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Chicken Alfredo Recipe | Alfredo Sauce Recipe

Chicken Alfredo, a popular pasta dish in which chicken and pasta which is mixed with a creamy Alfredo sauce. The Alfredo sauce is made with butter, garlic, cream, milk and parmesan cheese. Once you master the Alfredo sauce, you can add sauted veggies like broccoli, mushrooms to make your favourite style of Alfredo pasta. In this blog post I am sharing you the best Alfredo pasta recipe that you can ever make with step by step pictures and video. 
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 823kcal

Ingredients

For Cooking Pasta

  • 400 grams Penne
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • Water as needed

For Cooking Chicken

  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 large Chicken Breast Boneless
  • 1 tbsp Italian Seasoning
  • 2 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Butter

For Alfredo Sauce

  • 4 tbsp Butter
  • 3 tbsp Garlic chopped finely
  • 1 no Dry Red Chillies (optional) I used dried mini chillies
  • 1½ cup Milk
  • 2 cups Cream
  • ¾ cup Parmesan Cheese grated
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
  • 2 tbsp Parsley chopped finely

Instructions

Cooking chicken for Alfredo chicken

  • Take your boneless chicken onto a cutting board. Slice it in the middle to open it like a book or butterfly the chicken. Cut the chicken into two slices. Season the chicken with Italian seasoning or any of your favourite seasoning, lemon juice, salt on both sides. Set aside.
  • Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a pan. Add in chicken in the pan. Cook on medium heat for 2 mins. Flip over and cook on other side for few more minutes. Now add in tbsp of butter and mix into the chicken. Remove to a plate and set aside so it rest for few minutes. Slice the chicken into strips and set aside.

Cooking the pasta

  • Bring lots of water to a full boil. Add in salt generously. Add pasta in the water and cook pasta in boiling salted water. Cook as per package directions.

Making the sauce for Alfredo

  • Now in the same pan as you cooked the chicken. Add butter in the same pan. Add in garlic, dry red chillies and saute for 30 seconds. Reduce the heat and pour in milk, cream and mix well. Add in the parmesan cheese and mix till combined. The sauce will emulsify and gets creamy as you mi in the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Add in chopped parsley and mix well.

Finishing pasta

  • Add in cooked pasta and the cooked chicken in. Mix everything well and lower the flame. Take it off the heat. Plate up your pasta, Add more cheese when serving.

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Notes

  • You can use any variety of pasta for making alfredo pasta. I used penne here, but traditionally it is made with fettuccine pasta. You can use spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine, papardelle pasta. 
  • Add more milk or cream to make the sauce perfect consistency. You can increase the milk quantity and reduce the cream level. 
  • Add in freshly grated parmesan for better flavour. You can use vegan parmesan cheese. You can make vegan parmesan cheese at home. Check below for recipe.
  • Instead of cooked chicken, you can use cooked shrimp, mushrooms, broccoli, mixed vegetables, green peas, cauliflower or any veggies. 
  • Finishing alfredo with triffle oil and freshly grated parmesan cheese adds exotic flavour.

Vegan Parmesan Cheese at Home

  • ½ cup Cashews
  • 3 tbsp Nutritional Yeast
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder
Blend all of the ingredients in a blender till coarsely ground. Store in fridge or use as needed.
 

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 823kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 179mg | Sodium: 2351mg | Potassium: 649mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1806IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 321mg | Iron: 2mg
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