Creamy Cajun Chicken Alfredo Recipes

CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over high heat. Cook the garlic, sausage, and chicken until garlic starts to brown and the chicken is no longer pink.
• Sprinkle over the Cajun seasoning and stir to evenly coat the sausage and chicken.
• Add the cream, and bring to a boil.
• Add the pasta, stirring until evenly mixed.
• To finish, add parmesan and parsley, stirring until cheese melts and pasta is coated with a thick sauce.
• Serve.
• Enjoy!

ONE-POT CAJUN CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE ALFREDO PASTA

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large, covered cooking pot over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in the hot oil, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add sausage to the pot and continue to cook until lightly browned, about 5 minutes more. Stir in garlic and cook for about 2 minutes. Add chicken broth, heavy cream, pasta, and Cajun seasoning. Stir together and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and cook until pasta is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Remove the pot from heat and stir in Parmesan cheese. Stir in chopped parsley and sprinkle with additional Cajun seasoning if desired.

CREAMY CHICKEN ALFREDO

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until no longer pink in the centers and juices run clear, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook thin spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add Alfredo sauce to the chicken along with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, onion, basil, salt, black pepper, onion powder, and cayenne. Bring to a slight boil; stir in Parmesan cheese. Cook mixture until cheese is melted and you are able to lift a spoon out of the sauce without cheese hanging onto it, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add broccoli, cover, and steam until tender, 2 to 6 minutes. Add broccoli to sauce.
• Drain cooked pasta. Scoop into individual serving bowls and pour sauce on top.

CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO

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.

CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• Slice the chicken breast into thin strips on the bias.
• Dredge the chicken strips in the blackened seasoning. Heat a large nonstick skillet over very high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil to the pan, then add the chicken. Blacken by cooking 2 to 3 minutes on the first side without stirring. Flip the chicken pieces to blacken the other side until the chicken is cooked through, about 1 minute. Remove the chicken to a bowl and lower the heat to medium.
• Add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil to the pan. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly caramelized. Add the sun-dried tomatoes and cooked chicken.
• Deglaze the pan with white wine. Add the heavy cream, increase the heat to maintain a simmer and reduce the cream sauce by half.
• Meanwhile, generously salt the boiling water. Add the pasta and cook according to the package instructions until al dente.
• When the cream sauce is to the desired consistency, stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan, 1 teaspoon kosher salt and 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
• Lift the cooked pasta straight from the boiling water into the pan with chicken and sauce. Turn to coat evenly.
• Nest the pasta on large rimmed plates, pour sauce over pasta, and garnish with scallions, tomato and the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan.

CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO

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.

CREAMY CAJUN CHICKEN ALFREDO

Steps:

• For Chicken:.
• Rinse chicken breast in cool water, and pat dry.
• Pound each chicken breast flat with a flat meat mallet or rolling pin, between two sheets of plastic wrap. Set flattened breasts on a clean plate.
• Sprinkle a heavy amount of blackening spice on both sides of each chicken breast, pressing to adhere.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat 1 Tbs. of the butter, and the olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat, until butter begins to brown.
• Place chicken in the pan, and sear on one side, until it is very brown, about 3 minutes. Flip chicken and sear the other side until very brown, about another 1 ½ minutes. Work in batches so as not to crowd the pan.
• Place browned chicken onto a rimmed baking sheet, and bake for 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink inside.
• Remove chicken from the oven and thinly slice against the grain; set aside.
• For Sauce:.
• 10. If the skillet looks dry, add a bit more olive oil. Re-heat the skillet over medium heat.
• 11. Pour in the dry white wine (or chicken broth) into the skillet to deglaze the pan-whisk all of the delicious brown bits off the bottom of the pan. (1-2 minutes).
• 12. Add the garlic and tomatoes to the pan and sauté to soften and lightly caramelize, stirring occasionally. (1-2 minutes).
• 13. Reduce heat to medium-low and pour the heavy cream to the pan with the tomato mixture, stirring constantly for 1 minute.
• 14. Add the salt, pepper, and the remaining tablespoon of butter.
• 15. Continue to stir the cream mixture while it simmers for 3-4 minutes. The cream will reduce slightly.
• 16. Remove from heat. Add the grated cheeses, and goat cheese to the cream sauce. Stir constantly until all the cheese has melted, and sauce is smooth. Taste sauce and adjust seasonings.
• 17. Pour the fettuccini onto the sauce, and top with the sliced chicken.
• 18. Toss the pasta and chicken into the sauce with tongs, until well combined.
• 19. Turn tossed pasta into a large serving bowl.
• 20. Sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg, and a bit of chopped parsley.
• 21. Serve immediately.