5-Ingredient Broccoli Chicken Alfredo
Janelle Shank
Updated May 4, 2016
You’re just five easy ingredients away from this tasty Alfredo dish.
5-Ingredient Broccoli Chicken Alfredo
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 20 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup cut-up (bite-size) fresh broccoli
- 3/4 lb boneless skinless chicken, cut into bite-size pieces
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
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Step1Fill medium bowl with ice water; place next to stove. In 1-quart saucepan, heat 2 cups water to boiling. Add heaping teaspoon salt. Add 1/2 cup cut-up (bite-size) fresh broccoli; cook 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove broccoli with slotted spoon; immediately plunge into ice water. Drain; set aside.
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Step2Heat sauté pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Add 3/4 lb boneless skinless chicken, cut into bite-size pieces; season with salt and pepper. Cook until no longer pink in center. Remove from heat; set aside.
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Step3In 2-quart heavy saucepan, heat 1/2 cup unsalted butter and 1 cup whipping cream to a simmer. Add 1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper; cook and stir about 3 to 5 minutes or until thickened.
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Step4Stir in broccoli and chicken. Serve.
Nutrition
690
Calories
59g
Total Fat
36g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 690
- Calories from Fat
- 530
- Total Fat
- 59g
- 90%
- Saturated Fat
- 36g
- 180%
- Trans Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 225mg
- 75%
- Sodium
- 660mg
- 28%
- Potassium
- 280mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 36g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 40%
- 40%
- Vitamin C
- 8%
- 8%
- Calcium
- 60%
- 60%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 10 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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