How To Make Chicken Scampi Pasta (Olive Garden Copycat)
Inspired by one of Olive Garden’s famous pasta dishes, this chicken scampi pasta has a white wine sauce that’s garlicky, lemony & definitely hard to resist.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4tbspunsalted butter,divided
- ½redbell pepper,sliced thinly
- ½yellow bell pepper,sliced thinly
- ½greenbell pepper,sliced thinly
- ½red onion,sliced thinly
- 2tbspgarlic,minced
- 4tbspflour,divided
- ½tspred pepper flakes
- 1tspdried oregano
- ½tspdried basil
- 1cupwhite wine
- 1cupchicken broth
- 1lbangel hair pasta
- 1lbchicken breast tenderloins
- 1tspkosher salt
- ½tspcoarse ground black pepper
- 2tbspolive oil
- ½cupheavy cream,(warm to the touch)
- ½medium lemon,juiced
- 1cupparmesan cheese,shaved, divided
Instructions
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Add 2 tablespoons of butter to a cast iron skillet on medium high heat and cook the bell peppers and onions for 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly softened.
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Remove the vegetables and add in remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
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Once melted, add in 2 tablespoons of flour and garlic.
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Whisk well until the flour has had a chance to “cook” for about 20 seconds.
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Add in the red pepper flakes, oregano, basil, wine and chicken broth, then let reduce on medium heat for 18 to 20 minutes.
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While the sauce is reducing, cook the pasta 1 minute shy of the instructions, do not rinse.
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In a second pan, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil on medium high heat.
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Coat the chicken tenderloins in the salt and pepper before tossing in the remaining flour.
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Add in the chicken, cooking for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
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Remove the chicken from the heat while the sauce finishes reducing.
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When the sauce is reduced by half, add in the heavy cream and whisk well until you have a nice thick sauce.
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Add in the lemon juice and half the parmesan cheese and whisk.
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Toss with the pasta, bell peppers and onions.
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Top with the chicken and Parmesan and serve.
Nutrition
- Calories: 838.29kcal
- Fat: 39.64g
- Saturated Fat: 16.96g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.53g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.27g
- Carbohydrates: 80.26g
- Fiber: 4.44g
- Sugar: 5.35g
- Protein: 32.65g
- Cholesterol: 96.57mg
- Sodium: 808.95mg
- Calcium: 361.43mg
- Potassium: 557.14mg
- Iron: 2.69mg
- Vitamin A: 217.95µg
- Vitamin C: 53.94mg
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