CULINARY Peppered Chicken Alfredo
Spice up your typical Chicken Alfredo dish using this quick and easy recipe. Although we are using penne pasta, this recipe works well with fettucine as well. Ingredients • 500 grams of penne pasta • 2 pounds of chicken tenderloins, cut into cubes 1 teaspoon of garlic powder or grate 5 gloves (minced) 1 teaspoon of pepper or 6 scotch peppers Seasoning cube 3 tablespoons of oil 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms 2 small finely chopped red onion 4 turkey (chopped) 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan cheese • • • • • • • • bacon fresh strips Parsley, chopped for garnishing Direction Bring a large pot of salty water to a boil and drop in your penne. Fry your chicken with onion scotch or dry pepper and Maggie in a pan separately and keep aside. When the penne is cooked, but still a little firm, pour it into the colander and move the pasta immediately into the sauté pan as you want it dripping wet with the cooking water. Melt the butter, stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes, take the pan off the heat and gradually stir in the milk or cream to get a smooth sauce in a large sauté pan. Return to the heat, stirring all the time. Simmer gently for 8-10 minutes and season with salt and white pepper. Pour your pasta and diced turkey bacon and peppered chicken into the white sauce, Stir •
This is a delicious and simple to make drink. It tastes wonderful with apple and orange juices, and that extra oomph from the cinnamon stick. You can skip adding honey if you don’t like it too sweet. Ingredients • 4 cups of apple cider or juice • 3 cups of orange juice • 4-1/2 teaspoons of honey often to combine, do not turn off the heat; keep it at its lowest setting while the pasta cooks. Incorporate the cheese, then swirl and toss the pasta until it has incorporated into the white sauce. If needed, add few more spoonfuls of the pasta cooking water. Sprinkle with your parsley over the pasta. • • • 5 cinnamon sticks 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon of ground nutmeg of ground Direction Add all the ingredients in a large pot. Mix and allow to simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Cover pot and let sit for 30 minutes. Strain and serve, warm or with ice.
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