My Favorite Chicken Alfredo Recipe | Unbelievably Easy and Incredibly Delicious

The best Chicken Alfredo recipe I have ever used. The Alfredo sauce is creamy and flavorful, and the chicken is crispy and tender. This is a melt in your mouth pasta combination that will keep you coming back over and over again. The Alfredo sauce is beautifully simple but very satisfying, and can be served without any meat. Combined with meat we often choose this chicken, but it is extremely versatile and we have loved it with many different proteins, including shrimp, lobster, and steak! When making just the sauce, you can pull dinner together in less than 15 minutes. With the chicken, it generally takes less than 30 minutes for our family of 7! Feel free to experiment with pasta type, or use what you happen to have! We typically make with our from-scratch Fettucini (coming soon) but it goes great with any pasta from Penne, to Lasagnette!

Chicken Alfredo Recipe
CHICKEN INGREDIENTS:
3-4 chicken breasts halved lengthwise or pounded to 3/8 inch
1 1/4 cups flour
3 Tbsp Cornstarch Optional
3 eggs
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
2/3 cup shredded parmesan
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 pepper
*optional add 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning

CHICKEN INSTRUCTIONS:
On a large plate or dish, Mix flour with salt and pepper to taste.
In a medium size bowl, whisk eggs and add buttermilk.
On a large plate or dish, mix panko, Parmesan, salt and pepper to taste. (optional add up to 4 tsp Italian seasoning.
Set out an empty large plate or dish to put your breaded chicken onto.
Slice chicken lengthwise, and/or pound to around 3/8" thickness.
Place chicken first in flour, covering both sides well and shake off excess, then dip completely into egg mixture. Finally dredge through the breadcrumb mixture coating both sides well, and place on your empty dish or plate.
Heat oil in a skillet or pan on medium heat until shimmering, and add chicken. Fry each side for 3-4 minutes until golden brown on each side. check for internal temp of at least 165F.
Place on a paper towel covered plate.

ALFREDO INGREDIENTS:
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1 stick butter
3 cups Parmesan Reggiano
5-6 garlic cloves
fresh basil*
fresh thyme*
1/4 tsp salt (to taste)
1/4 tsp pepper
*can substitute 1 tsp italian seasoning

ALFREDO INSTRUCTIONS:
Bring large pot of water to a rolling boil for desired pasta noodle type. Place noodles in salted, boiling water around the time the sauce begins to thicken.

In a large skillet or pan, place 1 stick of butter and turn heat to medium.
As butter begins to melt add 5-6 minced garlic cloves (or 1-2 Tbsp of minced garlic.)
When heated add 2 cups of heavy whipping cream and bring to a boil.
Immediately reduce heat to simmer until sauce begins to thicken. (2-4 minutes)
Add 3/4 tsp of salt (remember Parmesan is salty so stay short of where you want it to end in taste)
Add 1/2 tsp of cracked black pepper (to taste)
Add 1 -2 tsp of fresh chopped basil, and 1-2 tsp of fresh chopped thyme*
Remove from heat or reduce to low and whisk in parmesan 1 handful at a time to taste and texture desired.

When draining pasta, reserve 1 cup of pasta water.

Reserve a small amount of sauce for plating, then place drained noodles in Alfredo sauce and mix well. If the Alfredo sauce is too dry, or the noodles absorb too much, add pasta water around 1/8 cup at a time, and mix, until desired consistency is reached.

Place pasta on plate, slice chicken breast and place on top, then garnish with reserved Alfredo sauce and fresh basil leaves, sprinkle with fresh Parmesan and serve!

I hope you enjoy this as much as my family and I do!

Intro: (0:00)
Preparing the chicken: (0:43)
Breading the chicken: (01:26)
Preparing Alfredo ingredients: (04:20)
Frying the chicken: (08:02)
Cooking the Alfredo sauce: (09:16)
Plating: (12:28)

[kristaroyal]

Zach, you have a really nice onscreen presence. The show has the feel of Ina Garden’s cooking shows. Very relaxed and pleasing! I would love to see your show on The Food Network, I’m not kidding.

[promises]

Great video Zach! Would be more pleasant to watch if the music volume was way lower or even not there.

[adriannamalick]

Zach, you are so mellow. Thanks for starting this podcast on cooking.
You are a true "big brother" to everyone.❤❤❤

[danieasullivan]

When the Stew crew announced you would be doing this, I couldn’t wait. Yall always have great meals together, thank you for sharing so we could have amazing meals too!

[karenkrieger]

The food network will be calling soon! This was fantastic!

[trishsangels]

LOVE IT! Finally someone that dont try to be something their not. I love you show all the steps & give tips. And your not afraid to use your hands in it all. To many people on YouTube try use all these gadgets that's most of us don't have. I can't wait to see more 😊 god bless you & your lovely family

[sallycowles]

can I just say how much I thoroughly enjoyed your first cooking video. Looking forward to watching many more. You are a real natural and it's easy to understand what you are saying and doing, Thankyou from a fan in New Zealand.

[Stephishealing]

I may be in the minority but I didn’t have an issue with the music! Appreciated that you specified that this was an americanised version, so many helpful little tips along the way like sweating the garlic. Keen to give this a go!

[Shell-sd]

Pro Chef here ✌ Excellent job❤ Love your videos! Just extra knowledge if you don't already know, but you can toast dry spices in the pan to bring out more flavor 👍 Also, can pinch the bigger ones to release their oils to impart more flavor, just like toasting them in a pan. Basil, you can stack the leaves on top of one another and roll them lengthwise, then slice thinly, its called a Chiffonade. You certainly dont need anyones help but for me its fun to learn or remember little tid bits! That meal made my tummy gurgle time for an unplanned midnight snack, thanks, Zach😂

[shirleygates]

Looks delicious, Zack. Please bring us more recipes. You are soft spoken, so music makes it harder to hear you. Love all your family.

[rebeccafrancis]

What a hit you have created!!! Your are very professional!!! I watched you grow up on the show and love your family. I grew up in Clinton and I am so proud of living so close to you all. Your parents taught all of you well and every one of the children is successful!! I look forward to more great recipes!!!

[sarahwagner]

Amazing first episode!!! Can’t wait to see what else you put out. So happy that you get to do what you love

[ruthe]

Love the new show. You do it so professionally .

[dejanaeedwards]

We’re so proud of you and your family Zach! So happy to see you on here, finally. Lol You’re the best big brother and husband. You’re always there for your family. This video was great. Bless you all. Keep going guys! 🎉😊❤

[robinweiss]

Congratulations Zach! This was excellent, enjoyable, a pleasure to watch! Stick with your new passion!

[ohiorn]

Congrats on your new YouTube channel. You look like a professional chef! Can’t wait to see more recipes. I have watched the Bates Family since the very beginning. Hopefully, we can get to catch up with your family as well.

[annettewebster]

Watching this at midnight, now I want to go make this dish. Love all the special touches you add. When you put the fresh Basil on the top as you plated it, reminds me of how Paula Deen would add a fresh herb at the end, then say “gotta have a vegetable!” Blessings from middle Tennessee.

[tiffhixson]

Thank you, Zach! This will help me so much. I never know what to cook, so I hardly ever do it. Appreciate you!

[kristaroyal]

Ideas for the future …. Bring in your wife or kids or friends to taste test. I bet fans would like to see you cooking for a bunch of law enforcement officers as well at their station or at a firehouse. I like the pots and pans you used, those were great quality. Nice kitchen too! Nice knife work. Nice plating and presentation. Nice clear camera work! Again I could see you with a cooking show on Food Network.

[nolan-_-]

We used this video as inspiration for supper tonight! We made our own pasta noodles for the first time ever. And we made your sauce recipe. We grilled our chicken instead of panko. It was a hit! My 15 year old said it was the best chicken Alfredo he’s ever had. We will definitely be making this again. Thanks for sharing this yummy recipe!