Chicken Alfredo Sauce

Alfredo sauce is white creamy sauce that can be served with pasta. It usually goes well with fettuccine. it can be combined with chicken or shrimp and will taste just as good. the basic ingredients that goes into Alfredo sauce are cream, butter and parmesan cheese.

1/4 cup butter (substitue italian herb flavored olive oil)
3 pips minced garlic
1 small onion, chopped
2 chicken breasts sliced to thin pieces
2 cups cream (substitute whole milk)
1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/4 cup parmesean cheese
1/2 tsp cornflour
Crushed chillie flakes (optional)


Melt butter over medium heat in a sauce pan ( if you want to try being healthy you can use the substitute of italian herb infused olive oil- I buy this at http://athymeforallseasonings.com). Once the butter melts throw in the chopped grlic and the chopped onion. Add and saute the chicken pieces. (Mix the cornflour in the milk if you are using milk but if you plan on using cream then you will have to use all purpose flour/maida) Once the chicken is cooked add the milk/cream , cheese, black pepper and salt and simmer. Do not let the sauce bubble. Keep stirring continuously. Add the parmeasean cheese and cook for 6-8 minutes or until done. Add chillie flakes for extra spice and flavor.

PASTA:
            When sauce cooks simultaneously bring pasta to cook as per the boxed instructions( I used 1 cup uncooked wheat penne pasta in this recipe). Once cooked drain the pasta and spoon pasta onto serving plates with alfredo sauce poured over the top.

VARIATIONS:

1. Shrimp: Instead of Chicken you can substitute it with shrimp and make it shrimp Alfredo. Shrimp cooks fast, so take care not to over cook it.
2. Spinach: Cook the spinach along with the chicken to get a spinach & chicken Alfredo.
3. Mushroom: is another choice and can be substituted for the spinach and chicken.