Best 2 Zesty Chicken Alfredo Recipes

ZESTY CHICKEN ALFREDO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. First heat water for the egg noodles according package directions. Now, dice your chicken breasts up into 1 inch cubes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Once egg noodles are in the water, heat olive oil in deep skillet over medium heat. Add chicken, mushrooms, onion and garlic. Cover and cook for 10 minutes until chicken turns white and mushrooms and onions are soft. Add both cans of tomatoes - one with juice and one drained. Add Salt. Cover and cook another 10 minutes, stirring to prevent sticking. Keep an eye on your noodles to be sure they don't overcook.
• 3. Drain noodles and rinse with cool water - set aside to let drain completely. Remove skillet from heat. Use a deep, glass casserole dish or a nonstick cake pan and coat the bottom with butter, PAM or olive oil to prevent sticking.
• 4. Now begin to layer the ingredients. Start with 1/2 of the noodles spread evenly over the bottom of the dish/pan, followed by the chicken mixture distributed with a slotted spoon (you don't need to use the juice from the skillet) as even as possible over the noodles. Cover layer with 1 cup each of the two cheeses. Open the jar of alfredo sauce, drizzle 1/2 of jar evenly over the top of the layer (it may be easier to pour the alfredo sauce into a measuring cup with a spout and pour it from there). Now, cover layer with remaining half of egg noodles and repeat process, EXCEPT drizzle the remainder of the alfredo sauce over the noodles and chicken BEFORE you top it off with the remaining two cups of cheese.
• 5. Place casserole into preheated over and bake for 25-30 minutes or until cheese is brown and bubbly. Serve with favorite italian bread/roll.

ZESTY CHICKEN ALFREDO

Steps:

• Rub chicken breasts with lemon oil, if using.
• Sprinkle both sides with lemon zest, pepper, and granulated garlic, and set aside for 15-minutes for flavor to develop.
• Start to heat salted water to cook the pasta, but don't cook it until you start to make the sauce.
• Spray a large, nonstick skillet with nonstick spray, add olive oil, and place over medium heat.
• When hot, add chicken, and cook until done, but still springy to the touch, and lightly browned on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.
• Remove chicken from skillet and keep warm.
• If using fresh mushrooms, add to pan, increase heat to high, and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Remove mushrooms from pan using a slotted spatula, leaving juice behind.
• If not using fresh mushrooms, drain all excess oil from pan, leaving browned bits in pan.
• Reduce heat to medium if necessary.
• Add pasta to boiling water.
• Add lemon juice to skillet, and deglaze the pan, scraping up all browned bits from cooking chicken.
• Add mustard and Alfredo sauce, and stir until combined.
• Simmer until heated through.
• Stir in chicken and mushrooms, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low until pasta is done.
• Serve sauce over pasta and chicken.
• Sprinkle with parsley if desired.
• Serves 4.
• Note!!!! Ingredient should be LEMON OIL, not extract. Recipezaar recipe software changed it to extract and will not let me make the correction. Sorry about that!