How To Make A Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and provides a cheesy flavor.

Salt a pot of boiling water.

Add in 0.5 pound of spaghetti and allow it to boil for 10 minutes.

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil over medium high heat.

Add in 1 chicken breast cut into bite-sized pieces and season with salt, Italian seasoning, black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.

Mix well and cook the chicken for 5 to 6 minutes or until golden and fully cooked through.

Remove the chicken from the pan and set it aside.

Reduce the heat to medium and add in 3 tbsp of butter to the same pan.

Melt down the butter.

Add in 5 minced garlic cloves and a few dashes of red pepper flakes.

Sauté for 1 minute or until fragrant.

Add the drained pasta back in along with 0.25 cup of reserved pasta water or chicken broth, 0.25 cup of Parmesan cheese, the cooked chicken, 0.25 cup of heavy whipping cream, some more salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning.

Toss everything to coat.

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