Enjoy pasta night with our Pink Sauce Chicken Pasta Bake. It is such a delicious creamy pink pasta sauce made with simple ingredients that are a different take on a red sauce or vodka sauce for an easy creamy pasta dish.
For this creamy tomato sauce, you will not need any tomato paste, cream cheese, or heavy cream when use you the jarred sauces, but you are always more than welcome to make your own homemade alfredo sauce or homemade marinara sauce.
Our whole family loves this rose sauce dish, especially when you top it with some fresh basil and serve it with garlic bread.
Ingredients used to make Pink Sauce Chicken Pasta Bake:
- Penne pasta
- Marinara sauce
- Alfredo sauce
- Cooked and shredded chicken (a rotisserie chicken works great for this recipe)
- Shredded Mozzarella cheese (I like using whole milk mozzarella cheese)
- Fresh shredded Parmesan cheese
How to make Pink Sauce Chicken Pasta Bake:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cook pasta over medium heat according to the package instructions with a little olive oil in the water; drain and set aside.
- Spray a 9×13” baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce on the bottom.
- Pour half of the cooked pasta into the pan. On top of that, pour half of the Alfredo sauce, half of the chicken, half of the marinara sauce, half of the mozzarella cheese, and half of the Parmesan cheese.
- Repeat the layers with what remains (pasta, Alfredo sauce, chicken, marinara sauce, and cheeses). Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes or until the dish is heated all the way through and the cheese is bubbly. If desired, top with fresh parsley.
More ways to spice up this rose pasta sauce recipe:
There are so many great options for how you can make this creamy sauce penne pasta dish your own. Let me give you a few ideas:
- Cook up some Italian sausage or ground beef over high heat in a large skillet until it is browned and add it to the layers.
- Add a little black pepper, chili flakes, Italian seasoning, or red pepper flakes to the alfredo sauce or sprinkle it on top.
- Change up the variety of pasta shapes
- Use fresh garlic
What to serve this creamy pink sauce pasta recipe:
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- Easy Garlic Breadsticks Recipe
- Homemade Pizza Factory Breadsticks Recipe
Other easy pasta recipes to make:
- Instant Pot Cheesy Penne Pasta Recipe
- Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken and Pasta Recipe
- Crockpot Spaghetti
- 30 Minute Creamy Sausage and Tomato Pasta Recipe
- Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
Pink Sauce Chicken Pasta Bake Recipe
Ingredients
- 16 ounces penne pasta, (1 pound)
- 26 ounces marinara sauce, (1 jar)
- 16 ounces alfredo sauce, (1 jar)
- 2 cups cooked and shredded chicken, (a rotisserie chicken works great for this recipe)
- 2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup fresh shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook pasta according to directions on package; drain and set aside.
- Spray a 9×13” pan with non-stick cooking spray. Spread 1/2 cup marinara sauce on the bottom. Pour half of the cooked pasta into the pan. On top of that, pour half of the Alfredo sauce, half of the chicken, half of the marinara sauce, and half of the mozzarella cheese and half of the Parmesan cheese.
- Repeat layers with what remains (pasta, Alfredo sauce, chicken, marinara sauce, and cheeses).
- Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30 minutes or until the dish is heated all the way through and the cheese is bubbly.
- If desired, top with fresh parsley.
Notes
- You can also make this without chicken for a meatless dish or you can add cooked and crumbled Italian sausage for a different version. All ways are delicious!
Nutrition
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This was a HIT at Family Night last night – from our 23 month old grandson right through to Nonna and Nonno (hubby and I, lol). I didn’t do layers – I just mixed all the ingredients and popped them into the pan, so it was super fast to put together. It doesn’t have any weird ingredients – it’s all stuff I always have on hand, so that’s a bonus! The recipe makes a LOT … which is a good thing for sure in this case 🙂 The small amount of leftovers went home for our grandson and his parents, and I now have another quick and easy recipe in my Go To file. DEFINITELY 5 stars!
This recipe was great! Can it be made the day before and then popped into the oven the following day?
That should work great – Place it in an oven-safe dish, cover with foil, and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 15-20 minutes, or until heated through