Chicken Scampi Recipe
Copycat Olive Garden's Chicken Scampi Recipe, ready in just 30 minutes. Juicy chicken tenders with vegetables in a garlic wine sauce served with pasta.
Ingredients
pasta-
- 8 oz angel hair pasta, uncooked
- ½ tsp oil
- ½ tsp salt
chicken-
- 1 lb chicken tenderloins
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper, or to taste
- ½ tsp italian seasoning
- 2 Tbsp oil, sauteing chicken
vegetables and sauce-
- 2 Tbsp oil, sauteing vegetables
- 1/2 green pepper, sliced into thin strands
- 1/2 red pepper, sliced into thin strands
- 1/2 yellow pepper, sliced into thin strands
- 1/2 red onion, sliced thin
- 6 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 1 1/3 cups chicken broth
- 2/3 cup half and half
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp salt, or to taste
- ¼ tsp italian seasoning
Instructions
- Cook angel hair pasta according to package instructions with the oil and salt. Drain water and keep the pasta covered.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning for the chicken dredging.
- Lightly beat chicken tenders. Dredge chicken tenders into flour mixture.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Once hot, saute chicken 2 minutes per side. Remove chicken from skillet and cover to keep warm.
- Add 2 Tbsp oil with the green, red, yellow peppers and red onion. Saute 2 minutes over medium/high heat, stirring as needed.
- Add butter and minced garlic. Saute another minute, stirring as needed.
- Pour the wine and broth into the vegetables. Cook on medium heat for 5 min.
- Add half and half, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning, bring to a soft boil.
- Add the chicken back to the vegetables/sauce, cook another minute.
- Add the pasta and cook until pasta is reheated.
- Serve and Enjoy!
Notes
For a richer sauce, use heavy whipping cream instead of half and half.