Garlic Lovers Chicken Scampi Pasta Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil for the pasta. Sprinkle the chicken with some salt. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot, then add the oil. Working in 2 batches, brown the chicken until golden but not cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Remove the chicken to a plate.
• Melt 4 tablespoons of the butter in the skillet. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until the garlic just begins to turn golden at the edges, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the wine, bring to a simmer and cook until reduced by half, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta until very al dente, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water. Add the pasta and 3/4 cup pasta water to the skillet along with the chicken, lemon zest and juice and the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Return the skillet to medium-low heat and gently stir the pasta until the butter is melted, adding the remaining 1/4 pasta water if the pasta seems too dry. Remove the skillet from the heat, sprinkle with the grated cheese and parsley and toss before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Sautee all ingredients except chicken over medium heat until tender (about 7-8 minutes).
• Meanwhile, butterfly chicken breasts lengthwise almost all the way through creating a pouch for the filling.
• Add some of the mushrooms and sauce mixture to the inside pouch in the chicken breast.
• Seal the chicken up using several toothpicks.
• Place the chicken breasts into a small pyrex dish or meatloaf pan and pour the remaining mushroom & sauce mixture over the chicken breasts to coat.
• Bake in oven at 400 for 25-30 minutes until no longer pink inside, re-basting chicken in juices at least once halfway through cooking.
• Serve over buttered noodles, fettuccini or other pasta of choice using remaining sauce to coat noodles.

Steps:

• Combine the bread crumbs, cheese, parsley, salt if desired and pepper. Place milk in a shallow bowl. Dip chicken in milk, then toss in the crumb mixture. , Place chicken in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine the butter, garlic and lemon juice; drizzle over the chicken. Sprinkle with paprika., Bake, uncovered, at 425° for 15-25 minutes or until a thermometer reads 165°.