Servings: 6 people
Calories: 669kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken breast (cut into 1" pieces or chunks)
- 12 ounces broccoli stems removed and cut into equal sized pieces
- 6 cloves garlic (divided, can be more)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning blend
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 pound fettuccine
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F.
- As it heats, clean and cut your chicken into small, roughly 1 inch sized chunks.
- Slice larger broccoli crowns into halves or quarters.
- Put the chicken and broccoli on a large cookie sheet or mixing bowl and toss it with olive oil to coat it. Once it is coated, toss it with half the crushed garlic, olive oil, Italian seasoning, 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, and garlic powder.
- Spread the chicken and broccoli out over your cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the chicken has cooked through.
- When you put the chicken in the oven, fill a pasta or stock pot with water and bring to a boil.
- Add in the noodles and cook according to the box's directions for al dente, about 10 minutes.
- While the pasta cooks and only has a couple minutes left, melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. When the butter has melted, saute the remaining garlic over medium heat for 1 minute or until it becomes fragrant.
- Using tongs, add the fettuccine directly from the pot to the skillet.
- Pour in the heavy cream and toss to coat the pasta.
- Stir in the parmesan cheese.
- Remove the chicken and broccoli from the oven and transfer it to the skillet with the pasta, trying to get as many of the bits from the pan as possible into the skillet.
- Stir to combine.
- Serve fresh from the stove top in bowls or plates, topping with more parmesan cheese if desired.
Notes
- You can cook the chicken on the stove if you want. In order to do that season it as instructed. Melt the butter and saute the garlic as directed above. Add the chicken and saute it for 6-8 minutes, or until golden on the outside and cooked through.
- If the sauce is very thick, you can add a small amount of pasta water to help thin it out. If it is too thin, you can add more heavy cream or parmesan cheese.
- The sauce will thicken very quickly after you add the noodles and again after you add the cheese.
- This gets thicker the longer it sits.
- When you reheat it, reheat it in a large skillet on the stovetop so you can add more heavy cream as needed to thin the sauce back out and also avoid rubbery microwaved chicken.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 669kcal | Carbohydrates: 63g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 179mg | Sodium: 325mg | Potassium: 743mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1281IU | Vitamin C: 52mg | Calcium: 190mg | Iron: 3mg
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