Chicken Fettuccine with Lemon Cream Sauce

This chicken fettuccine dish is rich and decadent with the most insanely delicious lemon cream sauce!

So lately I’ve been doing a lot of food blog research and I feel like my brain is gonna explode. I’ve only been blogging for 4 months and I feel like it’s been so much longer. I love sharing my recipes with you all and I have so much that I still want to accomplish.

There’s so much that goes into blogging; SEO, website maintenance, getting traffic, etc. Sometimes I feel lost in it all but I’ve found great resources and made friends with other fellow food bloggers. I didn’t realize just how big the blogging community is and I’m grateful to be a part of it.

Whenever I feel bogged down by it all I remember the main reason why I started this blog; to share and document my love for cooking, baking, and photography.

Now onto this incredible dish…

Chicken Fettuccine with lemon cream sauce. The title alone makes my mouth water, fuhrealz.

This lemon cream sauce is seriously in a league of its own. You’ll want to guzzle this sauce down by itself because it is so damn good; I mean, like, lick the bowl clean afterwards good.

When it comes to pasta I’ve always been a lover of white sauce in comparison to red sauce. In fact, the only red sauce I really like is with traditional spaghetti.

If you haven’t caught on by now, I love lemons. To get you caught up with other lemon inspired recipes look here and here. I love cooking with lemons and I love baking with lemons, so there’s no surprise here that I’ve made this dish with the most epic lemon cream sauce. When I say that this sauce is epic, I ain’t lying! It’s amazing that just a few ingredients can make such a delicious pasta sauce.

I seriously couldn’t wait to stop shooting this recipe to devour that plate ha ha.

This pasta dish is:

• Creamy
• Delicious
• Subtly spicy
• Flavorful

Chicken Fettuccine with Lemon Cream Sauce

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

35 mins

 

This chicken fettuccine dish is rich and decadent with the most insanely delicious lemon cream sauce!

Author: Quin

Cuisine: American

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts
• 1lb fettuccine
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1-2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1-2 tsp garlic powder
• zest of 1 lemon
• salt and pepper, to taste
• bell peppers, optional
• For the lemon cream sauce
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1-2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1-2 tsp dried basil
• 2 tbsp garlic, minced
• juice of 2 lemons
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Clean and pat dry chicken breasts with paper towel. I don't like my chicken breasts too thick so I halve mine. If you do this you will have a total of four chicken breasts.
2. Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper, garlic powder and lemon zest.
3. In a large skillet, heat butter on medium-low heat and sauté chicken breasts
4. While chicken is cooking; in a separate pot, boil and cook fettuccine according to package directions and set aside once cooked.
5. Once chicken is fully cooked on both sides, transfer the chicken to a plate and put on the side.
6. For the lemon cream sauce
7. In the same skillet that cooked the chicken, add red pepper flakes and garlic and let cook until fragrant (about 1-2 minutes).
8. Add chicken broth, heavy cream, lemon juice, dried basil, and whisk until all ingredients are combined. Add bell peppers to sauce if you desire.
9. Let sauce cook on medium-low heat until slightly thickened. Add cooked chicken breasts to sauce and let simmer for 5-10 minutes in sauce.
10. Plate fettuccine and top with chicken breasts and sauce and serve hot.

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Summary

Recipe Name

Chicken Fettuccine with Lemon Cream Sauce

Published On

2016-04-25

Preparation Time

15M

Cook Time

20M

Total Time

35M