This Pasta with Chicken Broth, Butter and Parmesan is pure comfort food! It is a bowl of wonderful, warming, healing amazingness. One spoonful and you know the world is going to start looking brighter. A whole bowl and you feel restored.
This Pasta with chicken broth will become your new favourite simple dinner.
The pasta is cooked in the chicken broth (stock) so it takes on all the delicious flavours. (For a more substantial dinner you can add shredded chicken)
Usually when you cook pasta you use plenty of boiling water and keep it at a rolling boil.
With this recipe to ensure the pasta packs a flavour punch, you want to use the lowest simmer possible. If the broth/stock starts to boil, it will evaporate out of the pan and there won’t be enough to cook your pasta fully.
So use a low simmer and you will be rewarded with a comforting bowl of pasta!
The majority of the flavour in this dish comes from the chicken broth (chicken stock) so it needs to be the star of the show.
Homemade is best, as it has plenty of flavour and that unctuous richness that cartons can’t provide.
There are some great store bought options out there, but bottom of my list would be those crumbly over salty chicken stock cubes. They don’t taste of chicken, have no goodness in them and really will leave you with a below average dish!
The dish is Pasta with Chicken Broth; the broth is the key!
This Pasta with Chicken Broth, Butter and Parmesan is pure comfort food!
This is a traditional Italian dish that usually uses pastina, the small star like pasta shapes.
I didn’t have them as to be honest they aren’t my favourite, I like pasta with a little more body to it, so I used these super cute teeny tiny tubes.
Risoni/orzo would work well too. I actually planned to use risoni but I realised I used it all up in my Tomato Risoni Salad!!!
Really it works well with any small pasta shape.
Don’t be put off by the butter in this, it is warm and comforting and just so good.
You can imagine being sat at an Italian kitchen table, feeling a little under the weathered being served big bowls of this by your Italian Nonna!
Enjoy x
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Pasta with Chicken Broth, Butter and Parmesan
Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken broth/stock
- 2 cups small pasta shapes – pastina/stelline/orzo
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano cheese
- black pepper
- Salt to taste (you probably won’t need any)
- fresh basil (parsley works well too)
Instructions
- Bring the chicken stock to a boil.
- Add the pasta and stir well
- Turn the heat down to a very gently simmer and cook the pasta as per the packet instructions. Ensure you stir it during the cooking as you are only using a small amount of stock. (see notes)
- Once the pasta is cooked, remove it from the heat and stir in the butter.
- Use a slotted spoon to divide the pasta between the serving bowls.
- Pour over the chicken stock. (See notes)
- Add the parmesan, plenty of black pepper and garnish with your fresh herbs.
Notes
Nutrition
Pasta with Chicken Broth, Butter and Parmesan Anecdote (aka my recipe ramble for those who love the waffle)
Now you have read the recipe you will know there is absolutely nothing healthy about this pasta with chicken broth!!! And that is why I love it! That is why I am sharing it and that is why I cooked it!
I do not feel well! I just want to get back into bed and sleep. Now this is completely and utterly my own fault! I had a glass of wine or 4 with friends last night and now I am feeling very sorry for myself. I needed food, I wanted comfort food but I also wanted something that didn’t require much effort in the kitchen. Something simple, delicious and most importantly easy to eat because I am not moving from the sofa any more than I have to!!!!
So I made my comforting pasta with chicken broth. Pasta with loads of butter and salty stock. Man it made me feel better!!!
The key to this killing a hangover is the homemade chicken stock. It does just make the world better. If you don’t have any then use the best quality one you can buy in the store. It really does make a difference.
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Dannii says
This looks like a big bowl of comfort. I think that the simple sauces like this are the best.
Claire McEwen says
It really is so simple Dannii, but it is still packed with flavor and so comforting.
Good chicken stock is the key here 😀
Emily says
This really was pure comfort food and without the stodgy bloated feeling too, love it!
Claire McEwen says
So happy to hear that Emily 😀
Emily says
This recipe is simple but looks so flavorful and delicious! My kids are always a fan of pasta dinners!
Claire McEwen says
It really is a simple dish, but it just works so well. I am sure your kids will love it 😀
Molly Kumar says
That is such a gorgeous and delicious looking bowl of pasta. I’m all for soupy-brothy pasta bowls and this is definitely my kind of meal. Will try soon.
Claire McEwen says
YES!!! It is just so comforting. I hope you give it a try 😀
Veena Azmanov says
Wow, this recipe are so cute! I would love to eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner! Thank you for sharing this great recipe!
Claire McEwen says
Hehe, I always feel that way about pasta too 😀
Marie says
What a delicious bowl of soup! It looks so comforting and so easy to make. I love the parm on top too.
Claire McEwen says
The butter in the soup and the salty parm really make this dish special 😀
Patrish says
Just made this soup, it’s so delicious! Thanks for the recipe, love it! I added fresh spinach too
Claire McEwen says
Oh thank you Trish 😀
Amanda says
Are you supposed to use broth or stock? Everything says broth but the ingredients list.
Claire McEwen says
Hi Amanda, sorry for the confusion. Here in Australia we tend to use the word broth and stock interchangeably, but with stock tending to mean store bought and broth usually implying homemade.
You can use either in the recipe. The key is to make sure it is the best you can possibly get.
The only other thing to note is that homemade tends to be less salty so you might need to add a little salt to your dish.
I hope that clears up the confusion. I have edited the recipe card to hopefully clear it up too.
Thank you for stopping by 😀
Laura says
I just made this. It is simple and good especially on this rainy day! 🙂 I will def be making again!
Claire McEwen says
Thank You.
It really is such a comforting yet simple dish isn’t it 😀
Melissa says
I can not wait to try this!! I’m pregnant and sometimes all I can eat is noodle soup. It’s usually prepackaged soup. This will taste so much better, and it won’t take much longer to make.
Claire McEwen says
I do hope this helps! I remember those days when you are not sure if you can face food, but at the same time you are hungry.
The key is to use the best chicken stock you can, it makes you feel so much better.
Good luck with the pregnancy 😀