Ok, so David and I had Amy and Nathan over for dinner and I attempted a new recipe. I have been wanting a good pasta recipe FOREVER. I looked online forever for something suitable but ended up on the Olive Garden website instead to look at their beloved food that I never get. Well, low and behold they put some of their delicious dishes online for you to make at home. Talk about YUM! (To be honest, I would rather have THEM make it for ME, but I'm just happy to get to eat it!) I made Chicken Castellina and you must too RIGHT NOW! No serioulsy, it was delicious. Go get the ingredients. I am making my most favorite dish of theirs, Tuscan Garlic chicken, tomorrow and I expect deliciousness again. Here is the recipe...
Chicken Castellina
Sauce
1/4 cup diced bacon
6 T. butter (I never said it was remotely healthy)
1 tsp fresh chopped garlic
1/4 cup sundried tomatoes, chopped
1.5 cups heavy whipping cream (once again very fattening but scrumptious)
1.5 cups milk
1 0z cornstarch
1/4 cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
1/2 cup smoked gouda cheese, chopped
1/4 tsp salt
1 T. fresh rosemary (I omitted this because I couldnt find it and dont care about it)
8.5 oz artichokes, drained
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup chopped mushrooms
pasta of your choice
Chicken
1.5 lbs chicken breasts, cut in cubes
3/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 T. olive oil
1/4 c. white wine (you dont have to use this or can use chicken broth instead)
Saute bacon in large pot over medium/high heat until crisp and golden brown. Reduce heat, add butter, and let melt. Add garlic and sundried tomatoes and cook approximately 1 minute (stirring frequently); do not brown.
Whisk in together whipping cream, milk, and cornstarch together. Raise heat to medium/high heat. Add parmesan and gouda cheeses. Once cheese melts, stir in remaing sauce ingredients and bring to a boil; stirring continuously.
Remove from heat and let stand uncovered.
Chicken
Mix flour, salt, and pepper together and coat chicken in it. Shake off excess.
Heat oil in pan and brown chicken thoroughly on both sides; until juices run clear. Add wine (if wanted) to chicken pan and toss until evaporated. Add chicken to sauce and let heat up again.
Place on pasta and ENJOY! Yum Yum in my tum tum.
Hope you all enjoy!
3 comments:
Just wanted to throw in my whole-hearted agreement. That meal was, as Kelly Kapoor would say, A-MAZING. I browsed through Olive Garden's recipes for like an hour right after we got home! Thanks so much again for having us over. Not having to cook + eating that kind of deliciousness = one very happy pregnant woman (and a very happy Nathan, who would have been stuck with who KNOWS what if we'd eaten at home)
My mouth is WATERING! I am going to the Olive Garden website RIGHT NOW!!
Oh my this recipe looks so good. I need to try it for the next time I cook and have people over. Or the first time I cook and have people over :). Time for me to learn to cook! You are such an awesome culinary example (like all those amazing baked goods you brought to work - flag cake! truffles!) Were they called truffles? Whatever they were called, they were amazing.
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