Chicken alfredo is chicken pasta in creamy, cheesy pasta sauce. That’s pretty much happiness on a plate! Few things are more comforting that a combo of chicken, butter, cheese, and pasta. After an exhaustive day, chicken alfredo is boon to get that much-needed carb-fix!
Health Benefits:
Just one look at the ingredients, and you will realize that this recipe is packed with the goodness of milk, chicken, cheese, olive oil, and perfectly-cooked pasta. Now that’s a dish rich in fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. While many people jump onto to the only-veggies bandwagon, one needs to realize that a basic intake of carbohydrate is necessary for the body function normally. Carbohydrates, in moderation, are necessary for people—with or without health concerns.
Other essential vitamins and minerals include, Calcium (from milk), vitamins D and E and essential fatty acids (from chicken and olive oil), antioxidants (from spices), and a bounty of vitamins A, B, and C (from the chicken broth)
Ingredients
extra virgin olive oil: 2 tbsp
chicken breasts: 2
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
whole milk: 1½ cups
Chicken stock: 1½ cups
garlic—minced: 2 cloves
fettuccini pasta—cooked: 225 gm
heavy cream: 1/2 cup
oregano seasoning
grated parmesan: 1 cup
Freshly chopped parsley for garnishing
How To Make Chicken Alfredo Recipe
- In a skillet, heat oil over medium flame.
- Add chicken, season with pepper and salt, and let cook for 8 minutes on each side. The chicken turns from pink to golden.
- Transfer fried chicken to a plate and slice the chicken.
- In the same pan, add milk, chicken stock, garlic, salt and pepper and let simmer.
- Add cream and parmesan, stir till the alfredo sauce till it thickens, and season with oregano.
- Add fried chicken and pasta and mix well.
- Garnish with parsley and your chicken alfredo is done!
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Trivia
- February 7th is celebrated as National Fettuccine Alfredo Day.
- The Alfredo sauce gets its name from the restaurant (also called Alfredo) where it was invented around 1914. The restaurant is in operation till date!
- While the whole world knows the dish as Alfredo Fettuccine, in Italy, it is simply called fettuccine al burro.