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Chicken and Fettuccine Alfredo Sauce | cookingwithcassandra.com

Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe

If you are a sucker for comfort food, then this chicken fettuccine alfredo recipe will be right up your alley. Make it even better than Olive Garden does.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4

Ingredients

Pasta

  • 1 box (approx 410 grams) fettuccine
  • salt
  • splash olive oil

Chicken

  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 large chicken breasts cut in half vertically then sliced horizontally into thin strips
  • 1 sweet onion finely chopped
  • 12 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper or more to taste

Alfredo Sauce

  • 1/2 pound salted butter
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
  • 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper
  • 3 cups heavy whipping cream room temperature
  • 2 cups parmesan cheese grated

Topping

  • extra parmesan cheese to garnish

Instructions

Pasta

  • Cook fettuccine in a large pot of generously salted water, according to package instructions or until al dente (tender but slightly firm). Reserve 1 cup of pasta water, then drain pasta well, toss with a splash of oil and set aside.

Chicken

  • Meanwhile, slice each chicken breast in half vertically, then slice horizontally into ¼ inch strips and season all over with salt and pepper.
  • In a large deep skillet, heat olive oil over medium/high heat and add finely chopped onion, minced garlic and chicken, stirring frequently for about 12 minutes until chicken is cooked through and browned.
  • Remove onion, garlic and chicken mixture from the pan and cover to keep warm.

Alfredo Sauce

  • In the same pan add butter. Scrape the bottom of the skillet to release any browned bits.
  • Once melted, whisk in flour for 1 minute until mixed in thoroughly. Add salt and pepper.
  • Slowly pour in cream, whisking constantly until cream is fully added.
  • Bring the sauce to a gentle simmer over medium high heat and cook for 8-10 minutes, until slightly thickened (the consistency you are wanting is pourable not pasty). If at any point the sauce gets too thick, simply add a splash of the hot pasta water to it.
  • Stir in 1 ½ cups of grated parmesan, then toss in the pasta and chicken until well combined. Cook for 2 minutes to warm.
  • Remove from heat and serve immediately topped with desired amount of grated parmesan cheese.