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Close-up of creamy pasta with fettuccine noodles, topped with sliced, seasoned grilled chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and fresh spinach in a rich, creamy sauce.

Chicken Creamy Fettuccine

Melissa Jo
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 chicken breasts
  • 3/4 of a lb. of fettuccine
  • 2 cups of heavy cream
  • 2 big handfuls of baby spinach
  • 1/2 an onion & 3 cloves of garlic chopped
  • 4 oz. of sundried tomatoes chopped and drained of excess oil
  • 3/4 cup pasta water
  • 1/4 cup of each: Parmesan & Pecorino Romano
  • seasoning: 1 tbs Italian Seasoning. 1 tbs. Lawry's seasoning, salt & pepper to taste, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tsp crushed red pepper
  • butter & canola & olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Pound... then season room temp. patted dry chicken & boil fettuccine to package direction (salt the water)
  • Brown chicken in skillet with canola & butter at medium heat until browned and cooked through about 6-7 minutes each side
  • Remove chicken and set aside on plate. Then add onions & sundried tomatoes sauté until onions are translucent
  • add the garlic once the onions are translucent and sauté about 2 minutes
  • add heavy cream & pasta water and simmer a couple minutes & then add in the spinach
  • add in the cheese
  • add the cooked fettuccine (stir & simmer a couple minutes)
  • add one chicken breast sliced into pasta
  • plate up the dish & add the other breast sliced on top!
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