Cajun chicken pasta melts juicy cajun-seasoned chicken breasts with al dente gluten-free noodles in an easy creamy pasta sauce and sprinkles of extra gooey cheeses and herbs all in under 30 minutes!

Cajun chicken pasta is a favorite in our home.  We kind of have a thing for chicken dunked in creamy sauces with pasta.  Case in point -> One-Pot Rosemary Goat Cheese Chicken Pasta!

But not much can beat juicy chicken sizzled in homemade cajun seasoning over top pasta and then smothered in creamy savory cheese sauce.

It's creamy, cheesy, savory, and it can all be yours in 30 minutes.

The chicken is cooked in a large skillet with the cajun seasoning on it until browned and the seasoning becomes this darkened slightly-crispy almost-caramelized layer on the outside of each piece of chicken.

Then using the same pan as the cajun chicken, the cajun cream sauce is born!

You'll want to use the same skillet that the chicken is cooked in so that you can scrape off some of that wonderful baked on crunchy crispy cajun seasoning that sticks to the bottom of the pan.

You know, the leftover bits that hold in a TON of flavor.  Don't waste that!  Use those scrapings to turn your savory creamy cheese sauce into a robust cajun flavor-packed explosion.

Those skillet scrapings will just melt into the cream, cheese, chicken broth, and mushrooms that the sauce is made up of after a few gentle scrapes with a skillet-safe spoon or spatula.

Let the sauce start to simmer and froth into a thickened masterpiece to smother your pasta and chicken in.

Drop in your cooked pasta of choice and your cajun chicken pieces back into the warm hearty skillet of sauce.

Then sprinkle the entire skillet with extra parmesan cheese and fresh chopped parsley!

You will not find a better tasting cajun chicken pasta dish out there.

There's no restaurant where you can get this dish in just 30 minutes.

And this homemade version means you don't have to leave your house to get this amount of flavor!  You can have a night-in in your yoga pants, hair a mess, no makeup, full-on comfort mode with a skillet full of cajun chicken pasta comfort.

That's a win in my book.

Cajun chicken pasta tips:

1. You can easily substitute the chipotle chili powder with regular chili powder but the aftertaste of the cajun seasoning will be a touch different.
2. You can store the extra cajun seasoning in an air-tight container with your other spices for later use.
3. The halved chicken breasts (slice them hamburger-style... not hotdog-style!) cook faster so make sure you slice your chicken into thin flat halves!
4. The mushrooms and bell pepper are optional BUT they do add flavor and texture.  Consider adding some sort of vegetable to the dish if mushrooms and bell peppers aren't going to work for you.
5. I used a delicious new gluten free red lentil pasta.  I really liked the soft flavor of the noodles and they held up very nicely and never got mushy or soggy like some gluten free noodles do.  I'm not getting paid by this company... I just really liked using these noodles.
6. You can decrease the cayenne pepper in the cajun seasoning to ½ teaspoon if you are more sensitive to spicy food.
7. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.  When reheating add a tablespoon of milk or cream, stir, and then heat to your desired temperature.

Items used to make this cajun chicken pasta dish:

• My awesome skillet is no longer available but I am lusting over this nonstick skillet.  It'll be in my kitchen soon enough!
• As mentioned above, I just recently started playing around with this gluten-free red lentil pasta and I LOVE it!
• My preferred gluten free chicken broth.  It's also low sodium and organic.

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