Gluten Free Marry Me Chicken Pasta - Coeliac Sanctuary

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Posted On: 23rd February 2026

This gluten free Marry Me Chicken Pasta is the ultimate comfort food — creamy, flavour packed and completely coeliac friendly. Tender chicken tossed in a rich tomato, garlic and lemon creamy sauce with added spinach, then combined with gluten free rigatoni pasta for an easy, satisfying meal. Perfect for weeknight dinners for all the family, this dish is high in protein, full of flavour, and simple to make using your favourite gluten free pasta.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts
150g cherry tomatoes
140g gluten free rigatoni (Tesco) or other pasta
1/2 onion
2 garlic cloves
1tsp mixed herbs
1.5tbsp smoked paprika
150ml chicken stock
1/2tsp black pepper
200ml passata
Juice and zest of a lemon
60g cheddar
2tbsp Philadelphia
Handful spinach

Preparation Time: 20 Mins
Cooking Time: 25 Mins

This recipe contains

Dairy

Method

1. Dice and then fry the chicken along with the cherry tomatoes in a frying pan with a little oil or fry light, once the chicken is cooked through, set aside.

2. In another saucepan, cook the gluten free pasta as per the packet instructions. I used Tesco Free From Rigatoni but you can use any gluten free pasta you prefer.

2. Roughly dice the onion and crush the garlic, throw into the frying pan you used for the chicken and tomatoes and lightly fry, add the herbs, paprika, stock and salt to frying pan as well and cook until the onions are soft.

3. Add black pepper, passata, lemon and grated cheddar to the pan once onion is softened. Simmer for 5 mins then using either a stick blender or food processor, blitz the sauce to smooth. If using a food processor return the sauce to the pan after blitzing.

4. Stir in 2 tbsp Philadelphia, and add the chicken and cherry tomatoes back in plus the cooked pasta and spinach. Allow the chicken to fully warm back through and the spinach to wilt then serve.

This recipe makes 2 servings
Nutritional info per serving