Chicken & Broccoli Skillet Pasta Alfredo
Satisfy your taste buds with this creamy Chicken & Broccoli Skillet Pasta Alfredo. Perfect for a cozy night in or impressing your dinner guests.
We usually order in on Fridays. Because, I mean, who really wants to cook after a long week of work. I know *I* don’t and S surely doesn’t either. It’s supposed to be the one night we have off from cooking. Except on Saturdays, when we get lazy or I forget to plan something quick and easy to make for dinner.
One would think that since it’s Saturday, we would have time to cook, just like Sunday, but sometimes we don’t. We’re off galivanting through the countryside looking for bargain steals in antiques or outlet malls. We’re non-discriminatory in our steal searches.
So, yeah. We get lazy in cooking on Saturday. This is seriously sabotaging my efforts at trying to lose weight. One night, I can recover from that, but two? And, well, I have no filter to tell myself to stop shoving food into my mouth. I mean, it tastes good! Who wouldn’t want to just keep eating one queso covered chip after another?
It’s almost absolutely necessary to plan 5 quick and easy meals and one Sunday Supper meal. It’s also absolutely necessary that I remember to remove the protein from the freezer so we can make the quick meal on Saturday. Yes. My brain is a sieve.
Luckily for me, I remembered to remove the chicken from the freezer for this delicious Saturday night dish. And you can see how we devoured it!
Because this chicken & broccoli skillet pasta alfredo is AHmazing!
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the pan
AMAZING!
I’m not just saying that because I created it. This chicken & broccoli skillet pasta alfredo truly was delicious. The chicken was perfectly tender and juice which paired with the crispy broccoli all wrapped into a low fat and creamy Alfredo sauce tossed with pasta. What about that is not to love? I bet even your pickiest of eaters will wolf this one down. My mother always said, “Put cheese sauce on anything and you’ll eat it!”
She’s right!
Not to mention healthy for you!! It’s low fat, hearty, delicious, and has broccoli in it. AND it can be on the table in under 30 minutes. WIN WIN!
So, to keep your cheese monster at bay, make this for dinner. It definitely curbed my cravings for things slathered in cheese.
Chicken & Broccoli Skillet Pasta Alfredo
Looking for a quick and delicious dinner idea? Look no further than this one-pan Chicken & Broccoli Skillet Pasta Alfredo. Easy clean up, maximum flavor.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- '2 cups broccoli florets
- 8 ounces uncooked pasta
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup fat free half and half
- 2/3 cup reduced fat Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to package directions omitting the salt and fat. Drain and keep warm.
- Preheat a large skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add the onion and saute 2 to 3 minutes, or until the onions begin to soften.
- Add the chicken to the onions and brown well before adding the broccoli. Sprinkle with the garlic salt and pepper before adding the half and half. Cook until the half and half is heated before adding the Parmesan cheese.
- Simmer 1 to 2 minutes before adding the pasta. Stir well to combine and simmer until the pasta is heated through.
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 545Total Fat 11gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 114mgSodium 878mgCarbohydrates 59gFiber 5gSugar 7gProtein 51g
