Lighter Fettuccini Alfredo Recipes

FETTUCCINI ALFREDO - LIGHT EDITION

Steps:

• Cook fettuccine. Drain and return to pot.
• While you are cooking the pasta, prepare the sauce. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
• Mix the milk and flour together until smooth. Add to garlic.
• Increase heat to medium high. Cook and stir until it is bubbling and thickened. 4 - 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to low. Stir in Parmesan cheese, basil, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 -2 minutes, until cheese is melted.
• Stir in chicken or shrimp and sour cream.
• Cook until heated through.
• Pour sauce over fettuccine and toss to coat.
• Enjoy!

LIGHTER CHICKEN FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Combine chicken breasts and chicken broth in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to low; simmer for 5 minutes. Turn breasts, cover, and simmer another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit with the cover on for 15 minutes.
• Remove chicken breasts from the broth and set aside to cool, reserving the broth in the saucepan. Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, cut into bite-size slices.
• Return the chicken broth to medium heat and cook until reduced to 1 cup.
• Stir garlic, black pepper, and heavy cream into the reduced broth; bring to a simmer and remove from heat.
• Whisk egg yolks in a bowl until smooth. Beat 1 tablespoon of the warm cream mixture into the eggs until thoroughly incorporated; repeat until about 1/2 cup of the warm cream mixture is used.
• Whisk the warm cream and egg mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining cream mixture. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture almost comes to a simmer and thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook fettuccine in boiling water, stirring occasionally, until nearly cooked through, about 7 minutes. Drain.
• Stir parsley, 1 cup of Parmigiano-Reggiano, and cream mixture into the pasta. Remove from heat, cover, and let sit for a few minutes until thick.
• Fold chicken and 1 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano into the pasta mixture to serve.

LOW-CAL FETTUCCINE ALFREDO

Steps:

• Make the sauce: Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and lemon zest and cook until the garlic is slightly soft, about 1 minute. Add in the flour and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and 3/4 teaspoon salt and cook, whisking constantly, until just thickened, about 3 minutes. Add the Neufchâtel and parmesan cheese; whisk until melted, about 1 minute. Stir in the chopped parsley.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the fettuccine and cook until al dente, 2 to 3 minutes. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta and return to the pot. Add the sauce and 1/2 cup of the reserved cooking water to the pasta and gently toss to combine, adding more cooking water as needed to loosen. Season with salt. Divide among bowls and top with parmesan and pepper.

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO (COOKING LIGHT)

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.
• Stir in flour.
• Gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk.
• Cook 6 minutes or til thickened, stirring constantly.
• Add 1 cup parmesan, cream cheese and salt. Stir with whisk while cheeses melt.
• Toss with hot pasta, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup of parmesan and chopped parsley and pepper.
• Serve immediately.

LIGHTER FETTUCCINE ALFREDO RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450ºF (230˚C).
• Place the broccoli florets on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and drizzle with olive, cayenne, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper, and stir to combine.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, tossing halfway through, until lightly charred.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Before draining through a colander, reserve 1 cup (240 ml) of the pasta water.
• Return the pasta to the pot.
• Add the hummus, ½ cup (120 ml) of the pasta cooking water, lemon zest, lemon juice, butter, and Parmesan and toss until a creamy sauce forms. Thin the sauce with more pasta cooking water, a little at a time, as needed.
• Add the basil, parsley, red pepper flakes, and remaining reserved water.
• Add the broccoli to the pasta, and toss gently with salt, and pepper. Serve immediately with extra Parmesan, basil and parsley on top.
• Enjoy!

FETTUCCINE ALFREDO (LIGHTER VERSION)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until it is tender but still firm to the bite, about 3 minutes. In a saucepan melt butter, add milk and then whisk in cornstarch over medium heat until lightly thickened. Add pasta to the saucepan and toss. Add light cream, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper, nutmeg to taste. Toss and thicken more. Serve immediately.