How to make an easy, classic, creamy Chicken Alfredo Pasta.
Alfredo Pasta is one of my favourite go-to cream-based pasta. It’s actually very easy to make at home! And in most cases, much cheaper. Pastas are probably my fave kind of lunches to whip up and I love that you can get maximum flavour with very minimal ingredients.
What you need for GOOD Alfredo
You really only need three key ingredients for good Alfredo sauce:
- Butter
- Heavy cream
- Parmesan cheese
Thatās it!
The rest of the ingredients are pantry staples. I added nutmeg, but itās optional. You can get good Alfredo without it. The nutmeg helps to slightly cut the heaviness of the dish.
Dairy and Vegan? Make these swaps!
Want to make this non-dairy vegan? Make these replacements:
Butter = Olive Oil
Heavy Cream = Coconut Cream
Parmesan Cheese = Nutritional Yeast
I attempted this vegan combo recently because I chanced upon nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is a yellow powder flake that is suppose to replace the flavour of cheese. It has a cheesy, sort of umami flavour to it. It can be used the same ways you’d use parmesan cheese – although I would not use it as finishing garnishing. I find it too chalky in taste. Melted into some cream however, it worked.
The most surprising bit was how well coconut cream worked in the alfredo.
Instead of chicken, I used shiitake mushrooms.
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