Bacon and Chicken Alfredo with Homemade Sauce
A satisfying, tasty, and easy dish to fix for a family or for a crowd. Alfredo sauce is always good, and making your own is even better!
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken and bacon leftovers or fried and drained
- Noodles - enough to serve 6-8 people; fettucini bow ties, shells, or whatever you choose
- 2 Tbsp. real butter
- 16 ounces cream OR milk
- Flour 1-2 Tbsp., optional
- 2-3 cloves garlic crushed
- Minced onion or onion powder ) a tablespoon or two
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese - more or less to your taste
Instructions
- Cut up leftover chicken and bacon, or cook chicken and fry up bacon, and drain
- Cook noodles according to package directions
- Melt 2 Tablespoons butter in a large skillet/saucepan
- Add crushed garlic cloves and stir until clear
- OPTIONAL: add flour and stir until smooth
- Add half the cream and stir until it begins to thicken
- Add the remainder of the cream and stir some more as it thickens
- Season with salt and pepper
- Add parmesan cheese and stir until dissolved
- Add noodles, chicken, and bacon, mixing thoroughly
- Heat through and serve