Olive Garden Executive Chef, Paolo Lafata, shows us how to prepare one of Olive Garden’s most popular dishes with their Olive Garden Tuscan Garlic Chicken Recipe.
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Olive Garden Tuscan Garlic Chicken
Inspired by recipes from the heart of Tuscany, Olive Garden’s Tuscan Garlic Chicken features herb-seasoned chicken breasts sautéed with oven-roasted garlic, sweet roasted red peppers and spinach. It is finished with a white wine and garlic cream sauce and tossed with curly fettuccine, known as eleiche or mafaldina in Italian.
Full Written Recipe is Included Below the Video Recipe.
Video Courtesy of Olive Garden’s YouTube Channel
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Olive Garden Tuscan Garlic Chicken Recipe
Recipe courtesy of Olive Garden
Ingredients
- Four boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts, about 4 ounces each
- 1 1/2 cups Flour + 1 tablespoon
- 1 tablespoon Salt
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground Black Pepper
- 2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning
- 1 pound Fettuccine Pasta
- 5 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon minced Garlic
- 1 Red Pepper, cored and julienned
- 1/2 cup White Wine
- 1/2 pound Whole Leaf Spinach, stemmed
- 2 cups Heavy Cream
- 1 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
Directions
Prepare the Chicken
- Pre-heat oven to 350ºF.
- In a small bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups flour, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Mix well.
- Dredge chicken in flour mixture. Shake off any excess.
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet.
- Cook chicken breasts, 2 at a time, over medium-high heat, until golden brown and crisp, about 2 – 3 minutes. Add more oil for each batch as necessary.
- Place cooked chicken breasts on a baking sheet and transfer to preheated oven. Cook for 10 – 15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165°F.
Prepare the Pasta
- Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain. Set aside.
Prepare the Sauce
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a sauce pan.
- Add garlic and red pepper. Cook for approximately 1 minute.
- Stir in 1 tablespoon flour, wine, spinach and cream. Bring to a boil. Stir and cook until spinach becomes wilted. Stir in Parmesan cheese and remove from heat.
Plate the Dish and Serve
- Place a helping of cooked, drained pasta on each serving plate.
- Coat with sauce.
- Top with chicken and remaining sauce.
- Garnish with extra Parmesan cheese.
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Photo of Olive Garden Tuscan Garlic Chicken by sushi4viki and is used by permission under the Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC 2.0) License. Thank you, Viki. Great Picture. Photos may be “representative” of the recipe and not the actual finished dish. All photo licenses listed were correct at the time of the posting of the page. Original Video can be found at Tuscan Garlic Chicken. Recipe adapted from Olive Garden’s Website, circa 2006, “Recipes” Page, by way of the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive. From the same page, “We love to share our passion for Italian cooking. Come visit this site often. You’ll find a wide selection of delicious recipes. Plus, you’ll discover a video of one of Olive Garden’s chefs in action on the Tony Danza Show. It’s a fun way to pick up cooking techniques from a seasoned professional and see firsthand how your favorite Italian dishes are prepared. Buon appetito!” Tony Danza Show? Was that really a thing? Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
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March 11, 2014 @ 1:24 pm
Where’s the RECIPE?????
March 12, 2014 @ 5:37 pm
Sarah,
Chef Paolo describes everything pretty well in the video. But you are right, we should have included a written recipe.
Now we have.
Thank you.
Alton