Alfredo Sauce Mishaps – Take One
This isn’t a traditional Fettuccine Alfredo. I’ve read that a traditional Alfredo sauce is just butter and Parmesan Cheese. One of these days, I’ll try that but for now, I’ll stick with this yummy sauce.
Here is my first attempt at the sauce… Don’t be fooled, I can’t always cook apparently 🙂
Ingredients
1/2 lb Fettuccine
1 lb cooked chicken
1 1/4 cup chicken broth
4 tsp flour
4 oz cream cheese
3 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp pepper
Cook the pasta according to the directions on your package. (but remember to start a large enough pot…)
Cook up your chicken into either strips or bite sized pieces. (we cheated b/c we grilled chicken the night before and I just used that.)
Place your chicken broth into a large pan.
Add 4 tsp flour (don’t grab the tablespoon and use it like I did… woops… I wasn’t paying attention and my sauce was THICK!)
Mix the flour in with a whisk, then add your cream cheese.
Whisk it around until it melts into the chicken broth/flour mixture.
Then add your seasonings. (At the last minute I decided to use another seasoning from my mom’s recent trip to Chicago when she brought us back all those seasonings)
I always heard/read with a cream sauce to add some Nutmeg also so that’s what I did (just don’t add a smidge to much). Since my seasoning had black pepper in it, I left that out.
And then… I added Mushrooms. I like them… so what! 🙂
Then top it off with the Parmesan Cheese so that it melts in there.
Toss in your pasta (that apparently didn’t get cooked all the way), add your chicken and you are ready to rock ‘n roll!
I meant to add a little of the starchy pasta water to thin out my sauce, but didn’t tell hubby and it got dumped out before I could. Oh well… it was YUMMY!
I think we should rename this Chicken Fettuccine Gravy 🙂
Fettuccine Alfredo
Ingredients
1/2 lb Fettuccine
1 lb cooked chicken
1 1/4 cup chicken broth
4 tsp flour
4 oz cream cheese
3 tbsp Parmesan Cheese
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp pepper
Cook the pasta according to the directions on your package.
Cook up your chicken into either strips or bite sized pieces. (we cheated b/c we grilled chicken the night before and I just used that.)
Place your chicken broth into a large pan. Add 4 tsp flour. Mix the flour in with a whisk, then add your cream cheese. Whisk it around until it melts into the chicken broth/flour mixture. Then add your seasonings. plus add some Nutmeg since it is a cream sauce. Then top it off with the Parmesan Cheese so that it melts in there. Toss in your pasta, add your chicken and plate it up. If your sauce is a little thick, thin it down with some of the starchy pasta water.
Mmmm….chicken Fettucine Alfredo is a staple in our house becasue it's the one meal Ryan always cooks! Makes me hungry for breakfast though! xo
YUM minus the mushrooms 😉
looks yummy , so what if it is a little more “stick to your ribs”
Oh thankssss I made this last weekend but with the can sauce so I will have the try this homemade sauce now 🙂
I'm not a mushroom fan, but otherwise, looks delish!!
MMM! Love this dish!
I've always wanted to make a home made Alfredo Sauce, but they always seem too heavy.
YUM. this looks great. I love alfredo sauce and havent had it in ages! Thanks so much for sharing and linking up:)
xoxo Hanna
That looks delicious! I have little mishaps all the time (like last night when I discovered that our ricotta cheese went bad and needed it in a recipe–luckily I had marscapone and cream cheese on hand for a quick substitution) 🙂