My dad taught me how to make creamy chicken Alfredo and has always been a fantastic cook and teacher. My favorite dish was always chicken Alfredo. Many of the recipes I find that are worthwhile need you to produce your own sauce, which is a lot of work, and those that don’t have you do so have no flavor. This recipe demonstrates how to transform store-bought sauce into something that is more than restaurant-worthy.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into chunks
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 (16 ounce) packages thin spaghetti
- 4 (15 ounce) jars Alfredo sauce
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- ½ tablespoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 1 ½ cups shredded Parmesan cheese (Optional)
- 2 cups chopped broccoli (Optional)
Instructions
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook thin spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add Alfredo sauce to the chicken along with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion, basil, salt, black pepper, onion powder, and cayenne. Bring to a slight boil; stir in Parmesan cheese. Cook mixture until cheese is melted and you are able to lift a spoon out of the sauce without cheese hanging onto it, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add broccoli, cover, and steam until tender, 2 to 6 minutes. Add broccoli to sauce.
- Drain cooked pasta. Scoop into individual serving bowls and pour sauce on top.
- You can replace fresh onion with more onion powder, if preferred.
- Season chicken as desired. The seasonings are more of an estimate, you can use as much or as little as you want, as well as the Parmesan cheese. I suggest buying 2 different flavors of Alfredo. I usually use the Classico(R) brand and buy 2 jars of the sun-dried tomato flavor and 2 jars of a more spicy flavor, which is also why I add the Parmesan, as it offsets some of the heat.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 833 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 67 g |
| Cholesterol | 108 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 2768 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 47 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I used frozen vegetables and my hubby loved it. That’s good for me because he doesn’t like white meat. Thanks
My family and I really enjoyed it 🙂 thank you for the recipe
Way too salty. I only added about half the amount of salt and pepper in the recipe and it was still too salty for us.
Real good flavor