Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, healthy chicken broccoli alfredo. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This chicken Alfredo recipe has broccoli in it, so you technically don't need to serve anything with it. Chicken and broccoli coated in a light skinny garlic Alfredo sauce. This guilt free version of chicken Alfredo is creamy, flavor and is even tastier than the original.
Healthy Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Healthy Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have healthy chicken broccoli alfredo using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Healthy Chicken Broccoli Alfredo:
- Get 1 whole spaghetti squash
- Prepare 4 cups low fat cottage cheese
- Take 1/2 c Parmesan cheese
- Get 1/2 c 2% milk
- Prepare 15 oz cubed boneless, skinless chicken breast
- Get 2 c chopped broccoli
- Prepare 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Make ready 1 tbsp sea salt
- Take 2 tsp basil
- Prepare 2 tsp oregano
- Make ready 2 tsp ground black pepper
Let chicken alfredo warm through for a minute. Alfredo sauce is certainly not one of those "clean-eating" New Years type dish, but with all this broccoli, it all balances out, right? While I am not a fan of mushrooms the Campbell's Condensed Cream of Mushroom soup (I used the healthy request variety) proved to be a very handy ingredient. Add cooked chicken to Alfredo sauce and heat through.
Steps to make Healthy Chicken Broccoli Alfredo:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Once preheated place halved spaghetti squash in, facing down on a cookie sheet. Bake for 40min
- Combine cottage cheese, Parmesan, milk, and all seasoning in a pot. Heat slightly on low, while blending to a smooth sauce with a hand blender or immersion blender. (I used an immersion blender) once blended take off of heat and set to the side
- Begin to sauté chicken, once about 80% cooked, add broccoli.
- After 40min take out spaghetti squash. Allow to cool for 5-10min. Once cool, begin to shred with a fork into spaghetti like noodles.
- Add squash noodles to chicken and broccoli, then follow with the Alfredo sauce. Mix all ingredients thoroughly, and bring heat down to a lower heat. Allow to simmer for about 5-6min to allow all of the flavors to marry.
- Enjoy! Best next thing to the REAL thing!
Serve over hot, cooked fettuccine and broccoli. If you're accustomed to buying jarred sauce, this chicken and broccoli Alfredo will show you just how easy—and scrumptious—homemade sauce can be. Strain the pasta and broccoli in a colander, and run cold water over to prevent the broccoli from over cooking. Heat the olive oil in the pot over medium-high heat, and add the chicken. This low-carb, gluten-free take on fettucine Alfredo is lower in calories than classic versions, and it provides protein and extra vegetables thanks to a spaghetti-squash base.
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