Gammy and our daughter, Michelle, went to a ladies church function and I was on my own. Well, Bubba was with me. So, I did this Throw Together Chicken Dinner for us.
“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.”– Benjamin Franklin
I put a skillet on at medium high and eyeballed about 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter. Then another skillet with 1/2 stick of butter and 1/4 cup of heavy cream that I happened to have in the fridge from my last Fettuccini Alfredo indulgence. And, a pot of water for the fettuccini. I went ahead and put the fettuccini in and turned the heat up full blast to get that pasta going. I put a couple of small boneless skinless chicken breasts in the skillet. Sprinkled them with garlic powder and black pepper. Turned them over and sprinkled the other side.
The heavy cream was starting to bubble so I added the freshly grated parmesan cheese and mixed it up with the butter and cream. The fettuccini had started to soften up so it went into the creamy, buttery, cheesy mixture.
Turned the chicken filets over and let the Alfredo sauce thicken up and the fettuccini get al dente .
Sliced up a Roma tomato and chopped up a few fresh basil leaves from the basil plants that Gammy keeps thriving out on the deck. Then I put it all together. Spooned some of the Alfredo sauce on the chicken and topped it all off with the chopped up fresh basil. Of course I had a toasted slice of Poppop’s easy homemade bread. I keep some slices in the freezer.
How’s that for a Throw Together Chicken Dinner?
Bubba helped me with the fettuccini. He’s nice that way.
And, he wanted more!
But he is not spoiled!
Throw Together Chicken Dinner
Ingredients
- butter 1 tbsp.for chicken 1/2 stick for the alfredo
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 small boneless skinless chicken breast or 1 large
- garlic powder
- black pepper
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 pound fettuccini
- 1 roma tomatoe sliced
- 4-5 fresh basil leaves chopped
Instructions
- I put a skillet on at medium high and eyeballed about 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 1 tablespoon of butter. Then another skillet with 1/2 stick of butter and 1/4 cup of heavy cream that I happened to have in the fridge from my last Fettuccini Alfredo indulgence. And, a pot of water for the fettuccini. I went ahead and put the fettuccini in and turned the heat up full blast to get that pasta going. I put a couple of small boneless skinless chicken breasts in the skillet. Sprinkled them with garlic powder and black pepper. Turned them over and sprinkled the other side.
- The heavy cream was starting to bubble so I added the freshly grated parmesan cheese and mixed it up with the butter and cream. The fettuccini had softened up so it went into the creamy, buttery, cheesy mixture.
- Turned the chicken filets over and let the Alfredo sauce thicken up.
- Sliced up a Roma tomato and chopped up a few fresh basil leaves from the basil plants that Gammy keeps thriving out on the deck. Then I put it all together. Spooned some of the Alfredo sauce on the chicken and topped it all off with the chopped up fresh basil. Of course I had a toasted slice of Poppop's easy homemade bread.
