Copycat Our take on the Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo
Copycat Olive Garden chicken Alfredo
Our take on Olive Garden's chicken Alfredo: golden chicken over fettuccine in a garlicky butter, cream and parmesan sauce. Rich, silky and on the table in 20.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 14 min
- Serves
- 2
- Per serve
- 1200 kcal
Ingredients
Method
Boil the kettle and pour it into a large pot over high heat with a good pinch of salt. While it comes back to the boil, slice the chicken breast horizontally into two thin fillets and season both sides with the garlic powder, salt and pepper.
Cook the fettuccine according to the packet, usually 10 to 11 minutes for dried. Scoop out a mug of pasta water before draining.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken, turning once, until golden on both sides and cooked through with no pink in the middle, then move to a board to rest.
Turn the heat to medium-low and melt the butter in the same pan. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant but not coloured, then pour in the cream and simmer gently until it thickens slightly.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the parmesan and nutmeg until smooth. Add the drained fettuccine and a splash of pasta water and toss until every strand is glossy, adding more water if it tightens.
Slice the chicken and lay it over the pasta. Finish with parsley, black pepper and extra parmesan, and serve straight away.
Tips
- The sauce gets its restaurant-style silkiness from adding the parmesan off the heat and loosening with starchy pasta water. Boiling it after the cheese goes in makes it grainy.
- Use a block of parmesan and grate it yourself. Pre-shredded cheese has anti-caking powder that stops it melting smoothly.
- Alfredo thickens as it sits, so serve it the moment it's tossed. Reheat leftovers gently with a splash of milk.
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