Easy Chicken Alfredo Angel Hair Pasta Recipe In Under 1-Hour

You have to try our new chicken alfredo angel hair pasta recipe. It is packed with authentic Alfredo flavors, but has a fun twist your family will love!

This is a fun and healthy dinner that is perfect for any occasion. And, it is so easily adjustable that you can use the base as inspiration to create something different every night! So, don’t skip this recipe! It’s all but guaranteed to be a new go-to dinner!

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What Is Traditional Chicken Alfredo Pasta?

Traditional Alfredo pasta is made with a few basic, yet extremely flavorful ingredients. An Alfredo sauce is made with a combination of melted butter and grated parmesan cheese. As the two combine, they emulsify to form a deliciously creamy cheese sauce.

Then, we get the pasta, arguably the most important part of this recipe. Authentic Alfredo pasta is made with fettuccine. In fact, this dish also goes by an alternative name, Fettuccini Alfredo or Fettuccine Al Burro.

This pasta is also called little ribbons. It consists of long flat strands of pasta that come in various thicknesses.

There are two types of fettuccine used. Fettucce is the wider type whereas fettuccelle is the narrower one.

Fettuccine is roughly 0.25-inches (6.4mm) in width. It is wider than tagliatelle. And, it isn’t anything like spaghetti which is round and very thin.

What Is angel hair pasta?

Now, angel hair pasta has a completely different form. It is classified as a strange pasta, like spaghetti. It is long and extremely thin, measuring 0.033 to 0.036-inches (0.85 – 0.92 mm) in diameter.

This pasta generally cooks a lot quicker than its thicker counterparts. And, it has the ability to absorb a ton of sauce!

If you can’t find anything labeled as “angel hair pasta”, try finding “Capellini” or “Capelli d’angelo”. This pasta is sold in nest-shaped balls.

What You Need To Make This Chicken Alfredo Angel Hair Pasta Recipe

Ingredients for the sauce

• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 tablespoons cake flour
• 3 cups heavy cream, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• Fine salt, to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 cups Parmesan cheese, finely grated

Ingredients for the Alfredo

• 1-3 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 pounds of chicken breasts, cubed
• 16 ounces angel hair pasta

Equipment

• Measuring cups and spoons
• Mixing bowls
• Frying pan
• Tongs
• Paper towel
• Whisk
• Large pot
• Strainer

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Step by step instructions

Step 1: Cook your chicken

To start, heat some olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Season your chicken with salt and pepper.

Then, add your meat to the heated frying pan and fry them for roughly 8-10 minutes or until it’s fully cooked. The chicken should be beautifully browned on all sides.

Once cooked, drain the chicken on a paper towel to remove the excess oil.

Step 2: Make your Alfredo sauce roux

In the same pan as you fried the chicken, add the butter and garlic and cook them over medium heat. Once the butter is melted and the garlic has softened, whisk in the flour quickly.

Then, remove the pan from the heat. Slowly add the cream while whisking continuously. Don’t add more cream until your current mixture is completely lump-free.

Step 3: Finish your sauce

Once your cream is fully incorporated, place it back over medium-low heat and cook it until it thickens. Finally, add your seasoning ingredients and fold in the cheese.

Step 4: Cook the angel hair pasta

Bring a large pot of water to a boil with salt and some vegetable oil. Once boiling, add the angel hair pasta and cook it according to the package instructions.

Once cooked, drain it from the water.

Step 5: Assemble your chicken Alfredo angel hair pasta

Finally, combine the cooked chicken, Alfredo sauce, and angel hair pasta in a large bowl or pot. Then serve it immediately with some extra grated parmesan cheese.

Expert Tips And Tricks

• When cooking the chicken, always work in smaller batches to avoid overcrowding the pan. If you do add too much at once, the chicken won’t properly cook or brown.
• If you use fresh angel hair pasta, you only need to cook it for about 2 minutes. If you are using dry angel hair pasta, follow the package instructions. But, it takes roughly 4 minutes.
• The flavors of this recipe are easily adjustable. You can add more or less of any herb or spice, as long as it works with the rest of the flavors. And, you can even add other proteins for a meatier flavor. We love some chorizo with this chicken Alfredo angel hair pasta recipe.

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Wrapping Things Up – The Ultimate Chicken Alfredo Angel Hair Pasta Recipe

As you can see, making this chicken Alfredo angel hair pasta recipe is easier than you think. The different pasta doesn’t affect the sauce or protein at all but helps make the dish a little more interesting and fun.

For more tasty recipes like this, go have a look at our site! And, let us know what you think about this Alfredo!

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Easy Chicken Alfredo Angel Hair Pasta Recipe In Under 1-Hour

You have to try our new chicken alfredo angel hair pasta recipe. It is packed with authentic Alfredo flavors, but has a fun twist your family will love! This is a fun and healthy dinner that is perfect for any occasion. And, it is so easily adjustable that you can use the base as inspiration to create something different every night! So, don't skip this recipe! It's all but guaranteed to be a new go-to dinner!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Total Time55 minutes mins

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: chicken alfredo angel hair pasta recipe, Does angel hair pasta soak up the sauce?, How do you cook angel hair pasta on the stove?, How do you make angel hair Alfredo?, What are the best seasonings to put in Alfredo?

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 266kcal

Author: Ania Cooking Recipes

Equipment

• Measuring cups and spoons
• Mixing bowls
• Frying pan
• Tongs
• Paper towel
• Whisk
• Large Pot
• Strainer

Ingredients

  

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Ingredients for the sauce

• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 tablespoons cake flour
• 3 cups heavy cream, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• Fine salt, to taste
• Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 cups Parmesan cheese, finely grated

Ingredients for the Alfredo

• 1-3 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 pounds of chicken breasts, cubed
• 16 ounces angel hair pasta

Instructions

• Cook your chicken

  To start, heat some olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Season your chicken with salt and pepper.

  Then, add your meat to the heated frying pan and fry them for roughly 8-10 minutes or until it's fully cooked. The chicken should be beautifully browned on all sides.

  Once cooked, drain the chicken on a paper towel to remove the excess oil.
  1-3 tablespoons olive oil, 1 1/2 pounds of chicken breasts, cubed, Salt and pepper, to taste
• Make your Alfredo sauce roux

  In the same pan as you fried the chicken, add the butter and garlic and cook them over medium heat. Once the butter is melted and the garlic has softened, whisk in the flour quickly.

  Then, remove the pan from the heat. Slowly add the cream while whisking continuously. Don't add more cream until your current mixture is completely lump-free.
  1/4 cup salted butter, 4 garlic cloves, minced, 3 cups heavy cream, room temperature, 6 tablespoons cake flour
• Finish your sauce

  Once your cream is fully incorporated, place it back over medium-low heat and cook it until it thickens. Finally, add your seasoning ingredients and fold in the cheese.
  1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, 1/2 teaspoon dried basil, 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, 2 cups Parmesan cheese, finely grated
• Cook the angel hair pasta

  Bring a large pot of water to a boil with salt and some vegetable oil. Once boiling, add the angel hair pasta and cook it according to the package instructions.

  Once cooked, drain it from the water.
  16 ounces angel hair pasta, Fine salt, to taste
• Assemble your chicken Alfredo angel hair pasta

  Finally, combine the cooked chicken, Alfredo sauce, and angel hair pasta in a large bowl or pot. Then serve it immediately with some extra grated parmesan cheese.
  2 cups Parmesan cheese, finely grated

Notes

When cooking the chicken, always work in smaller batches to avoid overcrowding the pan. If you do add too much at once, the chicken won't properly cook or brown.

If you use fresh angel hair pasta, you only need to cook it for about 2 minutes. If you are using dry angel hair pasta, follow the package instructions. But, it takes roughly 4 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 100g | Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 457mg | Potassium: 225mg | Fiber: 0.8g | Sugar: 1.5g | Calcium: 155mg | Iron: 1.2mg

Ania

My name is Ania, and I am very glad to see you here. I have always loved cooking; even some of my earliest memories are flipping through a cookbook and making pudding standing on a stool because I was too small to reach the stove.

You should know that I am not a professionally trained chef, just a big food lover who grew up in a family obsessed with cooking and focused on what we eat.