Chicken Pasta recipe of your dreams!
Recipe VIDEO above. The creamy chicken pasta recipe of your dreams! A creamy chicken Alfredo with sun dried tomato, spinach and bacon, you'll love how the shredded chicken acts like a mop for the luxurious Alfredo sauce!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300g / 10 oz fettuccine ((Note 1))
- 30g / 2 tbsp butter (, separated)
- 2 chicken breasts (, cut in half horizontally)
- 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
- 2 garlic cloves (, minced)
- 1/2 cup (125ml) dry white wine ((sub more chicken broth))
- 1/2 cup (125ml) chicken stock / broth (, low sodium)
- 1 1/4 cups (315ml) cream (, thickened / heavy (Note 2))
- 3/4 cup (75g) parmesan (, finely shredded (Note 3))
- 70g / 2.5oz baby spinach
- 100 g / 3oz sun dried tomato strips ((Note 4))
- 120g / 4oz bacon (, cooked and crumbled)
- More parmesan
- Parsley (, for garnish (optional))
Instructions
- 1
Cook pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water for time per packet minus 1 1/2 minutes.
- 2
Just before draining, scoop out a mugful of pasta cooking water. Then drain pasta.
- 3
Sprinkle both sides of chicken with salt and pepper.
- 4
Melt half the butter in a large skillet over hig heat.
- 5
Add chicken and cook for 2 minutes on each side until deep golden.
- 6
Remove chicken onto plate, rest for a few minutes then shred with 2 forks.
- 7
Turn down heat to medium high. In the same skillet, add remaining butter and garlic.
- 8
Cook garlic for 30 seconds until golden, then add wine.
- 9
Simmer rapidly, stirring to scrape the brown bits off the bottom of the pan. Once mostly evaporated, add chicken broth, cream, parmesan and sun dried tomato.
- 10
Simmer on medium for 3 - 5 minutes, stirring leisurely, until it reduces and thickens.
- 11
Add spinach, chicken and cooked pasta.
- 12
Toss for 1 1/2 - 2 minutes on the stove, until sauce thickens and coats the pasta strands (see VIDEO). Use pasta cooking water if needed if it gets too thick.
- 13
Serve immediately with parmesan, crumbled bacon and parsley (if desired).