I was a little unsure about the idea behind this pasta when my wife ordered something similar in a restaurant. But we both loved it and knew that we had to go home and try to replicate it. Here is what we came up with!
Yum!! I made this dish exactly as directed and it came out perfectly. No one flavor/ingredient overpowered the other - they all blended together perfectly. My 8-year-old daughter loved it too. I plan to make this part of our regular weeknight dinners and won't change a thing!
Read MoreThis recipe was tasty, but a little dry. Also, this is for well more than 4 people. Adding milk to the leftovers improved the dish. I also added auteed onions in the butter/oil after cooking the chicken. I put the spinach in the sauce and used more than it called for. At least a full cup of spinach is better for this, would be great adding other veggies as well.
Read MoreYum!! I made this dish exactly as directed and it came out perfectly. No one flavor/ingredient overpowered the other - they all blended together perfectly. My 8-year-old daughter loved it too. I plan to make this part of our regular weeknight dinners and won't change a thing!
This was a hit tonight! I did double the chicken, , subbed butter for margarine, added extra garlic, and used just ground black pepper instead of lemon pepper. It came out tasting great - I subbed in multi grain pasta and no fat sour cream to feel a little less guilty. Thank you for sharing! :)
Such a great tasting dish, for any of those folks who love Bertucci's lemon creme penne rigate this is the perfect substitute. Definetley add more chicken, cheese and think about doubling the spinich and mixing it through out the mix not just on top. So tasty!
yummy recipe, i used it a a dinner party and everyone loved it. however, i added more basil and parmesan. otherwise, stayed with the recipe.
This recipe was tasty, but a little dry. Also, this is for well more than 4 people. Adding milk to the leftovers improved the dish. I also added auteed onions in the butter/oil after cooking the chicken. I put the spinach in the sauce and used more than it called for. At least a full cup of spinach is better for this, would be great adding other veggies as well.
I liked the concept of this dish but the pasta came out really dry. Next time I think I will add more sour cream and perhaps even some cream cheese.
it was good....i think it should have all been blended together before cooking....i added more spinach and chicken
I followed this recipe almost to a T, and it was fabulous! I used butter instead of margarine and just added a little extra lemon when I put the cheese on, and it was superb. My family really enjoyed it (including my husband who detests sour cream.) Great dish, will certainly be making again.
This was excellent. I didn't follow the recipe exactly: I used penne instead of bow-tie and cream cheese instead of sour cream because it was all I had. I also upped the white wine. Was excellent. My boyfriend loved it and keeps asking when I'll be making it again. Great recipe!
I made this based on the good reviews and the ingredients I happened to have around the house. I brought it to a potluck dinner. The guests seemed to like it. My husband really liked it too. But for me, it was just a bit strange. Much too lemony and I felt it needed salt to balance out the acidic taste. But my husband said the lemon gave it a very fresh flavor. So, not my favorite...but apparently good for others.
Delicious!!! I doubled the recipe and cooked it in a lasagna pan. I accidentally added the entire amount of lemon, so I squeezed a half of lemon over the top at the end for liquid. It was so lemony and good. Everyone raved about it. I'm going to try mushrooms, black olives and ham (instead of the chicken) next time. Hint: If you like your pasta al dente, undercook your pasta a little. It continues to cook in the sauce while in the oven, and got a bit mushier than we would prefer.
My MIL requested "Italian" for her birthday dinner. I chose this...Perfect. Everyone enjoyed it, all having more than one helping. I used three chicken breasts and half a bag of baby spinach which I stirred into the sauce. I also used more cheese. I will definetly make this again. My MIL requested the recipe, which never happens! Outstanding.
My family would not eat this recipe. Eventhough we love lemon, this taste was way too strong. Plus, it was kind of dry.
Sorry, I didnt like this at all which is weird because I like everything I try on here. I will never make this again.
This recipe was good but the lemon flavor overpowered it. I may have added too much-I didnt have a zester so I used a grater. Mistake! It was really delicious nonetheless. I would at least double or triple the chicken and same with the spinach. Also would mix it up before the last 10 or so minutes. Yum!
This was very good! I used a pound of pasta to the 2 cups of sour cream, 1/2 cup of white wine and added more garlic, basil and spinach. I think the spinach could be mixed in at the end to cook through because it is rich rather than just on top. I used 1 cup of reg sr cream and 1 cup lowfat.
Awesome! The pickiest eater in the world ate it (my hubby)! I would add more cheese and less lemon in next time, though. But other than that, SUPERB!
This was really great the day of baking and for leftovers. I cut the lemon in half and it came out wonderfully.
Followed recommendations and added more garlic, spinach, basil and cheese. Also used ff sour cream. This was too tart for my family. I'm going to try this one more time and substitute cream for the sour cream and then simmer to reduce. Also I feel I should have added the basil a minute before the sauce was done. Got overlooked for my taste.
This definitely had a "different" type taste, but it was good. I would probably make this dish every once in a while, but probably not frequently.
This was delicious! Rather than layering the chicken, pasta & spinach, I just mixed it all together and put in the casserole dish. I omitted the butter and cooked the chicken in olive oil. Followed all other directions as written. Great flavor, quick & easy!
It's good but there's lots of room for improvement. Double the basil, parsley, spinach and parmesan. Reduce wine with garlic before adding cream and add the basil AFTER removing from heat. All that sour cream makes the flavor too sour combined with lemon and tends to make a lumpy sauce. A bechamel with cream or half n half would make a smooth sauce and reduce sourness.
I wasn't sure it would taste good when I put it in the oven because the garlic was overwhelming, but the spinach and cheese balanced it out nicely. I didn't have a fresh lemon for the zest but I put in some lemon juice. It was great!
This was really good! I didn't quite have enough sour cream, so I added a little cream cheese to it. The sauce was delicious and stuck to the pasta. Made with colorful bow tie pasta and served with bread sticks! It was awesome.
OMG This was just soooooooo gooooood! It makes for GREAT dinner and it was very quick! Very flavorful and tasty, I added more chicken chunks and it was just so good! Definitely a winning dish!
The absolutely only reason I didn't give this recipe 5 stars is because it was so good I ate WAY too much and got a tummy ache. So for not guarding myself against myself it gets only 4 stars. Great pasta. All the seasonings come together so well and I love spinach. Told my 2 year old it's what popeye would eat so of course he loved it, too.
YUM! omitted the sour cream and just added a few T of fat free half and half to add creaminess but significantly cut back on the fat and calories:) A rich, yummy baked pasta without the guilt!!
Our family is making this dish for the second time in a weekend, and making an extra to share with a family member. This was so easy and delicious!
Made exactly as written. It was very lemony and everyone loved it. I might use more spinach next time and mix it into the dish.
This would be very good with the following tweaks. After step 4, mix pasta, wine, garlic, sour cream, basil, lemon juice and zest, parsley, and spinach together. Then put over the chicken, and top with the cheeses and extra lemon juice. Also add more spices. Serve with Pinot Grigio.
I liked the flavors but mine had a wierd texture. I doubled the recipe because one chicken breast would not have cut it in my household, so maybe that's why. I'll probably make it again, but use less sour cream and less parmesan but more mozarella. I really enjoyed the freshness of the spinach and parsley & the leftovers were better than the original.
Very good! I used a whole chicken breast. I didn't realize I only had about 1 cup of sour cream, so I also halved the garlic, white wine, and lemon juice. Since I had already boiled all of the pasta without realizing I didn't have enough sour cream, I just dumped in what looked good enough. The rest of the ingredients I just guessed as well. Turned out great! Could have even used two chicken breasts to make more servings.
I can't rave enough about this dish. I doubled the recipe, then tripled the chicken. We are not usually big eaters, but this was so delicious that we all had, at least, seconds. It barely fed the six of us. I will be serving this to friends and, often, to family. Thank you, thank you for this marvelous recipe.
This was a pretty decent and quick recipe. I did use a bit more cheese than what was called for, approximately double as my kids love cheese. Definitely repeatable.
twas awesome. i doubled the chicken and cheese though but everyone thought it was great
I made this last night it was awesome. I added a little milk to before I baked it becuase it seemed like it would be too dry for my taste. I also added some spinach into the sauce as it cooked and later as the directions called for. Oh and I used 2 chicken breast halves made it seem equally balanced. Great meal!
I was looking for an easy pasta recipe that included lemon and basil and found this. I tried it with what I had on hand (didn't have parmesan so I used jack and gouda..also no spinach so I added mushrooms). I don't think those changes affected the flavor, it was great! The basil didn't add much flavor (or my lemon was too overpowering) but the combination of flavors was perfect for my taste! My husband said "The flavor isn't what I would think for a creamy sauce..it's not bad just not what I would think". He rated it 3 stars and I thought it was 5 stars so I rated it between the two. Thank for the great recipe!
This is one of the best new dishes I have made in a while! My family ate it up. This dish would adapt well to personal preferences. I love basil and will add more next time. This would also make a great potluck dish. Definitely going in my recipe box!
This as an excellent and is also a very good base sauce to take into some new directions after I get this one down the way we like it. I never made a sauce with sour cream before so I'm very pleased to have had such a good recipe to try it with. I will tweak a bit the next time. We are a garlic loving family so I will add more garlic, also a bit more basil and some grated parm into the sauce itself and I'll add all of the lemon juice to the sauce as putting it over the top broke the sauce. And definitely more cheese over the top! We also decided that we'd prefer it with the spinach as a base with the pasta over that and a breaded chicken cutlet on top and the sauce over all.
THIS RECIPE IS SUPERB! As others have noted it is a bit dry so I recommend adding a little more white wine. But man what an amazing tasting dish. This will be a regular for us!
I made this recipe the other day. Easy to make but it came out dry. I would add 1/4 cup more wine or add more sour cream next time. The flavor was good though.
I skipped the chicken and substitued fish. This recipe was great!! I tripled the spinach as it's something we love in our family. Will definately make this again!
Delicious! Doubled the chicken, will add lots more spinach next time, but otherwise was just right - served with a simple ceasar salad, everyone loved it.
I made this dish and it came out wonderful, I substituted the margarine for I can't believe it's not butter, and added more chicken and more garlic... Yummy my husband loved it, I will be making it again!!!
Loved this. Had a small taste prior to leaving it for my mom as dinner while we were out of town. She ate every last bit and asked for the recipe as soon as we got home. I made it exactly as written. Yes it is not dripping with sauce - if you like tons of suace with your pasta then increase the amount. I liked it just the way it is - tasting pasta, spinach and basil.
very good..it was a great mother-daughter cooking experience---we had to increase the amount of spinach and chicken but it turned out delicious!however it was very lemony.just how we like it:)
Excellent. I followed the minor changes suggested by a number of people. I doubled the garlic as well as the chicken and added extra white wine to avoid the dryness. I too used butter instead of marg. -> ' it's always better with butter' - as any cardiologist! The lemon was a touch much but that is a matter of preference.
I was intrigued by this recipe and I love lemon. My husband won't eat spinach, so I used a small can of mushrooms, put half the cheese in with the original sauce dump. It was a little dry, but very tasty. Warning: do NOT try to use reduced fat sour cream. My bad. Otherwise good, just not "I've got to make this again next week Good". Definitely worth a try :)
My family loved this recipe! I doubled the chicken, but didn't change anything else. Delicious!!
This dish was amazing :) I did change it a little, just for the simple fact I didn't have all the ingredients. I left the spinach out all together, and instead if fresh basil I used dried Italian Seasoning. I also doubled the wine, and used more chicken. My four year old loved it. She had two helpings!! We have plenty of leftovers, so we will be sure to be enjoying this for a couple days to come.
Just had this for dinner. Pretty delious. I didn't change anything except I added a little bit of salt.
Loved this as is. Will be perfect meal for my book club. Can make ahead and heat up when guests arrive. Next time i'll add a bit more chicken and toss with the pasta. Served with a green salad and crunchy French bread.
This was really tasty. Husband couldn't stop eating it. I substituted rice for the pasta, and didn't have any white wine.
I made this the other night and it was good, but I will make some changes next time. First thing I would change would be to use more chicken. Maybe I got a smaller chicken breast, but there wasn't much there and I think I would use the whole thing instead of half next time. Next is the lemon, half the juice is plenty and there is no need to drizzle the remaining lemon juice in step 5. Also, I'm a garlic fan so two cloves was not enough for my taste. The only other thing I would add would be some diced onion with the wine and sour cream mixture, and maybe some capers too.
I made this dish for supper tonight. It was really good. I used reduced fat sour cream and it turned out fine. I would definitely make this again. It's staying in my recipe box!!
I like this recipe. It is tasty. Made a few revisions: only 1 cup of low fat sour cream, added more wine, added chicken broth to total probably more like 1.5 cups of liquid when I poured it over the pasta, used more parmesean, spinach and fresh mozzarella. I did not add the last half of lemon juice. It came out creamy, flavorful and just right. Also it made a medium sized Pyrex rectangular casserole which I consider to be about six to eight servings. Thanks for a great idea!
Tried the recipe and did not like. We like lemon but this was too lemony. It was also very dry. As we do not eat meat I did leave the chicken out I am guessing the juice and fat from the chicken would have added more moisture. Will not try again.
It was fine, but a bit bland and too lemony. I will make it again, but use 1/3 the lemon, more basil, spinach, garlic and salt. I also liked the idea of some other reviewes of adding cream cheese to make it more creamy.
We liked it- I may have used too many noodles it was just a little on the dry side
This came out great!! I did not substitute the recipe with anything. Although, I would probably only use half of a lemon.
LOVE this pasta! I made one change, I had lemon basil AND lime basil on hand, but not regular ol' basil. So I used the lemon & lime to add to the flavor. The dish was great! Thanks for sharing a yummy recipe. Oh, wait, I made another change...I read a few reviews complaining that the dish was dry so I threw in a little extra white wine ;)
WOW, I knew when I looked at the ingredients this was going to be good, and it was DELICIOUS . Would not change a thing. THANKS TlGonzalez
I made this tonight and we are still talking about how good this is. The lemon and basil etc. It just melts in your mouth! Good job Brennan and keep sending the recipes!
Just made this tonight and it was excellent! I followed the recipe as stated, except I used about 1/2cup of wine, and light sour cream. No issues with it being dry at all. Will be making again!
After trying a new rec all 6 of us review at the table. I did chng wine for chicken broth & doubled the chicken. Did not measure the fresh baby spinach or the cheese. Just put a healthy layer on top. One said a little to tangy - 5 yelled "eat a peanut butter sandwich". Next time they'd like to try peppers & mushrooms added to the sauce. Thank you for sharing Brennan, this is a keeper.
this was really really good! I did not have any sour cream so I used low fat Philly cream cheese. will definitely make again
This recipe was dry-ish. I didn't have mozzarella so I used sharp cheddar which gave it a nice zing. I will tweak it to make the sauce a little creamier next time. I loved the basil/lemon combination.
so good, followed recipe except i used 2 chicken breast and put a little of the cheese in the sauce mix, used butter instead of margarine and less of it.. and coconut oil since i didnt have any olive oil. definitely making this again.
Just fabulous! The sweet basil in the flavor mix was a revelation. I generally stay away from casseroles, having been raised on them as a nightly meal, lol.. but this one was perfect. Only substitution's I made were chicken broth for white wine and butter for margarine.
The dish was very good! I added more basil, also I thought the pasta and the caserole itself was a little dry after the first bake time so, I added a little milk to the dish before adding the cheese and lemon juice, this made the dish very good. My family loved it! I would recomend this dish looking for a quick meal!
Very good but I agree with some of the other posters, I thought it was a bit dry. The sauce looks thin when you put it in the casserole dish, but by the time you bake it, the sauce thickens up and I like my pasta sauces thinner. Also, be prepared for it to be QUITE lemony... I might leave out just a bit next time. Delicious otherwise!
LOVED this! The only alteration I made was using fat free sour cream. My family said it was definitely something they wanted again. I may try putting more vegetables in it, but it was delicious just the way the recipe said to make it.
This recipe is absolutely delicious. We doubled the chicken, doubled the garlic, doubled the cheese and spinach - all the rest is as listed. Thanks to those sharing comments, thanks to the folks that posted the recipe in the first place. It definitely joins the rotation.
This dish was very flavorful. I added an extra cup of sour cream due to the reviews stating it was dry, but it was still dry. Overall a good dish!
Excellent dish. So tasty. I doubled the recipe and my family ate the whole dish!
my kids LOVED this meal! I serve it with a nice spinach salad with lots of veggies and some warm garlic bread. It's definitely a keeper.
A great meal for the summer no doubt. It came out a little dry for me. Next time I will add more sauce and less chicken. I had help, so I think the ingredients were miscommunicated. Loved the taste!
loved, loved, loved this dish. The fresh lemon flavor is the best do not substitue that. I would add a bit more spinach because 1/2 a cup was just not enough. I made it exactly as it says and it was perfect!
De-li-cious!! I didn't have the lemon pepper, so I used regular pepper and added extra lemon to the sauce. The flavor of the lemon with the basil turns out great and using the farfalle pasta creates perfect layers to serve. Thank you all recipes for the suggestion and Brennan for posted it. Already in my recipe box!
Wow, this dish has a unique flavor that I really liked. On top of that, it's such an easy dish to make that you can really customize it all sorts of ways to make all kinds of fun variations. I've made this recipe as is and I've made it with some changes. In the end, it was all good. Thank you for posting this recipe!
I just made this for dinner and loved it!
I thought this sounded pretty good, but was kind of disappointed. I added lots more chicken, quite a bit more wine, and more garlic, but you couldn't taste the wine, the sour cream, the garlic. The lemon came through, and was quite nice, but all in all it was kind of bland and not too memorable. If I made it again, I'd increase the wine some more, the basil more, and maybe more salt. The pasta wasn't too dry--pretty good. Just kind of a bland dish that I don't think I'll try again.
This was so lemony. Out of the five in my family only one person didn't complain but she is a baby and can't talk. I was really surprise it got such great reviews. It was edible and the chicken everyone picked out and said it tasted good. I would not make this again.
This was delicious dish that I shared with my husband, but I think I could eat it all myself. I love how tangy it is. :) So yummY!
No bowtie pasta at my house, so I used Lemon Pepper Linguine from Gourmet Texas Pasta in Austin. Wow! It's like spring time yumminess.
This is a keeper! I happened to have all the ingredients either in my fridge, pantry or backyard so I gave it a try and I'm glad I did! I used light sour cream since that's what I had. I thought this was even better the next day. Thanks for sharing!
this was really good,i think next time ill double the recipe but use less of the lemon and maybe more of a spice but good for the first time making it
This one will go into rotation to be made on a regular basis at my house. I took other reviewer's advice and doubled up on the garlic, cheese, basil, and spinach, and used 3 chicken breast halves. I also added the basil with the other ingredients that are added just before the last 10 minutes of cooking as basil loses flavor duing cooking. Using fresh basil, parmesan, and lemon make a huge difference in this recipe as it doesn't have a lot of ingredients. I didn't think the lemon was too much, but I love lemon. I made this in a 10 x 13 casserole, I think it may have fit in a 9 x 11. My husband and I ate 2 large helpings, and had to force ourselves to stop eating!
