TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Chef Jim Rhegness explains how to make a chicken alfredo recipe, great for cold winter nights.
CHICKEN ALFREDO (over fettuccini with alfredo sauce and mushrooms)
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
Chicken breast - 5 ounce, trimmed
Mushrooms – ½ pound, sliced
Asparagus – 1 pound, peeled and trimmed
French bread – ¼ loaf, thinly sliced
Butter (as needed) – thinly sliced
Vegetable Oil (as needed)
Flour (as needed)
Salt & Pepper (to taste)
Fettuccini – 12 ounces, precooked
Alfredo Sauce – 6 ounces
Method:
- Lightly dredge chicken breast with flour, season to taste
- In a hot pan with a small amount of oil. Sear chicken breast – presentation side down
- Turn chicken breast and allow to finish cooking in oven
- Rest chicken and hold warm for service
- Sauté mushrooms in butter and oil – seasoning to taste; drain; reserve
- Blanche asparagus in salted water until bright green and al dente; reserve
- Brush French bread slices with butter, season to taste, if desired
- Toast French bread slices in sauté pan until golden brown; reserve
- To plate: toss Alfredo sauce with noodles, mushrooms, and asparagus season to taste; serve on a hot plate
10. Slice chicken and arrange per your design on the tossed pasta
11. Serve with crostini on the side
Note: After peeling and trimming asparagus, less than one pound of edible portion of asparagus will remain.
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