Name: Chicken Alfredo Pasta
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ½ cup butter (1 stick); 2 cups heavy whipping cream; 4 oz cream cheese (1/2 block); 1 Tbs garlic (minced finely); 1/2 tsp salt; ½ tsp cracked pepper; 2 tsp Italian seasoning; 1 cup parmesan cheese (freshly grated/shredded)

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My Homemade Alfredo Sauce is the creamiest, dreamiest sauce that makes this Chicken Alfredo Pasta the best on the planet! Make a weeknight super special!

You guys. This is the Homemade Alfredo Sauce recipe you’ve been looking for. It’s SO darn good – and gets absolute rave reviews from everyone who tries it.

Let’s be really real for a second: this is not diet food. Unless you are doing the keto diet, and using this with zucchini noodles, of course. It’s got butter, cream, cream cheese, AND parmesan cheese it it, which makes it higher in calories, but oh. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s better than anything I’ve ever eaten.

The garlic, the cream… the butter and the cheeeeese!!! Heaven. HEAVEN.

Both of my kids, despite being the children of a food blogger are picky eaters. They LOVE Alfredo Sauce, and gobble this up like it’s their job (see Exhibits A and B below), which makes MY job a lot easier! You know you’re on a winner when there is absolute silence around the family dinner table, aside from forks scraping and mmmm noises.

I’d show you pics of my mother snarfing it down on her last visit, but I’ve been banned from that. But that’s her arm and an almost empty bowl on the right of Exhibit B. Lol.

Why this recipe works:

Quick & Easy. Make the sauce while the pasta cooks!
A great recipe to use in other recipes that use Alfredo Sauce.

chicken alfredo pasta with peas in a blue skillet

Kylee’s Notes & FAQs

Pair this with some peas or steamed broccoli, and make this a GREAT family meal!

Grab your ingredients and measure them out before you begin. This is a fairly quick recipe, so you’ll need them at hand as you go.
Keep whisking!! You want this to be a smooth, thick sauce.
Use this Alfredo Sauce with any kind of pasta – fettuccine works exceptionally well, but penne, rotini and bowties have all gotten rave reviews here.

Ingredients

The full list of ingredients and quantities is found in the printable recipe card below.

Butter. Use salted butter, although we do add salt and the parmesan is salty, I still like the added flavor. Cut it into small pieces for easy melting.
Cream. This means heavy cream (also known as heavy whipping cream). You could substitute half & half, but the sauce won’t be as thick.
Cream cheese You can use reduced fat if you wish (but if you’re making this you probably aren’t all that concerned!) Do cut it into small pieces for easy melting.
Garlic. Fresh minced garlic is best. You could sub garlic powder, but it won’t have that powerful garlic punch that is typical of a good Alfredo Sauce.
Salt, pepper, Italian seasoning. there are measurements in the recipe, but feel free to ramp it up, or dial it back depending on your preferences.
Parmesan. Buy a wedge of this, and grate it yourself using a microplane or the side of a box grater.
Pasta. I like fettuccine, but any kind will do!
Chicken. Any cooked chicken will do. Grilled chicken, or baked chicken breast is perfect!

How to make this recipe

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The full list of ingredients, quantities and instructions can be found in the printable recipe card below.

Begin by cooking your pasta in of salted, boiling water. You’ll want it al dente: which is cooked but still slightly firm to the bite.

STEP 1: Melt the butter, cream cheese and cream in a large skillet over medium heat.

STEP 2: Whisk until smooth.

STEP 3: Add the garlic, salt, pepper and italian seasoning and allow to thicken – just a few minutes

STEP 4: Remove from the heat, and add the freshly cooked pasta to the sauce. Toss with tongs to combine.

STEP 5: Top with shredded parmesan cheese.

STEP 6: Toss again.

STEP 7: Add the chicken.

STEP 8: Add peas if using.

STEP 9: Devour.

step by step instructions on making chicken fettuccine alfredo

Do you love Pasta Recipes? Here are a few more that I love:

Classic Weeknight Tuna Noodle Casserole – you could actually use this easy Alfredo Sauce recipe in place of the canned soup in this recipe!
Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Pasta – another family pleaser, this one has amazing flavor and zero complaints
One Pan Ham & Cheese Pasta – make this all in one skillet, in under 30 minutes. Score!
One-Pot Chicken Parmesan Pasta – a delicious winner from The Chunky Chef

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