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This just means they cook faster and more evenly. If you are using large chicken breasts you need to open them up or ‘butterfly them’. If you have any of the reserved pasta water use it now other wise add a little warm water. You might need to add some water to loosen the sauce. If you make ahead and need to reheat it, place in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. This recipe is best served straight after it is prepared – after all you can make it in about 20 minutes. You want the pasta to be ready at the same time as your cream sauce as you will be combining them straight away! This recipe cooks in about 15 minutes but you will need to do a little multi tasking! Start preparing your pasta as soon as the chicken is ready to cook.

#CHICKEN PASTA FULL#

Take a look at this step by step tutorial – please note you will find the full recipe, including ingredients in the recipe card at the end of this post. Plenty of chopped flat leaf parsley if you love fresh herbs.This is non negotiable – if you skip the salt the pasta will be bland! Pasta – fettuccine and Alfredo sauce are linked but you can use any type of pasta you like.If garlic has you running for the hills just leave it out.

#CHICKEN PASTA PLUS#

Garlic – I like freshly minced garlic PLUS a little dried garlic granules.

If you prefer dark meat you can use skinless chicken thighs.

Chicken – You can use mini chicken breasts or large chicken breasts.

Freshly grated Parmesan will make this recipe irresistible! Avoid using boxed Parmesan cheese it just won’t taste as good.

Parmesan cheese – do yourselves a favour and buy a wedge of good quality cheese.

The sauce will be rich no matter what – this is not a recipe for the calorie conscious but as an occasional treat you can’t beat it!

Cream – you can use single (pouring) cream or double (heavy) cream in this recipe.

The indisputable fact is that it is extremely delicious and quite versatile. I have my doubts as to how authentically Italian this sauce is… but it really doesn’t matter. Some origin stories link this sauce with an Italian chef in Rome who named a butter and cheese linquine recipe after himself. This is THE recipe I make whenever I am craving carbs… I just try to limit myself to a small portion.

You can serve it plain, add chicken, salmon, meatballs, mushrooms or shrimp… I swear it would make cardboard taste good. Heaven… or my idea of heaven! It is rich, delicious and goes with pretty much everything. I like to add a healthy amount of minced garlic to my cream sauce and a secret ingredient if I am serving a special dinner… a splash of Amarula cream liqueur! This creamy liqueur adds a slight sweetness and hint of the exotic to this cream-based sauce. That’s right, three ingredients! It has the same magic properties as Carbonara which is equally simple and just as addictive. Alfredo is a very simple cream pasta sauce made with butter, cream, and grated Parmesan cheese.