Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce Light Version Recipes

BETTER-THAN-OLIVE GARDEN® ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter and olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add cream, garlic, and white pepper; bring to just under a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until mixture is slightly reduced, about 5 minutes.
• Stir Parmesan cheese into cream mixture and simmer until sauce is thickened and smooth, 8 to 10 minutes. Add mozzarella cheese to sauce; cook and stir until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook angel hair in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and transfer pasta to serving plates. Spoon sauce over pasta.

ALFREDO LIGHT

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and saute until golden brown.
• In a small saucepan, stir together milk, chicken broth, flour, salt and pepper over low heat until smooth and thick. Stir into onion mixture. Continue to cook over medium low heat, stirring frequently, until the sauce is thick. Stir in Parmesan cheese.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling water. Add broccoli to the pasta for the last several minutes of cooking. Continue cooking until the pasta is al dente.
• Drain the pasta and vegetables, and transfer to a large bowl. Toss with sauce. Serve.

OLIVE GARDEN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• On medium heat, add butter, garlic, and flour until butter is melted. Do not brown garlic.
• Whisk in the heavy cream until hot.
• Slowly add the freshly grated cheeses into the hot cream mixture. Finally add the salt and pepper. Stir often to make sure no cheese settles at the bottom.
• Simmer until all the cheeses are melted and the sauce reaches the desired thickness. Do not let this sauce boil, or it will begin to separate and the cheeses will become grainy.
• Serve with pasta and garnish with freshly grated pecorino romano cheese (used by restaurant), if desired.

OLIVE GARDEN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well. Combine butter, garlic, heavy cream and milk in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer; remove from heat and stir in Parmesan and egg yolk, whisking constantly to prevent the eggs from scrambling. If the mixture is too thick, add more milk as needed. Stir in pasta and gently toss to combine; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve immediately, garnished with Parmesan and parsley, if desired.

OLIVE GARDEN ALFREDO SAUCE - LIGHT VERSION

Steps:

• 1. Combine milk, margarine, and cream cheese in heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stir constantly, until all ingredients are blended.
• 2. Add parmesan cheese and garlic. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15-20 min. Stir occassionally to prevent sticking.
• 3. Season with salt and white pepper.

MY VERSION OF OLIVE GARDEN ALFREDO SAUCE

Steps:

• Add all ingredients in a medium sauce pan; let simmer for 12 minutes or until the desired consistency is reached.
• You can serve over your choice of pasta noodles --or if you want, you can just have it as a dipping sauce for your bread sticks!

SLOW COOKER OLIVE GARDEN CHICKEN PASTA

Steps:

• In the insert of your slow cooker/crockpot, place your boneless skinless chicken breasts. Sprinkle ½ teaspoon kosher salt and ¼ black pepper evenly over the chicken. Sprinkle the entire contents of the dry italian dressing mix evenly over the chicken as well.
• Pour the chicken broth into the crockpot with the chicken and spices. Cover with the lid and turn on HIGH for 4 hours.
• Once your chicken is done, remove it and shred it using 2 forks to pull it apart into bite-sized pieces.
• Pour out all but 1 cup of the excess liquid that is remaining in the pot. Return the shredded chicken back to the crockpot insert and add back the reserved 1 cup of the seasoned cooking liquid.
• Turn your crockpot to WARM while you cook your pasta and make your sauce.
• Cook your pasta according to package directions (8-10 minutes) and drain when done.
• In a medium saucepan, on medium heat, melt your butter. Once your butter is melted, whisk in the flour making sure there are no lumps.
• Add your grated garlic, dried parsley, remaining ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon black pepper. Whisk to combine. Slowly add the half & half and heavy cream, making sure that you are whisking the entire time. This is very important to avoid any lumps in your final alfredo sauce.
• Cook your cream mixture for 5-6 minutes, whisking often, until it starts to bubble and thicken. Once your cream mixture has thickened, turn off the heat and add your grated parmesan cheese. Stir to completely combine.
• Add your cooked and drained pasta to your shredded chicken, then pour your alfredo sauce on top. Stir to combine. You can top your slow cooker Olive Garden chicken alfredo pasta with the fresh chopped parsley at this time if desired.