Chicken Alfredo
Traditional dish with boneless chicken breasts, cream, white flour.
- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- advanced
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chicken breasts
- 1 cup cream
- 2 tablespoons white flour
- ¼ cup onion
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- ½ teaspoon red pepper
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 cups fettuccini pasta
Steps
- Heat up the oil slightly in a frying pan over a medium flame.
- Sauté the chicken breasts and shallots in the hot oil for 5 minutes or until golden brown.
- Add lemon juice to the chicken and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from flame.
- Reserve the juices.
- Transfer the chicken into a casserole dish.
- Melt the butter in a clean frying pan.
- Add the flour to the butter and stir for about 3 minutes.
- Slowly add the half and half, stirring continuously.
- Add all the spices and seasonings to the sauce.
- Stir in the reserved juices and keep stirring.
- Reduce the heat and slowly stir in the Parmesan cheese.
- Keep stirring until a smooth consistency is achieved.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken in the casserole dish.
- Cover and bake for 20 minutes at 350°F (175°C).
- While the chicken is cooking, prepare the pasta.
- When the chicken is done, serve immediately.
Adapted from “Chicken Alfredo”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.