Baked Chicken Alfredo
When you are looking for a delicious pasta dish, this one is sure to deliver.
The chicken is placed on a bed of fettuccine and then topped with a rich
cream sauce, mushrooms, and gorgonzola cheese before being baked into
a brilliant combination of taste and texture. Save your appetite for this
dish, it is a meal in itself.
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces plus 2 tablespoons for
mushrooms
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, grated fine
1/4 cup white wine
1 cup gorgonzola cheese, grated coarse
1 pound mixed mushrooms, such as shitake, wood ear, and portebella, stems
removed and wiped clean, chopped coarse
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon shallots, chopped fine
6 garlic cloves, minced
1/8 teaspoon sea salt plus salt for pasta water
3/4 teaspoon black pepper, fresh ground
Directions for cooking baked chicken alfredo recipes:
Bring salted water to a boil and cook fettuccine for 6 - 7 minutes. Drain
well.
Preheat oven to 150c
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium pan. Season chicken with 1/4 teaspoon
pepper and brown chicken breasts over medium heat. Remove chicken and
slice into thin strips and set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the
mushrooms and cook until tender and they have released their liquid (about
5 to 6 minutes). Add 2 tablespoons butter remove from heat and stir until
butter is absorbed. Transfer mushrooms to a bowl.
Return pan to medium high heat and add shallots and garlic and cook, stirring
until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the white wine and cook until reduced
by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cream and reduce heat to medium stirring
until thickened and slightly reduced, 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the Parmigiano Reggiano stirring to incorporate. Season with salt
and pepper, whisking constantly. Reduce heat to medium-low and begin adding
the pices of butter one at a time.
Place the fettuccine in a large casserole dish, or add 1/4 fettuccine
to an oven safe plate. Add sliced chicken and mushrooms on top of the
noodles and top off with alfredo sauce. Bake for 10 minutes and add gorgonzola
cheese, baking for additional 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and
begins to brown.