{"id":1012,"date":"2013-04-20T20:18:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T03:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2013-04-20T20:20:58","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T03:20:58","slug":"recipe-27-bow-tie-chicken-alfredo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/recipe-27-bow-tie-chicken-alfredo\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe #27: Bow Tie Chicken Alfredo"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend, Crystal, and I try to hang out about once a month at my place, kid free. We get to catch up, she gets a mommy break and dinner, and I get to try new recipes. \ud83d\ude42 Everyone wins!! So last time she was over, I decided to try this recipe…<\/p>\n

While this recipe does come from Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman), it was actually sent to me by my boss who tried it and loved it.<\/p>\n

Bow tie Chicken Alfredo<\/a><\/p>\n

What you need:<\/p>\n

Bowtie Pasta (farfalle)<\/p>\n

Tablespoons Butter<\/p>\n

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts<\/p>\n

Salt And Pepper, to taste<\/p>\n

2 cloves Garlic, Minced<\/p>\n

3\/4 cups Chicken Broth (Or dry white wine)<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup Half-and-half<\/p>\n

3 Tablespoons Heavy Cream<\/p>\n

Chicken Broth, For Thinning<\/p>\n

3\/4 cups Parmesan Shavings Or Grated Parmesan<\/p>\n

2 Tablespoons Fresh Parsley, Minced<\/p>\n

First things first, cook the pasta for one minute less than the package directs.<\/p>\n

While that is going on….<\/p>\n

Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.<\/p>\n

Salt and pepper both sides of the chicken breasts and put them in a skillet with some butter over medium-high.<\/p>\n

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Once golden brown on both sides and are cooked all the way thru, remove them from the skillet and let them rest while you make the sauce<\/p>\n

Add 2 more tablespoons of butter to the skillet, \u00c2\u00a0throw in the minced garlic and cook for about a minute. \"IMAG0109<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, here the Pioneer Woman says to pour in white wine, instead I used chicken broth. One, Crystal doesn’t like the taste of alcohol. Two, I didn’t have any. So add your chicken broth… then let it come to a simmer and reduce for about 2 minutes.<\/p>\n

At this point you would add the half-and-half, I used 1% milk. Again, it was what I had and I also wanted it to be a bit lighter. This did result in a slightly thinner sauce though. Anyways, add the milk\u00c2\u00a0, cream, salt, and pepper. Then whisk until it’s all combined.<\/p>\n

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Let it simmer for a few minutes until thick. If it gets too thick, you can thin it with a little more chicken broth.<\/p>\n

Once thick, remove it from the heat. Add Parmesan to the pan, then throw the pasta in. Toss.<\/p>\n

Now, return to that well rested chicken and cut it into strips.<\/p>\n

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Add the chicken and continue tossing until it’s all combined.<\/p>\n

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Taste for salt and then top with minced parsley and Parmesan.<\/p>\n

This was delicious and Crystal loved it. Although, starting with butter and garlic, I had her fairly early on. It was one of those dishes that you can’t stop eating even though you are full. The sauce was much thinner than I thought it was going to be, probably because I used milk instead of half and half. It just didn’t look like the\u00c2\u00a0Alfredo\u00c2\u00a0that we’re used to, the kind that coats everything. I was worried that it wouldn’t have much flavor because the pasta didn’t look like it was coated, but it was there in every bite. I think I would try this again with half and half though to see the difference.<\/p>\n

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My friend, Crystal, and I try to hang out about once a month at my place, kid free. We get to catch up, she gets a mommy break and dinner, and I get to try new recipes. \ud83d\ude42 Everyone wins!! So last time she was over, I decided to try this recipe… While this recipe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,4],"tags":[680,686,802,792,293],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onlytwopeople.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}