Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Creamy Parmesan Pasta
Golden garlic butter chicken bites sit over silky Parmesan pasta for a practical, comforting dinner that comes together in about 30 minutes.
Servings: 4
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Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- 6 cloves garlic minced and divided
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 12 oz fettuccine or preferred pasta
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- salt and black pepper to taste
- fresh parsley chopped, for garnish
- extra garlic butter for drizzling
Instructions
Instructions
- Boil salted water, cook pasta until just tender, then drain.
- Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium-high heat and add chicken.
- Season with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning; cook 6–8 minutes until golden and cooked through, then set aside.
- Reduce heat to medium and melt 4 tablespoons butter in the pan.
- Add 4 minced garlic cloves until fragrant, then return chicken and coat.
- In a separate pan, melt remaining butter and sauté remaining garlic briefly.
- Add cream and broth and bring to a soft simmer.
- Whisk in Parmesan until thick and smooth; season.
- Toss pasta in the Parmesan sauce.
- Plate pasta and top with chicken bites.
- Garnish with parsley and optionally drizzle garlic butter.