If you love saucy alfredo pasta, then you will fall in love with this blackened chicken alfredo instantly! The grilled blackened chicken and pasta are tossed in a simple creamy alfredo along with a few spices, chopped green onion, and sun-dried tomatoes.
This blackened chicken is SO easy and simple, there’s a good reason we make it every other week. I hope you love it as much as we do and be sure to serve this with our turkey provolone rolls and cucumber radish salad.
How to make blackened chicken alfredo
- Season the chicken with salt, pepper, and blacked seasoning. Then grill the chicken and cut it up into pieces.
- Then sautee the green onion, sun-dried tomatoes, blackened seasoning, garlic powder, dried basil, salt, pepper, and melted butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. This will be the alfredo sauce.
- Pour in the heavy cream and let it come to a simmer. remove from heat and add the parmesan cheese cubed chicken, and pasta.
What is blackened chicken?
- Blackening is a cooking technique that requires heavy seasoning on meats or fish and then cooking in butter or oil. Although the crust may look chared, it is merely a crust that has formed from the butter/oil and spices.
- You can either buy a premade jar of blackened seasoning or make your own by combining paprika, red, white, and black peppers, oregano, salt, onion, and garlic.
Can I make alfredo sauce ahead of time?
Sure thing! Make the sauce and refrigerate within 2 hours. Store for up the 4 days. Then, reheat the sauce in a saucepan over low heat. Make sure to stir constantly to avoid the sauce from curdling.
What sides to serve with blackened chicken alfredo?
Who doesn’t love a bowl of creamy cheesy pasta? Try these other pasta dishes next time!
Blackened Chicken Alfredo
Ingredients
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 box of mini farfalle pasta spaghetti works fine too
- 1 tbsp Cajun’s choice blackened seasoning
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 bunch green onion
- ½ cup chopped sun dried tomatoes
- ½ tsp dried basil
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- pinch of salt and pepper
- 1 qt whipping cream
- 1 ½ cup shredded or grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Season chicken breast to taste with salt, pepper, and blackened seasoning. Grill for about 3-4 on each side. If you don't have a grill, you can cook the chicken on a greased frying pan as well.
- After the chicken is fully cooked, and cool down, chop it into 1 inch cubes and set aside.
- Thinly slice the green onion and chop the sun dried tomatoes into small pieces.
- In a large skillet, heat butter over medium high heat and add in the green onion, sun dried tomatoes, dried basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
- Once the green onion and sun dried tomatoes have been cooking for about 2 minutes, add in the whipping cream. Bring the heat down to low and add the Parmesan cheese once the sauce comes to a simmer.
- Mix in the cubed chicken and stir every few minutes.
- Make the pasta according to the package. Strain out the water and mix the pasta into the sauce.
Nutrition
This recipe was originally posted on Mar 2, 2015, we’ve tweaked it a bit since then.
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Patricia says
I loved it! I cut the recipe in half & it still came out perfect!
I did not add the pasta in the pan with the chicken & sauce, can I freeze it? I know Alfredo sauce does not always reheat well so I was hoping….
simplyhomecooked says
Thank you Patricia! So happy that you love this blackened chicken alfredo recipe 🙂 Regarding freezing the sauce, yes you can freeze it. Just place it in an airtight container and keep it frozen for up to 6 months. To reheat it you want to heat it on low heat in a sauce pan. 🙂
Sara Kilker says
Very good! I substituted broccoli for the sun-dried tomatoes. I did the chicken on our George Foreman grill.
simplyhomecooked says
Thank you Sara for your feedback! I am so happy to hear that you loved this blackened chicken alfredo recipe 🙂 That is the great thing about recipes, you can adjust them to anyone’s liking! 🙂
Tiffany Crawford says
I won a cooking contest with this recipe! I omitted the sun dried tomatoes and added fresh tomatoes at the end. Sauce was super simple and tasted delicious! Thanks for sharing!
simplyhomecooked says
Thank you for your kind review Tiffany!
Jake Cannon says
As a college student, I do not get many home cooked meals but i made this and it was phenomenal!
simplyhomecooked says
Thanks Jake! Glad this pasta dish was a winner for you.
Austin says
Great recipe!!! Cooked it with my girl friend it was super simple and ended up great!
simplyhomecooked says
Thank you Austin, glad you and your girlfriend enjoyed the recipe 🙂
Lily says
So good. This is definitely a repeat recipe! Thanks!
simplyhomecooked says
Thank you for taking the time to leave such a kind review Lily!
Anna says
Turned out great, thanks Dina!
admin says
That’s awesome Anna 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!
Natalie says
Mmm this looks delicious!!
admin says
I believe you’ve tried this Natasha 😉
Anna says
OK, I’m going to try making this tonight. It looks delicious!
Where did you get this blackened seasoning?
admin says
I bought it from Fred Meyer. I believe most grocery stores carry it. Its usually next to the meat department instead of the isle with all the spices.