —Lisa 03 of 15 Pesto Pasta with Chicken View Recipe "I used the olive oil from the sundried tomatoes to cook the chicken in which gave it a great flavor. Next time I will add more sundried tomatoes and some roasted pine nuts too." —LAURILAN 04 of 15 Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta View Recipe TTV78 "I changed it up a bit based on reviews and personal preferences: 3 tbsp. of Cajun seasoning, four large chicken breasts, one orange bell pepper, more green onions, and double the garlic. Delicious!" —Golfer Girl 05 of 15 Yakisoba Chicken View Recipe Chef'd "Reminds me of my grandma's house! Used Huy Fong chili garlic sauce and added extra veggies (shitake mushrooms and snow peas) and topped with lots of fresh bean sprouts. Yum!" —Britnisw 06 of 15 Chicken and Broccoli Pasta View Recipe yumyum "This was good the day I made it and even better as leftovers. I did use more garlic and onion though." —PATTY33 07 of 15 Garlic Wine Chicken View Recipe sjc5087 "I have to admit I was tempted to substitute chicken broth for part of the wine but in the end decided to prepare this as written and was not disappointed in the least. This is just a beautiful dish!" —naples34102 08 of 15 Easy Chicken Skillet View Recipe Deb C "Why limit yourself to just broccoli when they make the frozen stir-fry blend? That is what I used which gave me variety and also a lot more color. Great recipe for times when you just don't have time in the kitchen." —Soup Loving Nicole 09 of 15 Chicken Milano View Recipe "I used thin sliced chicken breasts, pounded flat, dipped in egg and flour. Cook the chicken first, set aside then make the sauce. Everyone loved them, even the picky child!" —jillkapron 10 of 15 Penne with Chicken and Pesto View Recipe Francesca "The best pasta dish I have ever had! I love pesto so I added a couple extra tablespoons of that and I used 1 cup of half-and-half and 1/4 cup chicken stock to cut some calories," Sarah Stephan says. 11 of 15 Poppy Seed Chicken Pasta Salad View Recipe Sugarplum "I found this recipe very simple and very tasty! Poppyseed dressing has always been a fav in my home, so this salad was a hit," Kathleen Milton says. 12 of 15 A 20-Minute Chicken Parmesan View Recipe Sugarplum "I have been making Chicken Parmesan like this for years. Great for those busy nights when you need to get dinner on the table in a hurry!" —Sugarplum 13 of 15 Amazing Italian Lemon Butter Chicken View Recipe SunnyByrd "This is a to-die-for recipe," Penny Newman says. "I followed the recipe verbatim, and it was one of the best things I have ever tasted. And my dinner guests agreed." 14 of 15 California Chicken Spaghetti View Recipe Tess Sullivan "This is one of the best meals I have ever eaten. It's so simple and fast that you wouldn't think it would be that good, but it is. It even reheats great and tastes great cold the next day. If you can get over the idea of a sauceless pasta — it didn't sound quite right to me either — and give this a try, you're going to make a lot of people happy in your house. If you're a feta fan, you will wonder where this recipe has been all your life," says user beemer2k. 15 of 15 Restaurant-Style Chicken Scampi View Recipe fabeverydayblog "I, too, have searched for a recipe similar to that well-known Italian restaurant's and was also always disappointed. Not anymore. This recipe was so delicious!" —KALA LAOS Get More 30-Minute Dinner Recipes Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit