# Bacon Ranch Chicken Pasta

This is a one-pot recipe for bacon ranch chicken pasta, perfect to wrap up rotisserie week.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound rigatoni pasta
- 1 cup pasta water
- oil
- 6 slices thick sliced bacon, diced
- 3 tablespoons bacon fat
- garlic
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1 packet ranch seasoning mix
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- parsley

## Instructions

1. Boil a pot of water.
2. Add 1 pound of rigatoni pasta to the boiling water.
3. Once pasta is done, pull out about a cup of pasta water.
4. Put a little bit of oil over the pasta and toss it around.
5. Set the pasta aside.
6. Add about half a dozen diced slices of thick-sliced bacon to the pot.
7. Once the bacon is crispy, pull it out and put it on a paper towel-lined plate.
8. Keep about 3 tablespoons of bacon fat in the pot.
9. Add garlic to the pot with the bacon fat.
10. Add about 3 tablespoons of flour.
11. Mix the flour around until there's no raw white flour visible.
12. Slowly whisk in 3 cups of milk, a little bit at a time.
13. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes until it starts to thicken up.
14. Add ranch seasoning mix to the pot.
15. Add 1 cup of shredded Monterey Jack cheese.
16. Add 2 ounces of cream cheese.
17. Stir until the cheese is melted and thick.
18. Put the pasta back into the pot.
19. Return the pot to the heat for a second.
20. Mix the pasta around and heat it up again.
21. Add the extra pasta water a little at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
22. Add a couple of cups of shredded rotisserie chicken.
23. Cut the heat and add the crispy bacon.
24. Add parsley as a garnish.

## Equipment

- pot
- colander
- paper towel
- plate
- whisk
- spoon
- fork

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16YQ5ubHQ3/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0a156098-3989-4a67-8b0f-04af88981f41
- Extracted: 2025-11-04

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