Garlic Parmesan Mug Pasta with Chicken

This garlic parmesan mug pasta is a perfect high protein meal when you don’t feel like cooking. With a handful of ingredients and 5-10 minutes, you’ll be chowing down on a creamy, cheesy chicken pasta that’s loaded with flavor.

And even better, this mug pasta makes multiple servings. So you can feed your mini army or save the leftovers for a later meal. That’s what I call kitchen efficiency.

How to Make This Garlic Parmesan Mug Pasta with Chicken

Here’s a quick look at the primary ingredients you need:

• Barilla Ready Pasta or a precooked pasta
• Fat Free Greek Yogurt
• Light Butter
• Grated Parmesan
• Cooked Chicken

Other than that, you’ll just need a few spices and a bit of shredded cheese if you’d like to make your mug pasta a bit cheesier.

Below I’ll run through individual ingredient notes in case you’re curious about using another pasta, the best chicken to use, or other mug pasta modifications.

The Pasta

I used Barilla Ready Pasta which is a precooked pasta that’s ready to go after 60 seconds in the microwave. It tastes great and has the same pasta texture that you’d expect. Unless you’re a total pasta snob, you won’t tell the difference.

Then again, if you’re a pasta snob, you’re not making mug pasta.

If you wanted to reduce the carbs, you could use a lentil pasta like Banza or Pasta Lensi. You can even microwave them like I did in my BBQ Chicken Pasta Bake to save time.

Garlic Parmesan Mug Pasta Sauce

The star of this dish is the sauce. Thanks to a combination of Greek yogurt and light butter, you get a ton of sauce to use. It’s creamy and rich, but it’s much lower calorie than something like alfredo sauce.

I wouldn’t recommend modifying the sauce if possible. But if you wanted to try making a dairy free sauce, you could use a plant based yogurt, a vegetable oil or plant based butter, and nutritional yeast in place of the grated parmesan.

The Chicken for Mug Pasta

I took the easy way out and used frozen, grilled chicken tenders from Cooked Perfect (found in the frozen aisle at Kroger). That said, you can use any chicken you’d like. Even shredded rotisserie chicken would work here.

If you wanted to make your own chicken, I’d highly recommend my pan fried naked chicken tenders recipe or the chicken from my full version of garlic parmesan chicken pasta on my primary blog. Both recipes use a simple skillet and stovetop method to create extra juicy chicken and are perfect for bulk chicken prep.

Okay, I think that covers it. If you make this mug pasta, I wanna see it. Grab a photo and tag me on Instagram @mugsformuscles or join my free Facebook group and share it with the gang.

More Mug Recipes You Might Like

What’s pasta without pizza? I have 10 microwavable low carb pizza recipes you might like as well.

And for dessert, how about some peanut butter chocolate chip protein cookie dough for one?