Easy Chicken Alfredo Recipe With Penne Pasta

If you are craving a good comfort meal or are looking for a delicious recipe to feed the family, then you will love this Easy Chicken Alfredo Recipe.

Not only is it a delicious homemade meal, it is easy to make. It is one of those meals that looks so impressive when served, that everyone will think that you spent hours in the kitchen.

But best of all, there is no need for a store-bought jar of Alfredo sauce. This recipe includes how to make a quick and easy homemade Alfredo sauce that requires just 6 ingredients.

The delicious sauce is then tossed with cooked chicken slices and penne pasta for a complete dinner that will satisfy the entire family.

Easy Chicken Alfredo Recipe

INGREDIENTS

*Don’t let the long list of ingredients scare you away from making this recipe. I have divided out the ingredients in sections, so it may appear that there is a long, expansive list.

In reality, this recipe requires just 9 ingredients, minus the salt and pepper. So keep reading, and be sure to save the recipe when you need a good and easy comfort food meal.

Chicken Ingredients:

• Chicken breast, boneless & skinless
• Butter
• Dried Italian seasoning
• Salt
• Pepper

Homemade Alfredo Sauce Ingredients

• Butter
• Garlic
• All-purpose flour
• Milk
• Dried Italian seasoning
• Parmesan cheese
• Salt
• Pepper

Additional Ingredients For Serving

• Penne pasta, cooked to al’ dente
• Fresh parsley
• Parmesan cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

The first step in making Easy Chicken Alfredo is to prepare the chicken. Do this by slicing the chicken breasts into thin strips.

If you prefer, you can dice the chicken into 1 inch chunks. The goal here is to have the chicken in manageable pieces and to decrease the cooking time required.

Once the chicken is sliced or diced, season all sides with salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Set the chicken aside while you heat up the skillet.

Place a large skillet over medium-high heat and add butter. Once the butter is melted, add the sliced chicken breasts to the hot pan.

Cook the chicken in the skillet, flipping the pieces 2-3 times until the chicken pieces are fully cooked. Depending on the size of your slices, it should take approximately 6-8 minutes. Once fully cooked, remove the chicken from the skillet and set aside.

Homemade Alfredo Sauce

Now turn the burner heat down to medium, and in the same skillet add the butter. Once melted add the minced garlic. Cook until the garlic becomes fragrant, which will take less than a minute.

Then add half of the flour to the skillet and stir until blended with the butter and garlic. Then add the remaining flour and stir until no dry flour can be seen. This will be the thickening agent for your Easy Chicken Alfredo Sauce.

Once the flour has been absorbed, slowly pour in the milk while constantly stirring until the mixture is fully incorporated. Continue to stir until the sauce begins to thicken and there are no clumps of flour remaining.

Season the sauce with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and stir well. Then add the Parmesan cheese and stir until the cheese is melted.

*Freshly grated Parmesan cheese is best to use in this Easy Chicken Alfredo Recipe as it tends to melt better. It is easy to take a wedge of Parmesan cheese and use a fine mesh grater to grate your own. However, if you only have pre-grated cheese, then by all means use that!

When the Parmesan cheese is melted, add the chicken and the cooked penne pasta to the skillet and toss until the pasta is coated in the sauce.

Garnish with parsley and Parmesan cheese and serve immediately.

Other Delicious Variations

Although this recipe is delicious on its own, there are some additional ingredients that you can add to this Easy Chicken Alfredo Recipe to make it unique.

Here are some of our favorite add-in ingredient combinations:

1. Add in a little spinach or kale to get those greens in your diet. They wilt down so much that they are barely noticeable. Simply add a handful or two of baby spinach or diced kale when you add the pasta and chicken.
2. Sliced mushrooms pair perfectly with creamy Alfredo sauce. I prefer to saute the mushrooms with the chicken so that they are nice and soft. However, if you like more of a bite, add them when you add the cooked noodles instead.
3. You have heard the term ‘Everything is better with bacon‘, and this couldn’t be more true in this case. Add a little diced bacon along with the chicken and noodles and you not only get that salty taste, but it also adds a little crunch to your meal.
4. Sun-dried tomatoes and pesto are also a good combination to lighten up this recipe a bit. The sweetness of the sun-dried tomatoes pairs perfectly with the earthy flavor of pesto and they both add amazing flavor to this recipe.

There are so many additional flavors that can be added to this Easy Chicken Alfredo dish if you want to spruce it up a little bit. But honestly, I am in love with the classic flavors that it already holds.

Enjoy! Mary

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