Blackened Chicken Pasta With Alfredo Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dredge the chicken breasts in the blackening spice and place in a cast iron skillet over very high heat. Blacken both sides of the chicken and place in the oven for 10 minutes, or until internal temperature of chicken reaches 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Slice in strips on the bias and set aside.
• In a saute pan over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil. Add garlic and lightly caramelize. Then add the sun-dried tomatoes and the chicken slices. Deglaze the pan with the white wine. Add the heavy cream, increase the heat to a simmer, and reduce the cream sauce by half.
• When the cream sauce is to desired consistency, stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan, salt, pepper, and pasta.
• Nest the pasta on large rimmed plates, pour sauce over pasta, and garnish with scallions and the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan.

Steps:

• Cook the penne, then drain and set aside.
• Place olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and add chicken; cook until cooked through, turning chicken halfway through. Remove from pan and slice into bite-sized pieces. Return chicken pieces to pan with mushrooms, tomatoes, green onions and minced garlic. Saute together while tossing occasionally for 2 minutes. Add heavy cream, Parmesan, Creole seasoning and noodles to chicken and vegetables and cook, stirring frequently to heat noodles and melt cheese. Taste and add more Creole seasoning until it's just right. If you are brave enough to toss all the ingredients in the pan, do it! We love to catch the flame just right and it creates a wonderful show for the guests to watch.

Steps:

• 1 Pat the chicken breast dry with a paper towel. Mix all the seasonings together, and pat onto the dry chicken breast on both sides. 2 Heat butter in a skillet, once hot add the chicken one by one and cook for 3 min each side. 3 After the chicken is seared, bake for an additional 30 min at 375 F. 4 FETTUCCINE ALFREDO: Melt the butter over medium heat, and add minced garlic cook for 3-4 min until garlic is slightly brown. 5 Slowly pour the heavy cream into the butter garlic mixture. 6 Add the black pepper, salt, and Parmesan cheese, cook for 5-8 min or until thick. If it still looks runny after 8 min, turn the burner off and let it cool slightly on the burner. It will thicken up. 7 Cook pasta according to directions, and toss with Alfredo sauce. 8 Optional ** Add cooked broccoli and chopped tomatoes when you toss with the Alfredo sauce.

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts with meat tenderizer; Coat both sides of breast with Cajun Spices.
• Heat cast iron pan or any heavy frying pan over medium heat; Place 1/2 teaspoons butter under and 1/2 teaspoons butter on top of each breast; Cook each side for 4 minutes or until blackened; Set aside.
• In hot frying pan, place 2 Tbsps. olive oil; add vegetables; saute 2 minutes; Meanwhile, slice cooked chicken breasts into long strips and add to vegetables; Add cream,remaining butter and parmesan cheese;
• Stir constantly over medium heat for 2"-4" minutes.
• Sauce will thicken; add salt and pepper to taste.
• Toss with Penne Pasta and serve.

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add tortellini. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tortellini float to the top and the filling is hot, about 5 minutes. Drain.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken breast in hot oil until no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Melt butter in another skillet over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms and garlic powder until mushrooms begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Stir heavy cream into mushrooms and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Add Parmesan cheese, parsley, and salt. Continue to cook until cheese is melted, about 1 minute.
• Stir tortellini and chicken into mushroom-cream sauce. Simmer until heated through, about 2 minutes.