Olive Garden Chicken Alfredo Spaghetti Pie

 

I love Olive Garden but never had this dish.  

For sure I will be trying this recipe.

Love the blog Clarks Condensed which covers so much more than recipes.  Check it out!

Source: https://www.clarkscondensed.com/copycat-olive-garden-spaghetti-pie-chicken-alfredo/

Ingredients

• 1 package (16 ounces) of spaghetti noodles
• 1/2 cup cooked pancetta
• 1-2 cups of homemade alfredo (see comments for Alfredo recipe suggestions)
• 2 cups Italian cheese shredded cheese blend
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 refrigerated pie crust (or homemade if you really want)
• 1 to 1 1/2 lb chicken breast, sliced
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Garlic Powder
• Italian Seasoning

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil and put noodles in. Cook until al dente.
3. While cooking, put a pastry pie shell into a deep dish pie pan.
4. Drain the excess water from the pasta and then add in 1 1/2 cups shredded Italian cheese and parmesan cheese. Stir quickly so the cheese doesn't get gloppy.
5. Pour the pasta evenly into the pie shell. Top with remaining 1/2 cup Italian cheese.
6. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until cheese on top is bubbling and brown.
7. While baking, grill chicken on stove top in a small amount of cooking oil. Toss chicken before cooking in pepper, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and Italian seasoning.
8. Make the alfredo sauce as well.
9. When pasta comes out of oven, top with chicken and alfredo sauce. Reserve extra alfredo sauce for people to add.

Notes

We love this alfredo sauce:

https://www.clarkscondensed.com/food/skinny-alfredo-sauce/

But here is the official Olive Garden alfredo sauce recipe from their website:

https://www.olivegarden.com/recipe/alfredo-sauce/man-imp-reci-prd-69

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce

The first time I had Fettucine Alfredo was at the italian restaurant at Epcot Center.  It was instant love!  Prior to that awesome experience, it was my belief that the only sauce that went on pasta was a tomato sauce that cooked for hours and hours.  From that day on, Alfredo Sauce is my favorite thing to put on pasta and I can never have enough recipes to try and I rarely make it the same way.

On a lazy day, I use any brand of Alfredo Sauce in the jar, preferably roasted red pepper and doctor it up with a sofrito of whatever type of peppers I have on hand, green onion with all the stems or regular onion, parsley and lots of garlic.  I love adding steamed broccoli and fresh mushrooms to the sauce . . . try it sometime!

This copycat recipe that has been all over the internet is based on Olive Garden Restaurant's Alfredo Sauce which is so fast and easy, it probably takes less time than my doctored up sauce in a jar.  It is a basic recipe that can still handle the steamed broccoli and mushrooms. 

I've had the Fettucine Alfredo with Shrimp at Olive Garden and loved it!

Ingredients

• Pasta
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 clove of minced garlic
• 1 pint of heavy cream
• 1 cup of Parmesan cheese
• 2 tablespoons cream cheese
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Make pasta somewhere in this process.  I say this since I am very picky about my pasta being al dente, as are many other people in this world.  I always try to time the making of the pasta as the last thing to finish so it is just the way I want it . . . especially if you love angel hair pasta like I do . . . ready in 2 minutes!

In a sauce pan over medium heat – melt butter and add garlic and cook for two minutes.

Add cream and cream cheese and cook until bubbly, followed by the Parmesan Cheese . . . mix until the cheese melts. 

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Mix some sauce with the pasta to keep it from sticking.