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ONE POT Chicken Bacon Fettuccine Alfredo is our favourite way to eat pasta with NO HEAVY CREAM, butter or flour!
Only one pot to clean up means less washing up with the pasta being cooked right IN the pot! Welcome to your new favourite easy and deliciously creamy fettuccine Alfredo.
Fettuccine Alfredo Recipe
Just as delicious as the Alfredo on the Olive Garden Menu, this Chicken Alfredo is full of flavour. The DIFFERENCE is this one includes NO HEAVY CREAM and contains only a quarter of the calories than the usual Alfredo recipe, with broccoli included for added flavour and texture. Who knew chicken pasta could be so convenient, especially when you’re in a hurry to get food on the table without compromising on flavour.
How To Make Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
This Alfredo is incredibly easy to make starting with basic ingredients you already have in your kitchen:
- Milk — any type is fine (full fat or 2%)
- Pasta — dry fettuccine pasta
- Chicken — we breasts but boneless thighs also work
- Bacon
- Parmesan cheese — please use freshly shredded
Just look at that creamy pasta!
How do I make Alfredo sauce?
The sauce, like a lot of my low fat creamy sauces, is made with milk instead of cream. With the pasta being cooked in the same pot as the sauce, the milk thickens up so beautifully without the need for flour as the pasta starches cook right through the milk, creating an incredible thick and creamy sauce.
How To Cook Alfredo In One Pot
Fry the bacon.
Add the chicken then the garlic.
Pour in the milk.
Add the pasta.
Stir occasionally for 5-6 minutes, or until the pasta just begins to soften.
Mix through the Parmesan cheese and mix until the cheese has melted through the sauce.
Tips
Gently simmer the sauce once the milk has been added to keep your milk from separating.
The sauce will continue to thicken if not served immediately. Add more milk if needed.
You can leave out the broccoli if you wish, or swap it with another veggie like zucchini, cauliflower or asparagus.
What kind of wine goes with Alfredo?
Chardonnay or Riesling go well with this creamy pasta dish.
What else goes with Fettuccine Alfredo?
As mentioned above, you can replace the broccoli with zucchini, cauliflower or asparagus. Mushrooms also go well with this, as do green beans or peppers.
Looking for more ONE POT recipes? Try these!
Tuscan Chicken Mac And Cheese
One-Pot Creamy Mushroom Chicken Pasta
Oven Baked Chicken And Rice
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Skinny One Pot Chicken Bacon Fettuccine Alfredo
Ingredients
- 8 bacon chopped and trimmed of all fat
- 2 chicken breasts large, diced into 1-inch pieces
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 6 1/2 cups milk full fat or 2% - you can also use half and half
- 1 pound dry fettuccine pasta
- 1 broccoli head cut into florets, stem removed
- 1 cup parmesan cheese fresh grated
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a large saucepan or pot over medium-high heat until crispy.
- Add the chicken and sauté until cooked through. Add the garlic and fry until fragrant (about 2 minutes). Season with, salt and pepper.
- Pour in the milk, stir, and bring the milk to a gentle simmer. Reduce heat immediately and add the pasta.
- Stir occasionally for 5-6 minutes, or until the pasta just begins to bend and soften. Add in the broccoli, stir and cover with a lid. Continue to cook, while stirring occasionally, until the pasta is cooked and al dente (about another 7 minutes).
- Stir through the Parmesan cheese and mix until the cheese has melted through the sauce. The sauce will continue to thicken if not served immediately. Add more milk if needed.
- Serve with extra pepper and parmesan cheese, if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this last night and it was surprisingly good. I tweeked the recipe a bit. I added powered garlic, red pepper flakes, fresh mint, fresh parsley, whole red bell pepper, fresh onions, fresh ginger, fresh mushrooms, 2 polish sausage dogs cut in the half inch half rounds, peppered jack cheese, and cheddar/mozzarella mix cheese.
To make I fried the bacon and chopped it and put it aside. Drained the bacon grease and left just enough grease in the pan to sauté all the vegetables to al dente. Then I turned the heat down on the pan and added 4 cups of milk and then the noodles (I used spaghetti noodles since I did not have any fettuccine noodles). I cut the noodles in half then stirred the the bottom of the pan every 3 – 5 minutes making sure the milk did not stick to the bottom of the pan. When It would thickened I added another cup of milk. In the end I used all 6 cups of milk that is in the Cafe Delights recipe.
This recipe was very good. Their is only two of us so there was enough for lunches and supper the next day.
Has anyone tried using white wine in this one? I’m gonna try it today. Wish me luck! Love all your recipes BTW!
One of my family’s favorite meals! Even my kids enjoy it! We have this at least once a month. Karina’s website is always my go-to for good recipes, easy to follow instructions and everything I’ve tried has always turned out perfect! Thanks Karina!💗
this was a yummy and healthy pasta to make. it was simple and easy to follow and instructions were clear. me and my family really enjoyed it; however I had issue with how much milk I had to add. I felt it was too much and made the sauce too runny. for future I will be adding less.
Absolutely horrible meal! Turned out like startchy porridge and easily the worst recipe I’ve cooked in over 30 years of cooking. I thought cooking in milk was weird to begin with and at first added 4 cups but ended up adding the amount in the recipe. Even adding extra salt, pepper and parmesan couldnt disguise the taste of starchy milk. Yuk! What a waste of food.
I’ve recently started making fresh pasta, and I’d like to do it with this sauce. Fresh pasta only needs 3 minutes or so to cook, though, so I’m not sure when I should add it. I don’t want to add it too early, but I also don’t want the milk to curdle. Any ideas? Thanks so much!