Boneless Chicken Recipe
Creamy Chicken Alfredo Primavera with Fresh Vegetables
Chicken alfredo is a creamy, delicious dish descended from Italian fettuccini recipes that were served with generous amounts of butter and parmesan. The two toppings melted together to create a rich and incredibly tasty sauce that has turned into today's chicken alfredo recipes. As the cheese melts, it emulsifies the liquids in the chicken alfredo recipe to form a smooth coating for your fettuccini or pasta. This recipe was named by Alfredo alla Scrofa, who was an Italian restaurateur with a restaurant in Rome.
While the basic fettuccini alfredo is a great dish, it can be improved by adding more ingredients. That allows you to create a nutritionally complete, fully satisfying meal in just a single dish. In the United States, cream, shrimp, chicken, garlic, parsley or broccoli are sometimes added but in Italy, the dish is usually just made with pasta, butter, and cheese. Chicken alfredo recipes are served in many Italian-American restaurants throughout the US. This recipe is known as "pasta in bianco" in northern Italy, which means "pasta in white," where pasta is usually dressed with butter, and "pasta al burro" (pasta with butter) in the south of the country, where pasta is usually dressed with oil. Cream is seldom used in traditional Italian chicken primavera alfredo and a lot less butter is used than in the Americanized style of this recipe. There is another variation using egg.
Chicken adds protein to this generally dairy and pasta based dish, and vegetables offer plenty of color and some extra vitamins. Lower fat versions of this meal can be made for everyday cooking simply by using reduced fat dairy products or somewhat reducing the amount of butter used. The chicken alfredo recipe presented here is full fat, however, to allow you to enjoy it as a decadent, "once in a while" type treat.
You might like to look at one of our other Alfredo recipes for Easy Chicken Alfredo Recipe try one today and the other the next and see which you like more.
Classic Chicken Alfredo Primavera
Ingredients -
1 pound fettuccini noodles
1 pound sliced boneless chicken breast
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning or fresh herbs
1 ˝ cups chopped vegetables, such as broccoli florets, zucchini, summer squash or black olives
1 ˝ cups butter
1 pint cream
1 cup Fresh hard Italian cheese such as Parmesan, grated
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper to taste
Preparation:
Begin by heating a large pot of water and bringing it to a boil. Add dry fettuccini noodles and cook about eight to ten minutes, or until al dente. Noodles should not be soft. Remove from water and allow to rest in a warm location until sauce is cooked.
Grill or broil chicken with Italian seasoning or fresh herbs, or sauté with herbs in a heavy pan.
Cook until the meat is no longer pink and all juices run clear. This can be done in advance, but the chicken must be refrigerated until it's ready to be used. Steam or roast vegetables until tender and crisp.
Melt butter in a saucepan on low to medium heat, and then add cream, cheese, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, until the mixture has melted thoroughly and is well blended. Do not allow this sauce to come to a boil or to get overly hot, as it may separate.
Serve noodles topped with chicken and fresh vegetables, then cover with a generous serving of alfredo sauce. Additional cheese or herbs may be added.
Sprinkle with parsley and green onion.
(Serves 6-8)
Chicken Alfredo Primavera
Photo Description:
Alfredo sauce is often sold in grocery stores as a convenience food but this sauce is thickened with starch rather than the parmesan cheese used in the traditional recipe for chicken alfredo. If you like Italian food like chicken primavera and chicken fettuccine alfredo recipes, you are going to love the homemade version of this dish. You can see from the picture that this is a simple yet colorful and appetizing dish. Serve this chicken alfredo recipe to your family or when guests visit and everyone will love the authentic Italian flavor. The healthy chopped vegetables balance out the butter, cream and cheese and this is a fantastic flavored dish.
