Chicken Zucchini Pasta Skillet (2024)

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This bright and flavorful Chicken Zucchini Pasta Skillet is filled with plump chicken sausages, tender zucchini and pasta in a light, lemon and basil sauce. Ready in just 20 minutes and perfect for busy weeknights!

It’s seriously one of my all time favorite things to create ONE PAN dinners. This time I took to my community on Instagram to help me pull together the flavors and ingredients to come up with this delicious, Summer-inspired recipe.

Filled with fresh summer produce and cooked chicken sausages, this meal comes together in minutes. It’s perfect for busy weeknights and even my pickiest of eaters enjoyed it over and over again.

Ingredients Needed:

Grab these ingredients and let’s get going!

12 oz. Italian Style Chicken Sausages – the kind that are already cooked and ready to go
Diced Onion
Garlic
Crushed Red Pepper – this is optional, but does add a great boost of flavor to the dish
Chicken Broth
8 oz. uncooked pasta – I’m using Radiatore because I love the shape (my 18 month old loves them), but any small pasta will work
Zucchini
Grated Parmesan Cheese – the kind that comes in a can, or you can use fresh too!
Lemon Juice
Grape Tomatoes – bonus points if they’re from the garden!
Fresh Basil – I’ve used the basil in a tube before and it works great if you’re out of fresh

How To Make Chicken Zucchini Pasta Skillet

Start by browning your chicken sausage in a skillet along with your onion until the onion is tender and the chicken sausage is browned slightly.
Add in some salt, crushed red pepper (if using) and garlic and stir until fragrant. Pour in the chicken broth and scrape any brown bits off the bottom of the pan (that’s where a lot of flavor is!).
Bring the skillet to a boil and stir in the uncooked pasta, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes, until the pasta is mostly tender.
Add in the chopped zucchini and continue cooking for an additional 3 minutes, until zucchini is tender and the majority of the chicken broth is absorbed into the pasta.
Finally, stir in the lemon juice, parmesan cheese and tomatoes, until combined and heated through. Garnish with the fresh basil and enjoy!

This quick and easy dinner is perfect for using up garden zucchini, tomatoes and basil! BUT- it’s also great for customizing to your taste and what ingredients you have on hand. Here are some great ways to switch it up…

Tips and Variations:

Swap out the zucchini for other veggies like – broccoli, green beans, asparagus or quartered Brussels sprouts (if it’s a more dense veggie, add it to the pasta earlier to allow time for softening).
Feel free to use any sort of sausage in place of the chicken sausages. Even ground Italian sausage would be great here!
Try adding in a tablespoon of lemon zest at the end with the lemon juice to give it an even bigger boost of fresh flavor.
Use any sort of small pasta shape – small shells, macaroni, ditalini, farfalle (bowtie), orecchiette, campanelle, etc.

More Ways To Use Summer Zucchini

We planted zucchini this year and can’t wait to be able to use it all up! Here are some of my favorite recipes to use zucchini…

Shrimp Scampi Zucchini Pasta
Cheesy Sausage Zucchini Rice Skillet
5 Minute Cheesy Zucchini Rice
One Bowl Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
How To Freeze Zucchini

I hope you enjoy this quick and easy dinner as much as my family does.

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