This creamy, simple chicken Alfredo recipe is incredibly comforting and cheesy from the combination of Parmesan and cream cheese. You'll taste a nice pop of pepper and nutty notes from the whole-wheat pasta, too. Plus, it's a one-pot meal, which means less cleaning for you and a dish that will quickly become your best chicken Alfredo recipe.
As another reviewer said, mine turned out a little soupy. I'm cooking for 90+year old eaters, so although i felt it was kind of bland, they all enjoyed it. I served it with bacon wrapped green beans, garlic bread and a green salad. I doctored mine with hot sauce, and in future will probably make it with more vegetables (spinach, peppers or something) for myself and my family, but for older and more sensitive palates, this worked very well.
It was good but I honestly think Alfredo sauce would be better to add so you don’t have to make your own
This recipe was easy and turned out well. I used gluten free penne pasta and substituted thinly sliced smoked Andouille chicken sausage for the chicken breast. I like the one pot approach!
Easy and tastes like a splurge meal! The teenager in the house went back for more. I prepared this dish mostly as written and loved that I only used one pot to cook. I was mostly impressed that the pasta was not gummy and the sauce was rich and cheesy. Instead of reduced fat cream cheese, I used two wedges of Laughing Cow Asiago cheese. I also used half chicken broth and half water because I had some broth that needed to be used, and I added a pinch of nutmeg to the sauce. I had plenty of sauce, so after stirring in the cheeses, I added 6oz of small broccoli florets that I had cooked in the microwave for 2 minutes. I think I could have used 8oz. You could also add in cooked spinach, mushrooms, zucchini, or other vegetables of your choice. I may try making it with shrimp instead of chicken sometime and add a little lemon to the sauce.
This was surprisingly good! Very simple; followed the recipe as written. The only change I made was chicken thighs vs breast cause I knew I'd have leftovers and I have a weird thing about reheated chicken breasts (they taste weird to me?). Sauce was a little on the soupy side but I didn't have a scale so just eye balled the pasta quantity. So that's probably my bad. Hubby went back for seconds so that's always a good sign. And I may or may not have licked the spatula as I was putting away the leftovers... Served with a side of sauted zucchini and onions and ended up kind of mixing veggies together with the pasta so would be easy/delicious to add more veggies. I'm thinking roasted red peppers next time!? Anyway, I will definitely make it again and would encourage you to give it a try!
