Chicken Broccoli Alfredo
Ingredients
1 pound pasta, any shape will do
2-3 cups broccoli, cut into small pieces
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
1-2 teaspoons olive oil
1⁄2 cup butter
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cups heavy cream
1⁄8 teaspoon garlic powder
1⁄8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1⁄4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated or shredded
Instructions
1. Bring large pot of salted water to boil and cook pasta as instructed by packaging. Add broccoli to water during last 3 minutes of cooking time. Drain well.
2. Heat olive oil in large skillet and cook chicken, stirring occasionally, until done. Combine chicken with pasta and broccoli.
3. Melt butter with garlic in medium saucepan (or empty pasta pot) over medium-low heat. Stir in cream, garlic powder, and pepper. Simmer, stirring frequently, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until thick. When sauce reaches desired consistency, stir in Parmesan cheese.
4. Pour sauce over chicken, pasta, and broccoli and stir until well combined.
Comments
This recipe is from The Girl Who Ate Everything. Alfredo is one of Art’s favorite foods so I’m really not sure why this is the first time I’ve ever cooked it. It seems like something I would have tried sooner considering how much he loves it! Maybe I was worried that mine would never stand up to what the restaurants serve? I’m not sure. Regardless of this, I finally made alfredo and Art loved it. This is a pretty mild recipe, but you can easily increase the pepper, or use white pepper, if you’d like those flavors. It’s nice and creamy and tastes great over the pasta, broccoli and chicken. I think it might be even better if you grilled the chicken breasts first and then chopped them up for this dish because you’d get that delicious grill flavor in the mix as well. This was definitely a success!
When waiting for the sauce to thicken you will go through a period where you’re thinking, “is this it? Is this really thick enough?“ And then BAM, it will get really thick all of a sudden. Try to wait for that to happen no matter how hard it is to be patient!
Shown here with Caprese Salad.
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